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Delaware, slightly oblong, greenish-white with fine bloom; skin thin, yet tough, almost 

 transparent; juicy, sweet, good; ripens two weeks before Concord; a very good keeper. 



Woodbury. Mentioned in the United States Department of Agriculture Report for 

 1863, as being on trial in the government experimental garden. 



Woodcock Seedling. Exhibited bj^ H. Woodcock at the Western New York Horti- 

 cultural Society meeting in 1887. A larcre red grape, of very good quality; ripens with 

 Delaware. 



Woodford. On trial in the United States Department of Agriculture experimental 

 vineyard in i860. Vigorous; purple; pulpy, juicy, sweet. 



Woodriver. According to Bushberg Catalogue, 18S3, originated near Woodriver, 

 Washington County, Rhode Island, by a Mr. Brown. White, ver}' early, fine quality. 



Woodson. From Prince Edward County, Virginia, previous to 1830. Bunch 

 medium, very compact; berry medium red; no pulp, rich; good for table and wine; later 

 than Cunningham. 



Wyman. (Lab. Vin.) Wyman's Seedling. Exhibited by Joseph Breck in 1854 

 at a session of the fruit committee of the Massachusetts Horticultural Society. Said to 

 be a seedling of Catawba; berries large, sweet and free of pvilp; ripens with or before 

 Isabella. 



Wynant. (Lab. Vin.) According to Mitzky, 1893, a chance seedling grown by 

 D. W. Babcock, Dansville, New York; almost identical with Dutchess. 



Wyoming. Noted in the United States Patent Office Report, i860. Vigorous; 

 black; juicy, somewhat pulpy. 



Wylie's Seedlings. Unnamed seedlings of Dr. A. P. Wylie, of Chester, South 

 Carolina : 



No. 4- A cross between two hybrids. Described by originator in Bushberg Cata- 

 logue, 1883, as bunch somewhat larger than Lenoir; berry medium, of a clear transparent 

 golden color; finest texture and flavor, resembles White Frontignan; ripens as early as 

 Concord. 



Concord and Foreign No. S. (Vin. Lab.) Seedling of Concord and Bowood Mus- 

 cat. Strong grower; foliage Labrusca; cluster very large, loose; berrj^ very large, black, 

 of foreign texture; skin thick; ripens with Catawba. 



Delaware and Concord No. 1. (Lab. Vin. Bourq.) Very hardy with Labrusca 

 foliage; a great bearer; bunch and berT\- medium; skin thick, dark red; juicy, rich and 

 sweet, slightly musky. 



Halifax and Delaware No. SO. (Lab. Bourq. Vin.) The same color as Delaware 

 with bunch of same size and berries one half larger; texture and flavor also mucli like 

 Delaware ; generally more healthy than that variety ; a great bearer. 



Halifax and Delaware No. 38. (Lab. Bourq. Vin.) Hardj- and healthy with 

 Labrusca foliage, not so strong a grower as No. SO; dark red in color with purple bloom 

 and superior to No. SO in flavor. 



