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Far West. (Aest.) A variety of Aestivalis; found by Hermann Jaeger in the woods 

 of southwest ilissouri, about 1870. Vigorous, hardy; leaves large; clusters large, shoul- 

 dered; berries small; skin thin, tough, black with blue bloom; pulp soft, tender, meaty, 

 sweet and spicy; seeds few; ripens with Norton. 



Feemster. (Lab.) Cluster and bern,- small; foxy and worthless. 



Feemster Favorite. (Lab.) From Indiana. Hardy; cluster medium; berry large, 

 green. 



Fena. (Lab. Bourq. Vin.) A seedling of Jewel; from Ludwig Hencke, CoUinsville, 

 Illinois. Similar to its parent but more vigorous and with fruit larger in bunch and 

 berr}-. 



Fisk. (Lab. Vin.) Probably a seedling of Isabella which it resembles very closely, 

 It was originated by John Fisk Allen of Salem, Massachusetts, about fifty years ago. 



Fitchburg. (Lab.) Fox; Free Black. A local New England variety of Labrusca, 

 apparently never known in cultivation. 



Flickwir. (Rip. Lab.) Tested by the United States Department of Agriculture 

 about 1S60 and proved to be the same as Clinton. 



Flora. (Vin. Lab.) A Vinifera hybrid; from A. M. Spangler of Philadelphia, about 

 the middle of the last centurs'. Vine hardy and productive; cluster small, compact; 

 berry medium, oval, dark purplish-red; somewhat pulpy, juicy; late. 



Florence. (Lab. Vin. Aest.) Originated by Marine, about 1875. It is a probable 

 cross between Eumelan and Union Village and is a large, handsome grape, resembling 

 in some respects the Isabella. 



Florence. (Lab.) A variety known for about thirty years and which has 

 attracted considerable attention on account of its extreme earliness, ripening earUer 

 even than Hartford. Hardy, vigorous ; bunches small, imperfect ; berries medium, 

 black; resembles Hartford in quality. 



Flower of Missouri. (Lab. Bourq. Vin.) A Delaware seedling; from William Poe- 

 schel, Hermann, Missouri. Said to resemble Walter. 



Flowers. (Rot.) A Rotundifolia, the origin of which is unknown; introduced 

 about 1850. Vine tender, verj- vigorous, very productive; berries large, oval, growing 

 in clusters of twelve to fifteen; blossoms self-sterile; ripens ver}^ late; quality not as 

 good as Scuppemong. Probably a strain of other than Rotundifolia blood is present. 



Fluke's Hybrids. Newton K. Fluke, of Davenport, Iowa, has originated a series of 

 hybrids which are now being tested but as yet none has been introduced. 



Foster. (Lab. Vin.) A seedling of Niagara; from John Reichenbach, Columbus, 

 Ohio. A white grape said by the originator to be of high quality. 



Fox. This name has been applied to many varieties of Labrusca and Rotundifolia. 

 It does not indicate any particular variety. 



Framingham. (Lab.) Resembles Hartford so closely that they can hardly be 

 distinguished. It was raised by J. G. Momeberg, Saxonville, Massachusetts, about 1850. 



