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as Concord, but the berries are considerably larger. The flavor, 

 when fully ripened, is very similar to that of the variety last 

 named, although the quality and texture of the flesh is inferior. 

 The character of the skin renders it a good grade for shipment 

 to distant markets. Although vine and fruit characteristics are 

 not ideal, this variety surpasses the other black grapes of its 

 season, Champion and Hartford. Too often Moore is shipped 

 before it is edible, and this has had a very deterrent effect on 

 subsequent shipments. The most that can be said in its favor is 

 that it is early. 



OTHER VARIETIES 



Besides the varieties already mentioned, many others are 

 grown in the various grape sections of the state by reason of 

 special uses and markets, or from special adaptability to the 

 soils and climate of the particular section. 



In addition to the varieties already cited as being grown in 

 the Chautauqua belt, occasional small areas of Clinton, Cham- 

 pion, Ives, Isabella, and some of the Rogers hybrids are seen. 

 These, as a rule, are not recent plantings, but rather those made 

 when the growing of Concord was largely in its infancy. Of 

 the varieties mentioned, Clinton is the only one that, to the 

 writer's knowledge, has been planted within recent years. It is 

 in demand for the making of red wines, and it probably will be 

 used in future for blended, unfermented grape juices. Of the 

 Rogers hybrids, Lindley and Agawam are the most common. In 

 this belt the important varieties rank in the following order: 

 Concord, Worden, Moore, Delaware, Niagara, Catawba, and 

 Champion. This belt as a whole is slow to take up a new vari- 

 ety, even in an experimental way, but prefers to cling to the old 

 established ones. 



Of the Central Lakes region the Keuka Lake district furnishes 

 the greatest number of varieties. In addition to Catawba, Con- 

 cord, and Delaware, there are found growing in considerable 

 numbers Isabella, Clinton, Ives, Diana, Elvira, lona, Eumelan, 

 Niagara, Worden, 'and Diamond. A large percentage, such as 

 Delaware, lona, Elvira, Eumelan, and Isabella, form the basis 

 for champagne. Concord and Catawba -are grown both for table 

 use and for other wines, and Clinton is used extensively in the 

 manufacture of red wines. 





