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Vine vigorous ; foliage healthy ; clusters medium or above, compact ; 

 berries medium size ; skin pale green color with white bloom ; pulp 

 moderately tough, sub-acid ; quality fair to good. Since it is fully 

 self-fertile, it can set fruit satisfactorily, even when standing alone. 



Big Extra. — Lin. X {Lin., Lah.^viri). A seedling of Post Oak 

 X Triumph, received from T. V. Munson, Denison, Texas, in the 

 spring of 1892. It bore a small amount of fruit this season. Bunch 

 large, compact, cylindrical, slightly shouldered ; berry nearly round, 

 dark purple with blue bloom ; pulp tender, juicy, and of good 

 quality. Tine vigorous. 



Big Hope. — Lin. X {Lin., Lab., vin). A seedling of Post Oak 

 X Triumph, originated by T. Y. Munson, Denison, Texas, and 

 received here in the spring of 1892. It bore its first fruit this 

 season. Bunch medium or above, moderately compact ; berries 

 medium, reddish purple with blue bloom ; pulp rather firm, moder- 

 ately tender, releases seeds readily, vinous, good flavor and quality. 

 Ripened this year with, or a little before Catawba. 



Brown.— From W. B. Brown, Newburgh, N. Y., 1893. Bunch 

 medium size, moderately compact, cylindrical ; berries somewhat 

 oval ; it leaves dark pui-ple fibres attached to the pedicle ; skin 

 black, with thin blue bloom ; pulp moderately tough, good flavor 

 and quality ; juice slightly colored. Season early, about with Hart- 

 fort or a little earlier. Vine vigorous ; foliage healthy. Resembles 

 Hartford in fruit but not in foliage. 



Campbell. See Early Golden. 



Carman. — Lin. X {Lin., Lab., viii). A seedling of Post Oak X 

 Triumph, originated by T. V. Munson, Denison, Texas. Cluster 

 medium size, cylindrical, rather loose ; berry medium or above, nearly 

 round, purplish black with blue bloom ; skin thin, tough ; juice col- 

 ored ; pulp moderately tender, good flavor and quality, somewhat 

 vinous, nearly sweet. Ripen a little before Catawba. Vine very vig- 

 orous and capable of fruiting satisfactorily when standing alone. Foli- 

 age good, received here in the spring of 1892 and bore its first fruit 

 in 1895. 



Chandler. — Lab. A chance seedling received from N. M. 

 Chandler, Ottawa, Kansas, in the spring of 1892. Bunch medium 

 to large, compact ; berry medium to large ; skin greenish white, 

 tinged with faint yellow, tender, cracks easily ; pulp juicy, sweet, 

 vinous, good quality, fair flavor. Vine fairly vigorous, productive, 

 and capable of setting fruit satisfactorily when standing alone. Do 

 not think it worthy of dissemination, at least in this locality. 



