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Oriole. (Line. Bourq.) A seedling of Post-oak crossed with Devereaux; from 

 Munson. Vigorous and productive; stamens erect; bunch medium to large, cylindrical, 

 shouldered, moderately compact; berries small, black, with thin, tough skin; pulp tender, 

 sweet ; best quality ; very late. 



Orphan Boy. (Vin. Lab. Bourq.) Noted by Mitzky, 1893, as from J. H. Dawson, 

 Weatherford, Texas, and as a cross between Delaware and Wilder. Bunch medium, 

 shouldered; berry- large, black with fine bloom; quality much like Delaware; ripens a 

 little after Delaware. 



Orwigsburg. (Lab. Vin.) Black Palestine; Schuylkill. Found growing near 

 Orwigsburg, Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania, by Dr. W. E. Hulings of Philadelphia. 

 Generally supposed to be a hybrid between a Vinifera and some native species, prob- 

 ably Labrusca; said to be productive, hardy, subject to mildew; berries round, small, 

 white; juicy, sweet; good. 



Osage. (Lab. Vin.) A black seedling of Concord; from John Burr, of Kansas. 

 Vigorous, usually hardy and healthy, medium to very productive; flowers sterile; stamens 

 reflexed; tendrils continuous; clusters variable in size, usually short, shouldered, com- 

 pact; berries large, distinctly flattened to sometimes roundish; dull black with blue 

 bloom, shatter badly, not firm; flesh tough, foxy, sweet, good; of Concord type but less 

 foxy; a week earlier than its parent. 



Osceola. (Lab. Vin. Bourq.) A seedhng of Standard; from Dr. J. Stayman. 

 Vigorous, very hardy, healthy and productive; stamens upright; bunch medium to 

 large, compact; berry large, white; skin thin, tough; pulp tender, sweet, rich, sprightly, 

 vinous; very good; ripens with Jewel. 



Osee. (Rip. Lab.) A white Riparia from John Burr, Leavenworth, Kansas; said 

 to be a seedling of Grein Golden. Variable in vigor, very productive, hardy; bunch 

 medium, short and thick, compact; berry white, very large; tender, very juicy, sprightly, 

 sweet with a peculiar flavor; good only for wine; ripens before Concord. 



Oskaloosa. (Bourq. Lab.) A Delaware seedling; from Dr. J. Stayman. Vigorous, 

 hardy, healthy and productive; bunch medium, compact; berry large, black with bloom; 

 skin thick, tough; pulp tender, rich, sweet, sprightly, juicy, vinous; very good; very late. 



Osmond. (Rip.) Noted by Downing, 1869, as a seedling of FrankHn from 0. T. 

 Hobbs, Randolph, Pennsylvania. Bunch small; berry small, round, black, blue bloom; 

 flesh vinous, harsh. 



Oswego. (Lab.) Noted in Biishhcrg Catalogue, 1894; origin unknown, from Dr. 

 J. Stayman of Leavenworth, Kansas. Vigorous, hardy and productive; bunch and 

 berry very large, handsome, resembling Concord in color; little pulp and with native 

 aroma; ripens with Concord. 



Otoe. Mentioned in the United States Department of Agriculture Report, 1863, as 

 one of the varieties under trial in the government experimental garden. 

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