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ries liave foxy odor and flavor, are medium to large, very dark red, 

 almost black, with blue bloom. Pulp meaty, rather tender, sweet, 

 moderately juicy. Season about with Concord or later. Do not 

 consider it of sufficient value to pay for cultivation. 



Hogers No. 24. Lcib. X vin. Yine very vigorous, productive and 

 capable of setting fruit satisfactorily alone. Bunch handsome, 

 large, sometimes well shouldered, moderately compact. Berries 

 have a fine, light red color with lilac bloom. They are large and 

 nearly round. Pulp rather tough, juicy, good quality, nearly sweet 

 but apt to remain acid near the seeds. The pulp does not readily 

 release the seeds. Concord season or later. 



Victoria. Lah. From. T. S. Ilnhbard Co.., Fredonia., N. Y., 

 1892. A seedling of Concord originated by the late T. B. Miner, 

 Linden, Union Co., N. J. Yine fairly vigorous ; foliage moderately 

 healthy ; cluster medium to large, moderately compact ; berry pale 

 greenish yellow with white bloom ; skin rather tender ; pulp moder- 

 ately tough, moderately juicy, vinous, good flavor and good quality. 

 Capable of setting fruit satisfactorily alone. Ripened in 1895 a 

 little earlier than Concord. 



Wheaton. (Bourq., Zab.) A seedling of Delaware, originated 

 by Daniel W. Babcock, Dansville, N, Y. It was received at the 

 Station in the spring of 1892. Bunch small, compact, not shoul- 

 dered ; berries about the size of of Delaware, pale yellow with white 

 bloom ; pulp tender, releases the seeds readily, nearly sweet, juicy 

 good flavor and quality. Season about the same as that of Moore's 

 Early. Shows no superior merit as far as tested here. Its small 

 size is against it for a white market grape. 



Witt. Zah. A seedling of Concord, received at the Station in 

 1892. It produced its first fruit in 1895. Clusters medium size, 

 moderately compact ; berry medium size or above, pale yellow ; pulp 

 tender, juicy, vinous, nearly sweet, good flavor and quality. Yine 

 not very vigorous ; foliage moderately healthy. Has not as yet 

 shown any points of superiority over well known varieties. 



CURRANTS. 



Several varieties of currants were planted for testing at this Sta. 

 tion as early as 1882, the year that experiment work was inaug- 

 urated here. These varieties were all well known standard sorts 

 and included five red, one white and five black kinds. Specimens 

 of the wild currant of the western prairies, Bibes aureum., Pursh, 



