502 THE GRAPES OF NEW YORK. 



Prairie State. (Lab.) From Jacob Christian, Mount Carroll, Illinois, before 1892. 

 Hardy, productive ; cluster large, compact ; berries large, white, fine bloom ; skin thin ; 

 no pulp, sweet, pleasant flavor; good; ripens ten days before Concord. 



President. (Lab. Vin.) A seedling of Herbert; from Munson. Strong, healthy 

 prolific; flower perfect; cluster medium, compact; berr>' large, black, persistent, does 

 not crack; quality better than Concord; ripens with Moore Early. 



Presly. (Lab. Rip.) Lyon; President Lyon. A seedling of Elvira crossed with 

 Champion; from Munson, the name changed by him from President Lyon to Presly. 

 Vigorous, hardv, produces good crops; tendrils continuous; flowers nearly fertile; stamens 

 upright ; fruit ripens the last of August ; clusters medium, slender, cylindrical, frequently 

 single-shouldered, loose; berries small, roundish, purplish-red, heavy blue bloom, per- 

 sistent; skin medium, tender, adheres strongly to pulp; flesh dull green, juicy, tender, 

 foxy, mild, sweet from skin to center; good quality. 



Primate. (Lab. Bourq.?) Originated by John Burr, Leavenworth, Kansas, from 

 mixed seed. Vigorous, hard}-, healthy, productive; cluster long, compact, handsome; 

 berry medium or above, red, firm; pulp tender, juicy, rich, vinous; quality ver\^ good; 

 season a little after Concord. 



Professor Brunk. Vigorous, healthy; cluster medium size, ragged; ripens unevenly; 

 verv late. Reported upon at Mississippi Experiment Station in 1899. 



Professor Gulley. According to Mississippi Station Bulletin Xo. 56, 1899, vine 

 and fruit resemble those of Concord and fruit ripens irregularly about the same time. 

 Yield not so large, more subject to rot. 



Professor Hilgard. (Line. Bourq.) Parents, Post-oak crossed with Herbemont; 

 from Munson. Cluster large, shouldered, compact; berry medium, purple; juicy, sweet 

 and sprightly; medium to late. 



Profitable. (Lab. Rip.) A seedling of Elvira fertilized by Perkins; from Munson. 

 Vigorous and productive, hardy; stamens upright, perfectly self-fertile; cluster medium 

 to large, long, medium compact, shouldered; berry medium size, round, inclined to 

 oblong, pale greenish-red; skin rather thin, tender; pulp tender, sweet, juicy; flavor 

 pleasant and agreeable; season about with Concord. 



Profusion. (Line. Lab.) Ten-Dollar-Prize fertilized by AVorden; from Munson, 

 1889. Very vigorous; stamens upright; cluster large, compact; berry small, black, 

 adheres well; quality good; later than Concord in Texas. 



Progress. (Lab. Vin.) Thought to be a hardy native Labrusca by Black Ham- 

 burg cross; from A. F. Rice, of South Weymouth, Massachusetts, previous to 1883. 

 Good grower; cluster medium size, shouldered; berries large, dark red; skin thick, rather 

 tender; quite pulpy, juicy, not high flavored; quality fair. 



Progress. (Lab. Vin.) From John Burr, Leavenworth, Kansas, previous to 1885. 

 Very vigorous, healthy, hardy; cluster large, compact, shouldered; berrj' large, medium, 



