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Wilcox. Mentioned in the United States Patent Office Report, 1845, ^s being grown 

 by Sidney Weller, Brinkleyville, North Carolina. 



Wilding. (Rip. Lab.i A seedUng found by Jacob Rommel, Morrison, Missouri 

 Vigorous, hardy and healthy, moderately productive; stamens reflexed; bunch medium, 

 loose, shouldered; berry medium, round, pale green, almost '".ransparent ; skin very thin, 

 and tender; no pulp, juicy, very sweet; very good; ripens with Concord. 



Wilkins Seedling. iLab.) From O. Fitzalwyn Wilkins, Bridgeburgh, Ontario, 

 about 1895. Described in the Canadian Horticulturist, 1898, as follows: Bunch of good 

 size and form; berries white, round, of medium size; skin thin and tender; pulp tender 

 and separates readily from the seeds; flavor agreeable, somewhat foxy, but much sweeter 

 and pleasanter than Concord ; early. 



Willard. (Lab.) From E. P. Fisher, Sterling, Kansas; received at this Station 

 for testing in 1905. Described by originator as a vigorous, short -jointed grower, per- 

 fectly hardy, sometimes mildews; bunch a little smaller than Concord, compact; berry 

 nearly large, round, red; sweet, without any foxiness; lacks vigor here; tendrils con- 

 tinuous or sometimes intennittcnt. 



Williamson. (Cand.) A wild variety of Candicans from Williamson County, 

 Texas; collected by T. V. Munson. Stamens reflexed; small bunch with very large, 

 black berry ; early. 



Williamsport. Noted in the Magazine of Horticulture, i860, as a n^w variety 

 originated on the mountain near Williamsport, Pennsylvania. Perfectly hardy, and 

 very prolific. 



William Wine. (Lab. Aest.) Mentioned by S. J. Parker in the United States 

 Department of Agriculture Report ior 1&64. Cluster small with long peduncle ; berry 

 large, round, having " the fox grape perfume mingled with that of a rose." 



Willie. (Lab.) Said to be a seedling of Northern Muscadine crossed with Concord; 

 from L. C. Chisholm, Spring Hill, Tennessee. Vigorous, rampant grower, health}^ and 

 very prodtictive; fruit larger than Concord, shouldered, very showy; black with white 

 bloom; pulp vinous and sprightly, no foxiness; excellent wine grape; ripens with or a 

 few days later than Concord. 



Willis. (Lab. Bourq. Vin.) A seedling of Delaware; from Willis W. Jones, 

 Camargo, Illinois, about '865. Usually vigorous, as hardy as Concord, healthy, gen- 

 erally quite productive; bunch medium, compact, shouldered, in shape like the Dela- 

 ware; berry meditnn, round, pale green or amber-yellow with a slight bloom; pulp 

 tender, very juicy, slightly vinous, sweet, foxy; good; early. 



Willis Fredonia. Guernsey Grape; Jersey Grape. Origin imknown ; grown b}' 

 John Willis, of Maryland. According to Prince, 1830, a vigorous rampant grower, 

 healthy, \-evy productive; fruit black and pleasant for the table. 



Willis Large Black. Great Black Muscadine. An old variety mentioned by Prince 

 in 18.50, who says, " according to a traditional account of the Southern Indians, this 



