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average three, small, broad, faintly notched, short, plump, brownish; raphe obscure; 

 chalaza intermediate in size, slightly above center to central, oval to nearly circular, 

 somewhat obscure. Must 90°. 



MOORE EARLY. 



(Labrusca.) 



1. Mass. Hort. Soc. Rpt.. 1871:43. 2. lb.. 1872:94. 3.76., 1873:101. 4. lb., Pt. 2:81, 82, 109. 

 1877 5. Ant. Pom. Soc. Rpt., 1881:32, 40, 41. 6. Am. Pom. Soc. Cat., 1881:34. 7- Mich. Pom. 

 Soc. Rpt., 1886:235. 8. .4m. Pom. Soc. Rpt., 1887:97. 9. N. Y. Sta. An. Rpt., 9:337. 1890. 10. 

 Ciin. Hort., 15:95. 1892. col. pi. 11. la. Hort. Soc. Rpt., 1893:161. 12. Bush. Cat., 1894: 158. 

 fig. 13. Col. Sta. Bui.. 29:19. 1894. 14. Tcnn. Sta. Bui., Vol. 9:184. 195. 1896. 15. .V. Y. 

 Sta. An. Rpt.. 15:430, 431, 432, 433. 1896. 16. Vt. Sta. Bui., 62:41. 1898. 17. AT. Y. Sta. An. 

 Rpt.. I7:S33- 54i. 543. 544. 545. 547. 55^- '898. 18. Mich. Sta. Bui.. 169:173. 1899. 19. Rural 

 .V. v.. 66:173. :907. 



Moore Early is the standard grape of its season in New Yoik. It 

 cannot be better described than as an early Concord. It comes in season 

 from two to three weeks earlier than Concord and the last fruits of it are 

 sent to market before those of the later grape are picked. The vines are 

 readily recognizable from those of Concord, differing chiefly in being less 

 producti\'e and more precarious bearers. To grow the variety satisfactorily 

 the soil must be rich, well drained and loose, must be frequently cultivated 

 and the vines should be carefully pnaned and cared for in every way. The 

 bunches of Moore Early are not as large as those of Concord and are more 

 inclined to looseness, and the berries sometimes shell rather badly. The 

 berries are larger and, as with Concord, crack under unfavorable con- 

 ditions. The flesh characters and the flavor are essentially those of 

 Concord, though the quality, representing all of the characters which 

 make a fruit pleasant to the palate, is not as high as in the older variety; 

 it is however much higher than that of Champion and Hartford, its chief 

 competitors in this State and varieties which it should replace. Moore 

 Early is by no means an ideal grape for its season but until something 

 better is introduced it will probably remain the best early commercial 

 grape for New York. 



Captain John B. Moore of Concord, Massachusetts, is said to have 



originated this variety from seed of Concord. In 1871 it was e.xhibited 



before the Massachusetts Horticultural Society with fifty other seedlings 



of the same parentage. It was awarded a first class certificate of merit 



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