446 THE GRAPES OF NEW YORK. 



Champanel. (Champ. Lab.) Parents, Vitis champini crossed with Worden; from 

 Munson. Vigorous; clusters large, conical; berries globular, large, black; season with 

 Concord. 



Champovo. (Champ. Vin. Lab. Bourq.) Parentage, De Grasset crossed with 

 Brilliant; from JIunson. Stamens reflexed; cluster medium; berry large, black; ripens 

 mid-season. 



Chandler. (Lab.) A chance seedling from N. M. Chandler, Ottawa, Kansas, 

 about 1886; probably from Worden. Vigorous, productive; stamens upright; cluster 

 medium, shouldered, compact; berry above medium, round, rich yellow; good. 



Chapin. Noted in Gardener's Monthly, 1863, as worthless. 



Charles. (Rip. Lab.?) Mentioned by Joseph Hobbins about 1869 as having been 

 injured by winter; exhibited at Wisconsin State Fair that year. Resembles Clinton. 



Charles A. Green. A white grape originated by F. W. Loudon, Janesville, Wis- 

 consin; introduced by the Chas. A. Green Nursery Company of Rochester, New York. 

 Said to be "a vigorous grower, and an enormous yielder of very large and beautiful 

 clusters of excellent fruit." 



Charlotte. (Lab. Vin.) From Edmund Ward, Kelleys Island, Ohio; a seedling 

 of Catawba. Bunch medium, not shouldered; berries medium, roundish, pale red; flesh 

 tender, sweet, vinous; skin thick; season with Delaware. 



Charlton. (Vin. Lab.) A cross between Brighton and Mills; from John Charlton, 

 Rochester, New York; fruited about 1893. Vigorous, productive, hardy; clusters large, 

 generally well shouldered, compact; berr>' large to medium, roundish-oval, dark red; 

 skin rather thin, tough; pulp meaty, tender, releases seeds easily; juicy, sweet, rich, 

 vinous; ripens a week before Concord; keeps well; promising. 



Charter Oak. (Lab. Aest.) A large coarse, foxy grape from Connecticut. Vigorous, 

 hardy; canes long with blue bloom; tendrils continuous; clusters small, loose; berries 

 large, roundish, dull dark amber; shatter; flesh soft, tough, foxy; fair quality; ripens 

 with Concord. 



Chavoush. Exhibited before the Massachusetts Horticultural Society in 1868. 

 Productive; bunch large; berr\^ large, oval, white; keeps well. 



Cheowa. Noted in the United States Department of Agriculture Report for 1S63 as a 

 variety to be discarded. 



Cherokee. (Aest. Lab.) From Stayman, of Kansas; the same parentage as Ozark. 

 Vigorous; free from rot and mildew; bunch large, compact; berry medium, black; tender, 

 juicy, sweet; season with Cynthiana. 



Chicago. (Lab.) A chance seedling found in Lincoln, Illinois, by F. E. L. Rauten- 

 berg. Vigorous, productive, hardy; bunch medium, sometimes double; berries medium, 

 round; skin tough; color red resembling Delaware; sweet, rich; ripens early; ships well. 



Chidester's Seedlings. Produced by C. P. Chidester, Battle Creek, Michigan, about 

 thirty years ago. All are apparently second generation Vinifera-native hybrids. They 



