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have received the recognition given it by viticulturists. As compared with 

 Delaware, it is hardly as vigorous and is less productive. It is reputed to 

 Ije more free from rot and mildew, the latter especially. The bunches are 

 much like those of Delaware but with the fault of setting fruit imperfectly 

 oftentimes even when cross-pollination is insured. The berries are a little 

 larger but of much the same color and of like flavor, rich, sweet, and with 

 pure vinousness without a trace of foxiness but withal not of so high quality 

 as Delaware. The fruit keeps well, ships well, and does not crack nor shell 

 in New York. Moyer is well established in Canada, where it originated, 

 and is highly thought of, proving perfectly hardy wherever the Concord is 

 grown and possibly standing even more cold. Its place is as an early 

 Delaware for northern regions. 



W. H. Read of Port Dalhousie, Lincoln County, Ontario, raised the 

 original vine of Moyer about 1880, from seed of Delaware fertilized by 

 Miller's Burgundy. It was named after Allan Moyer of St. Catharines, 

 Ontario, who introduced the variety in 1888. Moyer was placed on the 

 grape list of the American Pomological Society fruit catalog in 1899. 



Vine vigorous to medium, hardy, healthy, not productive. Canes intermediate in 

 length, numerous, medium to slender, rather dull dark reddish-brown; nodes slightly 

 enlarged, flattened; internodes short to medium; diaphragm thin; pith medium to 

 below in size; shoots pubescent; tendrils continuous, medium to rather long, bifid to 

 trifid. 



Leaf-buds of about average size and thickness, short, conical to rather obtuse, open 

 very late. Young leaves tinged on under side and along margin of upper side with rose- 

 cannine. Leaves small to medium, of average thickness; upper surface dark green, 

 dull and smooth; lower surface very pale green or with faint blue tinge, heavily pubes- 

 cent; lobes two to five with terminus acute; petiolar sinus shallow to medium, not nar- 

 row; basal sinus usuallv lacking, but shallow when present; lateral sinus shallow, narrow; 

 teeth very shallow, medium to narrow. Flowers sterile, open early; stamens reflexed. 



Fruit ripens from one to two weeks earlier than Delaware, keeps well but loses its 

 color if kept too long. Clusters medium to small, short and slender, irregularly tapering, 

 sometimes single-shouldered, medium in compactness; peduncle intermediate in length, 

 somewhat slender; pedicel inclined to short, of average thickness, covered with very 

 small warts; brush yellowish-green. Berries medium to small, oblate, dark red covered 

 with dark lilac to faint blue bloom, persistent, rather firm. Skin intermediate in thick- 

 ness, not tender, does not adhere to the pulp, astringent. Flesh light green, translucent, 

 juicy, rather tender, fine-grained, somewhat vinous, good to very good. Seeds separate 



