252 THE GRAPES OF NEW YORK. 



Early Victor is said to be a seedling of Delaware pollinated by Hartford. 

 This, however, is mere surmise, as nothing is known positively as to its 

 parentage, and the statement was made frequently by the Kansas Horti- 

 cultural Society, of which Burr was a member, that it was a seedling of 

 Concord. It was introduced, probabl}- about 1887, by Stayman & Black 

 of Leavenworth. 



Vine vigorous, healthy, hardy, productive. Canes long, numerous, rather slender, 

 dark brown to slightly reddish-brown, surface pubescent; nodes enlarged, usually not 

 flattened; intemodes long to medium; diaphragm nearly thin; pith intermediate in 

 size; shoots pubescent; tendrils continuous, of average length, bifid to sometimes trifid. 



Leaf-buds of average size, short to medium, rather thick, often strongly compressed, 

 nearly obtuse to conical, open in mid-season. Young leaves tinged lightly on upper and 

 lower sides with rose-carmine. Leaves medium to above in size, rather thick; upper 

 surface dark green, moderately smooth; lower surface nearly whitish, heavily pubescent; 

 veins well defined; lobes three to five in number, terminal lobe acute; petiolar sinus 

 intermediate in depth and width ; basal sinus shallow and moderately wide when present ; 

 lateral sinus medium to above in depth, narrow to medium in width ; teeth of average 

 depth and width. Flowers nearly fertile to somewhat sterile, open in mid-season; 

 stamens upright. 



Fruit ripens with Moore Early or a little later, does not keep well. Clusters medium 

 to small, below average length, variable in shape, cylindrical to tapering, frequently 

 single-shouldered, compact; peduncle intermediate in length and thickness; pedicel 

 medium to short, covered with numerous small warts; brush wine-colored or pinkish-red. 

 Berries small to medium, roundish to slightly oblate, dark purplish-black, rather dull, 

 covered with heavy blue bloom, persistent, not very firm. Skin rather thin, medium 

 to tough, adheres but slightly to the pulp, contains much red pigment, astringent. Flesh 

 greenish-white, nearly opaque, fine-grained, of medium toughness, aromatic, slightly 

 vinous, not foxy, sweet at skin but slightly acid at center, good in quality. Seeds do not 

 separate easily from the pulp unless the fruit is thoroughly ripe, one to four, average 

 three, of medium size, broad, notched, below mean length, usually somewhat blunt, 

 dark brown; raphe obscure; chalaza of fair size, slightly above center, circular, some- 

 what obscure. 



EATON. 



(Labrusca.) 



I. Mass. Hort. Soc. Rpt., 1879:161. 2. lb., 1880:231. 3. Gar. Man., 27:335. 1885. 4. V. S. 

 D. A. Rpt., 1887:633. S. Rural .V. Y., 48:639, 641. 1S89. /Jg. 6. .V. Y. Sta. An. Rpl.. 9:326. 

 1890. 7. \V. N. Y. Hort. Soc. Rpt., 36:42. 1891. 8. lU. Sta. BuL. 28:254. 1S93. 9. Bush. Cat., 

 1894:123. 10. Mass. Hatch Sta. Bui., 37:11, 14. 1896. 11. N. Y. Sta. An. Rpt., 17:529. 548, 553, 

 559. 1898. 12. Mo. Sta. Bid., 46:39, 42, 44, 45, 50, 54, 76. 1899. 



Eaton's Seedling (i, 2). 



