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Strawberry. According to Cole, 1849, from Col. L. Chase, Cornish, New Hamp-- 

 shire. Bunch and berry small; pleasant, sub-acid flavor. 



Striped Ruby. Munsons No. 1:1. One of Jlunson's seedlings on trial at the Vir- 

 ginia Experiment Station in 1893. 



Success. (Line. Riip. Bourq.) Parentage, Post-oak, Rupestris and Bourquiniana; 

 from Munson. Noted in the Kitra! New Yorker for igoi. Very vigorous and highly 

 prolific; cluster size of Concord, compact; berries variable in size from small to above 

 medium; skin thin, tough; very sweet and rich, of the best quality. 



Sugar Grape. (Lab.) A wild variety of Vitis lahrusca; grows in great abundance 

 near Plymouth, Massachusetts. Growth moderate, short-jointed; healthy; bunches 

 and berries of medium size, round and flat; very sweet. 



Sugar Grape. (Rot.) A variety of the Scuppernong family, cultivated by L. 

 Froelich, of Enfield, Halifax County, North Carolina. Mentioned in the United States 

 Department of Agriculture Report, 187 1, as having a saccharine strength of 80°. 



Summer White. (Lab.) Mentioned in the Magazine of Horticulture, 1854, as hav- 

 ing been found wild; ripens the last of July and in August and September; decidedly 

 superior to Isabella. 



Sumner. Noted in the .\mcrican Horticultural Annual for 1871 as a seedling raised 

 by P. Stewart, of ]\It. Lebanon, New York. 



Sunrise. (Lab. Vin. Bourq.) From Jos. Bachman, Altus, Arkansas, about 1897; 

 seedling of Brilliant. Described by the originator as a strong grower; bunches rather 

 open; berries red; skin tender; best; ten days to two weeks earlier than Delaware. 



Superior. (Lab. Vin. Bourq.) A seedling of Jewel; from John Burr of Leaven- 

 worth, Kansas, about 1890. Vigorous, hardy, healthy and productive; stamens 

 upright; bunch medium, moderately compact; berry medium, black with heavy bloom; 

 skin thin, tough; pulp tender, rich, sweet, vinous, sprightly; very good; ripens a few 

 days later than Jewel. 



Supreme. (Lab. Vin. Bourq.) A Delaware seedling; from John Burr, of Leaven- 

 worth, Kansas, about 1890. Variable in vigor and productiveness, hardy, healthy; 

 stamens upright; cluster medium, usually compact; berry medium, black; tender, sweet, 

 sprightly, vinous; quality better than Jewel and about a week earlier. 



Swatara. From Pennsylvania; according to Horticulturist, 1858, this variety was 

 discovered many years ago in a ravine through which the Swatara River flowed. Bunch 

 and berry below medium size, compact; sweet; early. 



Sweetey. (Line. Bourq.) Mimson's No. 111. A seedling of Lincecumii fertilized 

 with Herbemont; from Munson. Very vigorous, tender, a shy bearer; stamens upright; 

 bunch medium, compact, shouldered; berry small, round, dark purple or Vjlack with 

 heavy bloom; skin thin, tender; pulp large and tough; rather poor quality; a few days 

 earlier than Concord. 



Taft. Given by Prince in a list of worthless varieties in Gardener's Monthly, 1863. 



