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are susceptible to fungi. Dutchess does not require a very rich 

 soil nor close pruning. The bunches should be thinned, and should 

 be picked as soon as ripe, since the grapes have a tendency to crack 

 when over-ripe. The clusters are especially fine when bagged. 



ECLIPSE 



Eclipse is a seedling of Niagara and therefore a grandchild of 

 Concord, which it resembles, differing chiefly in being earlier and 

 of much better color. Unfortunately the berries and bunches are 

 smaller than those of Concord. The vines are hardly surpassed by 

 those of any other variety, being hardy, healthy, and productive. 

 The ripened fruit hangs on the vines for a long time without de- 

 terioration and the grapes do not crack in wet weather. Eclipse 

 ripens several days earlier than Concord and should make a splen- 

 did forerunner of that standard sort for either home or market. 



ION A 



In flavor lona is a rare combination of sweetness and acidity - 

 pure, delicate, and vinous. The flesh is transparent, melting, ten- 

 der, and juicy; the seeds are few, small, and part readily from the 

 flesh ; the color is a peculiar dark-red wine with a tinge of ame- 

 thyst; the bunch, at its best, is large, though rather loose. The 

 fruit does not decay readily and may be kept in a good fruit room 

 until late winter without loss of flavor and without the berries 

 loosening from Jhe bunch. The vine characters of lona are not so 

 good as those of the fruit. To do well it must have a soil exactly 

 suited to its needs. Seemingly it does best in deep, dry, sandy, or 

 gravelly clays. It cannot be grown in damp, rich, black soils nor 

 in poor sands or gravels. It does especially well when trained 

 against walls or buildings, attaining rare perfection under such 

 conditions. It is doubtfully hardy and in many parts of the state 

 must have winter protection. Few varieties are more satisfactory 

 for the garden, and, in favored conditions, it is a good local market 

 sort. 



JEFFERSON 



Jefferson is a seedling of Concord crossed with lona. Tt resem- 

 bles Concord in vigor, productiveness, and healthfulness, and lona 

 in color and quality of fruit. The crop ripens two weeks later 



