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green, three- to five-lobed; cluster large, compact; berries large, black; quality very 

 good; good keeper; rots some. 



Paragon. (Lab.) Burr's No. 15. From John Burr, Leavenworth, Kansas. 

 Lacks vigor; tendrils intermittent; flowers nearly fertile; stamens upright; season 

 between Worden and Concord; keeps well; clusters not uniform, short, compact; ber- 

 ries medium, roundish, black, glossy, covered with abundant blue bloom, persistent; 

 skin varies in toughness, tender, not astringent; flesh moderately tender, stringy and 

 foxy, nearly sweet at skin to acid at center; good, equal to Concord. 



Parker Rocky Mountain Seedling. Noted in a list of native grapes under test in 

 the experimental vineyards of the Department of Agriculture in i860. 



Pattison. (Lab.?) Given in a list of earliest ripening varieties in the report of 

 the Canada Central Experimental Farms for 1905. 



Pauline. (Bourq.) Burgundy of Georgia; Red Lenoir. A Southern grape valuable 

 only for wine; grown rather extensively fifty years ago. Not vigorous; leaves more 

 downy than Devereaux; cluster large, long, tapering, shouldered, compact; berries below 

 medium, copper color or violet, lilac bloom; brisk, sweet, vinous. 



Patiltne. Described by Wm. Falconer, Glen Cove, New York, in Country Gentle- 

 man in 1884. Cluster medium, loose; berries greenish, unequal, not over medium; 

 foliage healthy. 



Pawnee. (Aest. Lab.) From Dr. J. Stayman, Leavenworth, Kansas. Medium in 

 vigor, productive; stamens upright; cluster large, double-shouldered, compact; berry 

 above medium; skin thin, tough, black; pulp tender, meaty, not juicy, sprightly, rich, 

 vinous, sweet, peculiar flavor resembling Ozark; quality medium. 



Paxton. (Lab.) A Concord seedling; from F. F. Merceron, Catawissa, Pennsyl- 

 vania; fruited in 1863. Said to be as hardy and productive as the Concord, which it 

 much resembles; large bunch and berrj^; quality given by originator as better than 

 Concord. 



Pearl. (Rip. Lab.) Rommel's Taylor Seedling No. 10. From Jacob Rommel, 

 of Morrison, Missouri. Very vigorous, hardy, variable in productiveness; tendrils con- 

 tinuous, bifid to trifid; leaves large, light green; lower surface pale green, pubescent; 

 flowers semi-fertile, open early; stamens upright; fruit ripens with Concord or later; 

 clusters intermediate in size, short, slender, usually with a small single shoulder, com- 

 pact; berries small, roundish, very light green, often with amber or j-ellow tinge, cov- 

 ered with thin gray bloom, shatter badly; skin variable in thickness and toughness; 

 flesh moderately juicy, tender and vinous, sweet from skin to center; fair in quality. 

 The vine is peculiar in having ver>^ hairy petioles and nearly glabrous shoots. 



Pedee. (Rot.) Discovered on Pedee River, South Carolina, over thirty years ago. 

 Vigorous; stamens reflcxed; cluster very small, loose, irregular; berry very large, black; 

 medium in quality; ripens a month after Scuppernong. 



