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York Lisbon. (Lab. Vin.) Noted by Prince in 1830. Grown around York, Penn- 

 sylvania. Resembles Alexander but larger and a little elongated and the pulp is more 

 acid; coarse, pulpy and foxy; some consider it identical with Alexander. 



York Madeira. (Lab. Vin..') Baldwin's Early; Black German; Canby's August; 

 German Wine; Large German; Marion Port; Monteiih; Shepherd's Port Wine; Small 

 German; Tryon; Wolfe. An old variety of Isabella type, originated at York, Pennsyl- 

 vania. Vigorous, generally hardy, productive; cluster medium, compact, shouldered; 

 berries medium, roundish, inclining to oval, black; pulp juicy, sweet, somewhat vinous, 

 pleasant; ripens with Isabella or before. Some consider Marion (II) identical with this 

 variety. 



Young America. (Lab.) Raised by Samuel Miller, of Calmdale, Penns\-lvania, 

 about i860. A seedling of Concord and resembling its parent in color and shape but 

 three weeks later. 



Zane. From a Mr. Zane, Wheeling, West Virginia; found by him growing wild on 

 Wheeling Island. Berr}- medium, red. 



Zelia. (Lab. Vin.) Parentage, Telegraph crossed with Black Hamburg; from 

 C. J. Copley, Stapleton, New York. Medium in ^^gor, productive, quite hardy; leaves 

 five-lobed, some indistinctly so, dull green; cluster large, compact; berry very large, 

 black; skin thin, fine bloom; pulp tender, rich, sweet, aromatic; season earlier than 

 Concord. 



Zinnia. (Lab.) Origin unknown. Cluster large, loose, shouldered; berry medium, 

 round, black with a rich bloom. 



Zita. (Lab. Bourq. Vin.) A seedling of Delaware; from John Sacksteder, Leaven- 

 worth, Crawford County, Indiana. Vigorous, productive, healthy; cluster above 

 medium; berrjr medium, round, yellow. 



Zee. Mentioned bj' Campbell in Garden aiid Forest, 1890, as a northern grape 

 attaining its best quality in long seasons. 

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