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berries, drooping; cluster-stems short making the fruit difficult to pick, thick; berry-stems 

 medium to rather long, slender; berries cling well only for a comparatively short time, very 

 large, not very uniform, round, bright but dark red; skin thin, smooth, tough, trans- 

 lucent; flesh very juicy, firm, acid or mildly subacid, pleasantly flavored; quality good. 



Chiswick Red. i. Wright Fr. Gr. Guide 3:157. 1892. 2. Gard. Chron. 3rd Ser. 62:232. 

 1917. 

 Origin unknown. Plants vigorous, upright, productive; bunches medium in size; 

 berries small, pale red, acid; early. 



Climax White, i. Can. Cent. Exp. Farm Bui 56:14. 1907. 



Originated by William Saunders, Ottawa, Canada. Plants vigorous, upright, pro- 

 ductive; bunches mediimi, one-half filled; berries medium to large, pale yellow; briskly 

 subacid; good; midseason. 



Comet. I. Gard. Chron. 3rd Ser. 20:137, fig. 26. 1896. 2. Am. Pom. Soc. Sp. Rpt. 82. 

 1904-05. 3. Rural N. Y. 64:650. 1905. 

 Comet originated on one of the Channel Islands, probably Guernsey, and was intro- 

 duced about 1896. It was brought to the United States about 1900. The variety has 

 been thought by some writers to be identical with Versailles, and by others, identical with 

 Fay. Plant a strong grower with thick, leathery, dark green foliage; bunches large, com- 

 pact, with long stems; berries large, bright, deep red, seedy; of good quality. 



Comiecticut Sweet, i. Country Gent. 21:^,0^,. 1863. 



Found many years ago in an old garden in Bethany, Connecticut. Berries large; 

 flesh melting, juicy, sweet ; early. 



Cumberland Red. i. Can. Cent. Exp. Farm Bid. 56:11. 1907. 2. Am. Pom. Soc. Rpt. 

 287. 1921. 



Originated by C. L. Stevens, Orillia, Ontario. Plants vigorous, spreading, productive; 

 bunches medium in size and length; berries medium in size, bright scarlet, acid; fair; 

 midseason. 

 Cut-leaved, i. Gard. Chron. N. S. 5:528. 1876. 



Plants slender, spreading, improductive; bunches medium in size; berries small, pale 

 red; poor; cultivated only as an ornamental. 



Dana White, i. Country Gent. 22:255. 1863. 



This variety originated in Massachusetts nearly three-quarters of a century ago. It 

 is supposed to be a seedling of White Grape. Plants vigorous and stocky; fruit large and 

 of good quality, resembling White Grape in all characters. 



De la Rochepoze. i. Guide Prat. 23. 1895. 2. Can. Cent. Exp. Farm Bui. 56:11. 

 1907. 3. Ohio Sta. Bui. yji-.^z^. 1923. 

 Originated in France about 60 years ago. Plants upright, vigorous, unproductive; 

 bunches medium to long, half -filled; berries of medium size, pale pinkish white; very acid; 

 quality poor. 



Diploma, i. U. S. D. A. Yearbook 378, PI. 32. 1909. 2. N. Y. Sta. Bui. 364:192. 

 1913. 3. Card5j«/j-Fr. 305, PI. XL 1917. 4. 0/ttoSia. .Sm/. 371:331,375. 1923. 



