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good in quality. Seeds adherent to the pulp, one to five, average three, above medium 

 in size, often long, intermediate in breadth, light brown; raphe sometimes shows as a 

 partially submerged cord; chalaza small, above center, oval, distinct. 



WINCHELL. 



(Labrusca, Vinifera, Aestivalis.) 



I. -V. Y. Sta. An. Rpt., 4:224. 1S85. 2. Am. Pom. Soc. Rpt., 1887:91. 3. .V. Y. Sta. An. 

 /?/>«., 7:105, io8. 1888. 4. Rural .\. F., 47:675. 1888. fig. 5. Car. and For.. 2 :2 4. 432. 1S89. 

 6. Ohio Hort. Soc. Adv. Rpt., 1890:21. 7. .V. Y. Sta. An. Rpt., 9:331. 1890. 8. .4m. Pom. Soc. 

 Rpt., 1891:151. 9. Rural X. Y.. 50:691, 705. iSgi. 10. lb., 51:19, 63, 633, 681. fig. 1892. 

 II. Bush. Cat., 1894:130, 131, fig., 188. 12. Wis. Sta. .4)i. Rpt., 13:223. 1896. 13. A>n. Pom. 

 Soc. Cat., 1897:19. 14. .1/0. Sta. Bui., 46:39, 42, 45, 46. 50, 54, 76. 1899. 15. Rural .V. Y.. 58:23. 

 1899. 16. Mich. Sta. Bui., 169:177. 1889. 17. Ala. Sta. Bui., 110:82. 1900. 18. Ka)i. Sta. 

 Bui., 110:236, 238. 1902. 



Green Mountai.v (3, 4, 5, 6. 7. 8, 9, 10. 11, 14. 15, 17, iS). Green Mountain (10, 11, 12, 13, 16). 

 Winclwll (6, 9, 14, 17, iS). 



Winchell is at once very early and of very good quality, characters 

 seldom found combined in grapes. But this is not all that can be said; 

 the vines are vigorous, hardy, healthy, productive, and the fruit keeps and 

 ships well, altogether making a most admirable early grape. Unfortunately 

 the berries, and under some conditions the bunches, are small, and this, 

 combined with the fact that green grapes are not as popular as black and 

 red ones, has kept Winchell from being as largely planted as it otherwise 

 would have been. Then, too, as has been noted before, the competition 

 from the South, in which larger, cheaper and as good grapes compete with 

 early northern crops of this fruit, is limiting the production of early varieties 

 of grapes in the North. 



There are some minor faults, too, which under some conditions become 

 drawbacks to the culture of Winchell. At best the bunch of this variety 

 is loose and characterized by a large shoulder. Sometimes this looseness 

 becomes so pronounced as to give a straggling, poorly-formed cluster; so, 

 too, the shoulder when as large as the c uster itself, which often happens, 

 makes the cluster unsightly. There is a tendency, under some conditions, 

 for the grapes to shell when fully ripe and this is often a serious fault. 

 Again, while the crop usually ripens evenly yet there are seasons when 

 two pickings are needed because of unevenness in ripening. Lastly the 

 skin is thin and there is danger in unfavorable seasons, or in shipping, of 



