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separate easily from the pulp, one to five, average three or four, intermediate in size, 

 medium to broad, short, rather plump, blunt, brownish; raphe obscure; chalaza small, 

 slightly above center, oval, not distinct. 



WORDEN. 



(Labrusca.) 



I. Am. Hort. An., 1870:95. 2. Wis. Hort. Soc. Rpt., 1873:71. 3. Mich. Pom. Soc. Rpt., 

 1874:258. 4. Am. Pom. Soc. Cat., 1881:24. 5. Am. Pom. Soc. Rpt.. 1881:42, 115, 121, 123. 136, 

 144, 168. 6. IV'. A". Y. Hort. Soc. Rpt., 27:30, 97. 1882. 7. Am. Pom. Soc. Rpt., 1885:103. 106. 

 8. Wis. Hort. Soc. Rpt.. 1885:176. 9. Ohio Hort. Soc. Rpt., 1886-7:171. 10. III. Hort. Soc. Rpt., 

 1887:9!. II. Wis. Sta. An. Rpt., 5:162. 1888. 12. .V. Y. Sta. An. Rpt., 9:328. 1890. 13. 

 Miss. Sta. Bui., 22:12, 13. 1892. 14. Bush. Cat.. 1894:190. 15. Col. Sta. Bid., 29:20. 1804. 

 16. Tcnn. Sta. Bid., Vol. 9:189. 1896. 17. Gar. and For., 9:300. 1896. 18. A'. Y. Sta. An. 

 Rpt' 17:537. 542. 543. S44. 545. 547. 553. 557- 1S98. 19. Ev. Xat. Fruits. 1898:75. 20. Ont. 

 Fr. Exp. Stas. Rpt., 8:11, fig., 49. igoi. 21. Mich. Sta. Sp. But., 27:10. 1904. 



Worden's Seedling (i, 6). Warden's Seedling (12, 14). 



Worden possesses most of the good qualities of Concord and lacks 

 some of its bad ones. Of all the offspring of Concord, this variety is best 

 kno\^^l and is most meritorious. It is of the type into which nearly all of 

 the black seedlings of Concord fall and surpasses all of these in quality- 

 though it does not equal the best of the green seedlings of the parent in 

 fruit characters, especialh' in flavor. It differs chiefly from Concord in 

 having larger berries and bunches, in having better qualit}' and in being 

 from a week to ten days earlier. It is equally hardy, healthy, vigorous 

 and productive. It is more fastidious in its adaptations to soil and other 

 conditions than its parents but now and then it is found to do even better 

 under some conditions. 



Worden is not as good a grape in many minor characters as the Con- 

 cord and this is the chief reason why it is not grown as much as its dis- 

 tinguished parent. Its chief fault is that the fruit cracks badly, often 

 preventing the profitable marketing of a crop. The Concord cracks also 

 in unfavorable weather but the cracked berries often, or nearly always, 

 partly or wholly recover from the injur}^ through the growing over of the 

 wounds. The Worden lacks the power of overcoming the cracking. Beside 

 this tenderness of skin, the pulp of Worden is softer than that of Concord, 

 there is more juice and the keeping qualities are not as good, so that the 

 variety hardly ships as well as the more commonly grown grape. In some 



