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would have been. It is, however, a standard early green grape, 

 and deserves to rank in home and commercial plantations as the 

 lic>i early grape of its color. 



WORDEN 



Worden is the best known and the most meritorious of all the 

 numerous offspring of Concord. It differs chiefly from its parent 

 in having larger berries and bunches, in being of better quality, 

 and in ripening from a week to ten days earlier. It is equally 

 hardy, healthy, vigorous, and productive. It is more fastidious 

 in its adaptations of soils' than is its parent. Its chief fault is that 

 the fruit cracks easily, often -preventing the profitable marketing 

 of a crop. The pulp of Worden is softer than that of Concord, 

 and it is juicier. Its keeping qualities are not so good, making 

 it a less satisfactory variety to ship. It is a more desirable 

 variety for the garden than its parent because of its higher 

 quality; and, under conditions well suited to it, is better as a 

 commercial variety, since it is handsomer and of better quality. 

 In the markets it ought to sell for higher prices than Concord if 

 desired for immediate consumption. In many markets Worden 

 is sold as Concord and has the effect of extending the Concord 

 season.* 



* See " Grapes of New York " by Professor Hedrick, Published by State Agr. 

 Exp. Sta., Geneva, N. Y. 



