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of average length; diaphragm thick; pith medium in thickness; shoots pubescent; 

 tendrils continuous, long to medium, bifid or sometimes trifid. 



Leaf-buds large to medium, long, thick; open very late. Young leaves tinged on 

 under side and along margin of upper side with rose-carmine. Leaves large to medium, 

 thin; upper surface light green, glossy, somewhat rugose; lower surface pale green, very 

 pubescent ; veins indistinct ; leaf usually not lobed with teiTninus broadly acute ; petiolar 

 sinus of average depth, medium to wide; teeth shallow, often wide. Flowers nearly 

 sterile, open in mid-season; stamens upright. 



Fruit variable in season but usually ripens one to two weeks later than Concord, 

 keeps and ships well. Clusters intermediate in size and length, broad, cylindrical to 

 tapering, sometimes single-shouldered, variable in compactness but inclined to be loose; 

 peduncle short to medium, thick; pedicel intermediate in length and thickness, covered 

 with numerous small warts, enlarged at point of attachment to fruit; brush slender, 

 short, pale green. Berries large to below medium, oval to roundish, light and dark red, 

 covered with lilac bloom, persistent, medium in firmness. Skin does not crack, thick, 

 tough, adheres considerably to the pulp, contains no pigment, astringent. Flesh pale 

 green, juicv, fine-grained, somewhat stringy, tender, vinous, sweet next the skin, agree- 

 ably tart at center, good to very good in quality. Seeds separate easily from the pulp, 

 one to five, average three, variable in size, length and breadth, not notched, usuallv 

 blunt, brownish; raphe distinct; chalaza small, plainly above center, usually roundish, 

 often with shallow radiating furrows, distinct. 



VICTORIA. 



(Labrusca, Vinifera.) 



1. Am. Pom. Soc. Rpt., 1883:92. 2. lb., 1885:104. 3. Mo. Hort. Soc. Rpt., 1891:129. 4. 

 Rural .V. Y., 50:691, 847. 1891. 5. .V. Y. Sta. An. Rpt., 11:037. 1S92. 6. Del. Sta. An. Rpt., 

 7:135, 139. 1895. 7. Rural iV. Y., 56:822. 1897. 8. .V. Y. Sta. An. Rpt., 17: 536, 548, 557. 

 1898. 9. Mich. Sta. Bui., 169:176. 1899. 10. Ga. Sta. Bid., 53:49- 1901. 



As a green seedling of Concord, Victoria has much in common with 

 others of its kind that have come from this parent. In iDarticular it 

 resembles Hayes but does not equal it, being of poorer quality and having 

 smaller and less attractive fruits; neither does it equal Martha. Victoria 

 is marked by having more foxiness in flavor than do most of the white 

 seedlings of Concord. In view of the many good green grapes, there is 

 little about Victoria to recommend it, — there are man}- commonplace 

 grapes of its color and season quite its equal. 



This variety was originated by T. B. Miner of Linden, Union County, 

 New Jersey, about 1871. 



