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Santa Clara. (Vin. Lab. Bourq.) A seedling of unkncnvn parentage, probably 

 Delaware; from J. B. Tuckerman, Cassville, New York, first fruited in 1900. Lacks 

 vigor; strongly Vinifcra in vine characters; tendrils intermittent; stamens upright; 

 flowers sterile; clusters usually single-shouldered; berries small, roundish, light green 

 with thin gray bloom, persistent, rather soft; fair in flavor and quality; skin nearly thin, 

 tender. 



Saxe White Seedling. Found in Catskill Mountains by W. H. Saxe, Palenville, 

 New York, about igoo. Vigorous, hardy, productive; ripens a little before Early Ohio. 



Schenck White. Noted in Grape Culturist, 1871, as " supposed to have come from 

 Germany about 1790." 



Schiller. (Bourq.) A seedling of Louisiana; from Frederick Muench, Marthas- 

 ville, Missouri. Vigorous, hardy, healthy, productive; bunch below medium; berries 

 medium, purplish-blue. 



Schmitz Seedling. (Lab. Vin.) Noted in Magazine of Horticulture for 1853 as a 

 seedling grape from Gerhard Schmitz, Pennsylvania. Resembles Isabella closely but 

 may be a little earlier. 



Schoonemunk. (Lab.) Skimnymimk. A native seedHng found by W. A. Wood- 

 ward, Mortonville, Orange County, New York, about i860, named after a neighboring 

 mountain. Said to be hardy, productive; fruit equal in size and flavor to the Concord; 

 earlier in ripening. 



Scott. Noted by Prince in 1830 as a native North Carolina grape found by Gen. 

 John Scott of the same state. Berries medium, round, white, amber when ripe; juicy, 

 of good flavor; ripen late. 



Secunda. (Line. Lab. Vin. Bourq.) A seedling of Early Purple crossed with Bril- 

 liant; from Munson, about 1896. Stamens reflexed; bunch medium; berry large, red; 



early. 



Seedlin. (Rot.) Noted in South Carolina Station Bulletin \'o. 132, 1907, as medium 

 in vigor, very productive ; flowers perfect ; bunches contain three to six reddish-black 

 berries; pulp tender, juicy, slightly acid, of good quality; skin thick. 



Selma. (Rip. Lab.) A seedling of Elvira probably crossed with Concord; 

 from G. Segessman, Amazonia, Missouri; first mentioned about 1890. Hardy, pro- 

 ductive, healthy; bunches large, perfect, shouldered; berry medium, round, black, 

 adherent; juicy, sprightly, pleasant flavored; skin thick; ripens a few days after Moore 

 Early. 



Seneca. (Lab.) A seedling of Hartford; first exhibited at Hammondsport, New 

 York, in 1867 by R. Simpson, Geneva, New York. Similar to its parent. 



Seneca. (Lab. Vin.) From John Burr, Leavenworth, Kansas; mentioned in Mis- 

 souri Horticultural Society Report in 1892. Very vigorous, not quite hardy, healthy, 

 productive; bunch large, compact; berry large, red, with slight bloom; tender, juicy, 

 Sprightly, sweet, of Catawba flavor; skin thin, tough; ripens after Concord. 



