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Ensenberger's Seedlings. About twenty-five years ago, G. A. Ensenberger, of Bloom- 

 ington, Illinois, originated several varieties of grapes from seed of standard sorts. Of 

 his varieties which received names there are: Herald, Hercules, Isabella Seedling, Juno 

 and Mathilde. None of them has apparentl}^ been introduced and none has qualities 

 which would make it permanentlj' popular. 



Eolia. (Lab.) According to Mitzky, 1893, a seedling of Concord; from Robert 

 Linville, Forsyth County, North Carolina, and introduced by N. W. Craft, Shore, 

 North Carolina. Hardy; bunch large, compact, shouldered; berry medium, greenish- 

 white; tender, sweet; ripens with Concord. 



EpuriU. (Line. Vin. Lab. Bourq.) A seedling of Early Purple crossed with Bril- 

 liant; from Munson in 1897. Stamens reflexed; cluster medium; berr\- very large, red; 

 ripens late. 



Erickson. (Lab.) Pronounced a worthless Labrusca by Prince in 1863. 



Essex County (Mass.) Seedling. (Lab.) Given in the American Pomological Society 

 Report, 1862, as from Thomas C. Thurlow; a variety of fox grape; common all through 

 the count^^^ 



Estella. (Line. Rup. Rip. Lab. Vin.) A seedling of Jaeger Xo. 73 crossed with 

 Rommel; from Munson in 1S99. Stamens erect; cluster medium; bern.- mediuna, white; 

 ripens late. 



Etawa. (Lab. Vin.?) Woodruff's Xo. 1. Described in the Atnerican Pomological 

 Society Report, 1883, as an accidental seedling from T\". W. Woodruff, Vineyard P. O., 

 near Griffin, Georgia. Vigorous, foliage luxuriant, shows Labrusca characters; bunch 

 large; berry large, round, blue; pulp dissolving, vinous; best; fruit showy and hangs 

 on the vines for two months. 



Eudora. (Lab.) Noted as a worthless Labrusca by Prince in Gardener's Monthly 

 for 1863. 



Eufaula. (Line. Rup. Bourq. Lab. Aest. Vin.) A seedling of America crossed with 

 Laura; from Munson in 1895. ^^eak grower; stamens erect; cluster large, loose; berry 

 small, red; ripens late. 



Eugenia. (Vin. Lab.) A seedling of White Frontignan crossed with Catawba; 

 from J. T. Clark, of Washington. Said to have been raised from seed of the 

 same herry that produced the Columbia, a white grape. A red grape of good quality; 

 late. 



Eugenia. (Lab.) A seedling of Concord; from T. B. Miner. Vigorous, hardy; 

 bunch medium; berrj^ medium, white; fair quality; ripens early. 



Eumedel. (Lab. Vin. Aest. Bourq.) A seedling of Etmielan crossed with Delaware; 

 from Munson. Of medium growth, usually hardy, variable in productiveness, sus- 

 ceptible to mildew; stamens upright; clusters medium to small, shouldered, compact; 

 berries small, roundish, black, heavy blue bloom, persistent; flesh tender, slightly foxy, 

 sweet to agreeably tart; good. The vine has pronounced Labrusca characters. 



