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compact; berry large, globular, yellowish, with tough skin. Flesh 

 juicy, sweet; quality very good. A cross between Norton and Martha, 

 much prized in the South. Texas. 



Golden Gem. Bunch medium in size, roundish, shouldered, quite 

 compact; berries small, round; color rich golden, with delicate white 

 bloom. Flesh light green, half tender, juicy, very sweet; quality 

 very good to best. A cross of Delaware and lona too small for 

 market but delicious for home use where the Delaware proves profita- 

 ble. New York. Hybrid. 



Greins Golden. Bunch medium, with long stem, compact, regular; 

 berry large as Concord, round, brownish yellow, very juicy, free from 

 foxiness, quite acid; quality good. A probable cross of Riparia and 

 Labrusca. Missouri. 



Hartford. Bunch long, fairly compact, shouldered; berry me- 

 dium to large, round; color black, with blue bloom. Flesh whitishi 

 vinous, juicy, good. An old variety that has made slow commercial 

 progress on account of dropping its fruit. Connecticut. Labrusca. 



Hayes. Bunch medium, roundish, shouldered, compact; berries 

 medium, round; color greenish white, or at the West yellow amber, 

 with dense whitish bloom. Flesh juicy, subacid, vinous, with rather 

 tough center; quality very good. Season, earlier than Concord. 

 Grown mostly in the Eastern, Southern, and Mountain States. Massa- 

 chusetts. Labrusca. 



Herbemont. Bunch large, heavy, compact, shouldered; berry 

 below medium, black, with blue bloom; skin filled with sweet, rich, 

 aromatic juice, with but trifling show of pulp. A Southern variety 

 widely grown for home dessert use and wine-making. Origin, un- 

 certain. 



Herbert (Rogers' No. 44). Bunch medium to large, roundish, 

 shouldered, quite compact; berry large, round; color black, with 

 blue bloom. Flesh greenish, juicy, tender, pleasantly flavored; 

 seeds large. Needs mixed planting. Quite widely grown. Massa- 

 chusetts. Hybrid. 



Highland. Bunch large, long, shouldered, rather loose; berry 

 large, round, black, with blue bloom. Flesh greenish white, juicy, 

 sweet, tender, good. Season, quite late. A favorite in Maryland 

 and west to South Missouri. New York. Hybrid. 



Ideal. Bunch medium to large, compact, usually shouldered; 

 berry large, round, bright wine-red in color. Flesh tender, juicy, 



