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WORDEX 



Worden, the best black offspring of Concord, probably ranks 

 fourth in importance in the grape growing of -New York. It 

 diifers chiefly from Concord in having larger berries and clusters, 

 in possessing better quality, and being from a week to ten days 

 curlier. It is equally hardy and productive with Concord, but 

 its vigor falls somewhat short of that variety. It is more par- 

 ticular in its choice of soils than is its parent. Its chief defect 

 consists in tenderness of skin, which, during wet maturing sea- 

 sons, frequently cracks and deterioration follows. A second de- 

 fect of the variety is in the small green berries often found on 

 the cluster at maturity, necessitating the removal of all such at 

 the packing table. A third fault, in many seasons, is the failure 

 to mature evenly. Two or three pickings are required in order 

 to harvest the fruit at its best. The first picking always pro- 

 duces the most satisfactory fruit for packing, for often no fur- 

 ther ripening takes place after this period, at least in so far as 

 coloring is concerned, although a slightly greater amount of 

 sugar may be fixed when the fuit is allowed to hang a few days 

 after the larger part of it is fit for market. 



Worden cannot be put on distant markets at its best, but for 

 local consumption and nearby shipments it is profitably grown in 

 .Xe\v York. While this variety is higher in quality than Con- 

 cord, it is not so generally preferred by the average consumer, 

 as it tends to cloy the appetite more than does the latter variety. 



The Chautauqua and Hudson Valley districts lead in the 

 production of Worden, comparatively few being grown in the 

 Central Lakes and Niagara regions. 



MOORE 



Moore, or Moore Early, probably ranks fifth among the com- 

 mercial varieties grown in New York. The greater percentage 

 of this variety is grown in the Chautauqua and Erie belt. It is 

 the standard black grape of its season for the state. It ripens 

 from ten days to two weeks earlier than does the Concord. The 

 vines are not so hardy nor so healthy as the latter, and they require 

 certain soils for their best development. The pruning of Moore is 

 a problem in itself. The clusters of this variety are not so large 



