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Fruit not uniform in season of ripening but averaging later than Concord, keeps 

 and sliips fairly well. Clusters medium to large, intermediate in length and breadth, 

 cylindrical to slightly tapering, often single-shouldered, medium to compact; peduncle 

 medium to short, of average thickness; pedicel short to medium, thick, covered with few 

 small warts; brush short, greenish. Berries large to above medium, slightly oblate, 

 attractive yellowish-green or with tinge of amber, covered with thin gray bloom, variable 

 in adhesion to pedicel, nearly firm. Skin covered with scattering russet dots, thin and 

 tender, adheres slightly to the pulp, contains no pigment, faintly astringent. Flesh 

 light green, often with vellow tinge, translucent, juicy, tough, fine-grained, slightly foxy, 

 nearlv sweet at skin to tart at center, good in quality. Seeds do not separate easily 

 from the pulp, one to six, average three, intermediate in size, length and breadth, brown- 

 ish ; raphe obscure; chalaza of medium size, slightly above center, usually oval, obscure- 



POUGHKEEPSIE. 



(Bourquiniana, Labrusca, Vinifera.) 



1. Car. .Wo».. 22:176. 1880. 2. Am. Pom. Soc. Rpt., 1881:44. 3. ^V. Y. Sta. An. Rpt.. g:T,2g. 

 1890. 4. lb.. 11:632. iSq2. 5. Biisli. Cat.. 1894:170. 6. .V. Y. Sin. An. Rpt., 17:534, 547. 

 i8q8. 7. Mo. Sta. Bid., 46:41. 43, 44, 45, 53. iSqq. 8. Mich. Sia. Bid., 169:175. 1899. 9- Ga. 

 Sta. Bid.. 53:48. iQoi. 10. Kan. Sta. Bid.. 110:239. 1902. 



POUGHKEEPSIE ReD (i. 2, 4. 5, 7, 9). 



Poughkeepsie has been known on the Hudson River for nearly a half 

 century yet it is now but little grown there and has not been widely dis- 

 seminated elsewhere. There is no doubt as to its quality, both as a table 

 grape and for wine; in this respect it is considered by many as equal to 

 the best of our American varieties and quite the equal of some of the finer 

 European sorts. But the vine characters are practically all poor and the 

 variety is thus effectually debarred from common cultivation. Both vine 

 and fruit greatly resemble Delaware but it is not the equal of the latter 

 variety in vine characters and does not surpass it in fruit. In particular, it 

 is more easily winter-killed and is less productive than Delaware. It ripens 

 with us a little earlier than the last named sort and this with its beauty 

 and fine quality is sufficient to recommend it for the garden at least. 



A. J. Caywood of Marlboro, New York, originated Poughkeepsie, it 

 is said, from seed of lona fertilized by mixed pollen of Delaware and Walter. 

 The original seedling was raised in the sixties but the variety was only 

 known locally until about 1880 when it was brought before the public. 

 It has never been popular in any section and is now nearh" obsolete. 



