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vine and the White Scuppernong have been in bearing among them for more than five 

 hundred 3'ears." Very vigorous; berries very large; foxy. 



Wilmington. (Lab. Vin.) Wilmington While. Originated with a Mr. Jeffries, 

 near Wihnington, Delaware, about 1S36. Very vigorous, hardj', productive; bunches 

 large, loose, shouldered; berries large, roundish or inclining to oval, greenish-white; 

 tender and not pulpy, sweet and pleasant when properly ripened but requires a long 

 southern season; late. 



Winchester. (Lab. Vin.) Bracket's Sccdliiii;; Brackett's M'ijicliester. A seedling 

 of Union Village; from E. A. Brackctt, Winchester, Massachusetts, first fruited in 1858. 

 Vigorous, hardy; bunch large; berr^r large, round, black, heavy bloom; juicy, sweet, 

 vinous ; resembles parent but ripens a week earlier. 



Windsor. Noted by Prince in 1830. Found growing wild twelve miles north of 

 Baltimore, at Windsor, on the plantation of George Fitzhugh. Very luxuriant and pro- 

 ductive; clusters large and long; berries round, blue, juicy. 



Winedrop. (Line. Bourq.) A cross between Post-oak No. i and Herbemont by 

 Munson, in 1884. Stamens reflexed; bunch large with small, dark red berry; late. 



Wine House. Noted in United States Patent Office Report, 1854. Found growing 

 spontaneously in the vineyard of Frederick Muench. Sweet and aromatic; not very 

 juicy. 



Wine King. (Aest. Line. Rup. Lab.) A seedling of Winona crossed with America; 

 from Munson, in 1898. Very vigorous, prolific, healthy; stamens erect; cluster large, 

 compact; berry medium, black with blue bloom; very little pulp, tender, very juicy, 

 vinous, rich and sprightly; good. 



Winona. (Aest. Lab.) A seedling of Norton; from Munson, about 1895. Vigorous, 

 productive; stamens upright; cluster large, loose, conical; berries small to medium, 

 black; skin thin, tough; pulp juicy, tender, good; about a week earlier than Norton. 



Winslow. (Rip.?) A seedling raised by Charles Winslow, of Cleveland, Ohio, 

 about 1857. Hardy and productive; bunch medium, long, compact; berries small, 

 round, black; pulp vinous and juicy; resembles Clinton but is less acid; veiy early. 



Winter Wine. (Simp. Line. Bourq.) A cress between Vilis simpsoni and Mar- 

 guerite by Munson in 1898. Stamens reflexed; bunch large with medium-sized black 

 berry; " extra late." 



Witt. (Lab.) A white seedling of Concord; from Michael Witt, of Columbus, Ohio, 

 about 1880. Not very vigorous, hardy, moderately healthy, very productive; clusters 

 medium to large, conical, moderately compact, sometimes shouldered; berries variable 

 in size, usually large, roundish, greenish-white or pale yellow with thin whitish bloom; 

 pulp tender, juicy, vinous, sweet; good; ripens with Concord or a little before. 



Woodbury. (Lab. Bourq. Vin.) Woodbury White. A seedling of Delaware from 

 D. B. Woodbury, Paris, Maine, about 1891. Descrilxni in Bushbcrg Catalogue, 1894, as 

 resembling Delaware in growth and foliage; bunch medium, compact; berry larger than 



