456 THE GRAPES OF NEW YORK. 



Early Bird. (Vin. Lab. Bourq.) A dark red grape from Munson, the parentage 

 being a Lincecumii seedling crossed with Agawam for one parent, and Brilliant for the 

 other. 



Early Black. Mentioned in United States Patent Office Report for 1853 as an early 

 foreign variety wliich always ripens in Utica, New York. Ten years later Prince pro- 

 nounced this Early Black a worthless Labrusca. 



Early Black. (Lab.) A seedling from J. B. Moore, Concord, Massachusetts; 

 exhibited before the Massachusetts Horticultural Society in 1880. Bunch and berry 

 large; quality similar to Hartford. 



Early Black. (Bourq. Lab. Vin.) According to Mitzky, 1893, a seedling of Dela- 

 ware; from Jacob Rommel. Vigorous, productive, healthy; bunch medium, compact, 

 shouldered; berries medium, black; firm, sweet; ripens with Hartford. 



Early Black July. (Rip. Vin.?) Described by Dufour in 1826 as a prolific bearer; 

 bunches small; berries small, round, black; season early. Dufour suspects it to be a 

 Riparia-Vinifera hybrid. 



Early Black Summer Grape. (Lab.?) Noted by Prince in 1830 as an early Vir- 

 ginia variety with fruit of large size. 



Early Concord. (Lab.) A seedling from John Kready, Mt. Joy, Lancaster County, 

 Pennsylvania in 1874. Vigorous, hardy; bunch and berries resembling Concord in size, 

 color, taste, and substance ; ripens early. 



Early Delmonico. (Lab. Vin.) Noted in Rural New Yorker for 1886 as a variety 

 resembling Brighton; from Wm. E. Green, Vermont. Green states that the variety 

 is very early and superior to Vergennes or Brighton. 



Early Golden. (Lab. Vin.) Campbell. A seedling of Triumph; from Munson 

 from seed planted in 1883; disseminated as Campbell but the name was changed in 1894 

 to Early Golden to avoid confusion with Campbell Early. Weak grower, productive; 

 bunch large, usually shouldered, compact; berry medium, roundish, yellowish-green, 

 gray bloom, usually persistent; later than Catawba. 



Early Harvest. (Lab.) Noted in United States Patent Ojfice Report for 1855 as 

 an early grape grown in Indiana. Fruit larger and rounder than Isabella; light purple 

 to amber; sweet, juicy, musky flavor. 



Early Hudson. (Lab.?) Mentioned by Prince in 1863 as a worthless variety. 

 Berries medium, round, black; early; frequently seedless. 



Early June. (Rip.? Lab.?) Described by Warder in 1S67 as like Vitis cordifolia. 

 Bunch large; berry large, dark; sweet; very early. 



Early Lebanon. Given by Warder in 1867 as from Pennsylvania. Bunch medium; 

 berry medium, blue; good; very early. 



Early Malvasia. (Vin,?) Noted in United States Patent Office Report for 1853 

 as a foreign variety that habitually ripens at Utica, New York. 



