462 THE GRAPES OF NEW YORK. 



Frances E. Willard. (Lab.? Bourq. ? Vin.) A seedling noted in the Rural New 

 Yorker for 1894. Said to resemble Delaware but with a thicker skin. 



Franklin. French grape. A wild grape foufid at least sixty years ago on an island 

 in French Creek, Crawford County, Pennsylvania. It resembles Clinton very closely 

 but the wood is of lighter color, the fruit sweeter, and it matures earlier. 



Fredonia. (Lab. Vin.) From Seth Avery of Fredonia, New York. Vigorous, hardy, 

 productive; tendrils continuous, sometimes intermittent; leaves of the Labrusca t^-pe; 

 clusters medium, sometimes shouldered; berries medium, oval, light green with gray 

 bloom, some small, dark-colored dots; sweet; good. 



Fritz. A seedling of Roenbeck; raised by F. Roenbeck, of Bergen Point, New Jersey. 

 Vigorous; cluster large, compact; berry white; skin thin, tough; juicy; ripens with 

 Concord. 



Frost. A class name commonly applied in America to varieties of Cordifolia though 

 sometimes to those of Riparia. 



Gallup Seedling. (Lab. Vin.) Probably a seedling of Salem; from Adams Basin, 

 New York. Resembles Salem; berries a little larger; quality good; excellent keeper; 

 ripens with Concord. 



Garber. (Lab.) A seedling from J. B. Garber, Columbia, Pennsylvania. Vigorous, 

 hardy, very productive; bunch below medium, compact; berries medium, black, with 

 very dark juice: fair quality; ripens early. 



Garber Red Fox. (Lab. Vin.?) Produced by J. B. Garber, of Pennsylvania, from 

 the same lot of seed as Albino. Fruit resembles the wild red Labrusca, except that it 

 ripens later and is sweeter. 



Garfield. (Rip. Lab.) A seedling of Missouri Riesling, from John Reichenbach, 

 Columbus, Ohio, about 1902. Vigorous; berries large, green; rich and sweet. 



Garnet. (Vin. Rip. Lab.) A seedling of Red Frontignan and Clinton; from Dr. 

 A. P. Wylie, Chester, South Carolina. Bunch and berries larger than Clinton; deep 

 garnet color; flavor and texture that of a Vinifera but foliage that of Clinton. 



Garrigues. (Lab. Vin.?) Probably a seedling of Isabella; from Edward G. 

 Kingsessing, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Resembles Isabella but is a few days 

 earlier. 



Gassman. (Aest.) Noted in the United States Departnwnt of Agriculture Report 

 for 1869 as a variety of Aestivalis. 



Ganger. Described in the Illinois Horticultural Society Report for 1901 as \-igorous 

 and healthy, but too poor in flavor to be desirable. 



Gazelle. A seedling from J. H. Ricketts. Vigorous, healthy and productive ; bunches 

 medium, compact; berry small, greenish-white; sprightly, sweet, pleasant. 



General Pope. (Aest.) A seedling from John Burr, of Leavenworth, Kansas, about 

 1880. Very vigorous, hardy, healthy and productive; bunch and berries smaller than 

 those of Concord; without foxiness. 



