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variety. Its season is given as both before and after Concord. It must 

 always remain a variety for the amateur and for special localities. 



This variety is said to have been originated by J. W. Prentiss of Pul- 

 teney, Steuben County, New York, about forty years ago, from seed of 

 Isabella.' It was introduced about 1880 by T. wS. Hubbard of Fredonia, 

 New York. In iSSi it was placed on the catalog of the American Pomo- 

 logical Society and is still retained. 



Vine medium to weak, with a tendency to winter injury, unfruitful, capricious in 

 bearing, somewhat subject to attacks of mildew. Canes intermediate in length and 

 number, thick, light to dark brown; tendrils continuous, bifid. 



Leaves above medium to small, thick; upper surface light green, smooth to rugose 

 in the older leaves; lower surface pale green, pubescent; veins obscure. Flowers self- 

 fertile, open in mid-season; stamens upright. 



Fruit variable in season of ripening averaging about with Concord, keeps well. 

 Clusters not large, medium to short, of average width, tapering to cylindrical, some- 

 times with a slight single shoulder, compact. Berries above medium to small, vary in 

 shape from roundish to oval, light green with strong yellowish tinge covered with thin 

 gray bloom, persistent, firm. Skin of medium thickness, somewhat tough, contains no 

 pigment. Flesh pale green, juicy, medium in tenderness, slightly foxy, sweet next the 

 skin to agreeably tart at center, good in quality. Seeds adherent, sometimes numerous, 

 intermediate in size, variable in width, very slightly notched, short to medium, sharp- 

 pointed, dark brown; raphe buried in a shallow, narrow groove; chalaza large, slightly 

 above center, irregularly circular to oval, surface often roughened, obscure. 



REBECCA. 



(Labrusca, Vinifera.) 



I. Mag. Hort., 22:458, 484, 502. 1856. 2. Horticnllurist, 11:528. 1856. 3. Am. Pom. Sec. 

 Rpt., 1856:39, 162, 201. fig. 4. Am. Pom. Soc. Cat., 1856:214. 5. Am. Pom. Sac. Rpt., 1858:67. 

 6. Gar. Man., 2:200. 1S60. 7. Am. Pom. Soc. Cat., 1862:90. 8. Grant's Dcscrip. Cat., 1864:5. 

 9. Mag. Hort., 33:70, 148. 1867. 10. Grape Cult., 1:43, 150, 327. 1869. ii. Am. Pom. Soc. 

 Rpt., 1883:59. 12. Bash. Cat., 1883:132. 13. Kan. Sta. Bid., 110:237. 1902. 



During the middle and latter part of the last century, when grape- 

 growing was more in the hands of connoisseurs than now, Rebecca was 



' A. J. Caywood, of Marlboro, Mew York, published the claim that this variety was originated by 

 him, that he had named it Hudson but had delayed sending it out on the advice of several grape 

 experts till it had been further tested. For this purpose Cavwood says he sent the variety to about 

 sixty men, among them J. W. Prentiss. Those who examined fruit from the two original vines said 

 they were certainly very similar if not identical. 



