CHEMICAL COMPOSITION OF AMERICAN GRAPES. 17 



SEEDLINGS AND UNKNOWN VAKIETIES. 



In covering as large a territory as that from which the samples 

 listed in this report have been collected, naturally a number of seed- 

 lings or unknown varieties have been received. Of these, nine appear 

 to merit special attention. For convenience only, these are numbered 

 from 1 to 9. 



The first mentioned in the table which follows was found in the 

 vineyard of Mr. N. Schneider at Vermilion, Ohio. He states that it 

 is a seedling grown by him some years ago direct from Catawba, and 

 the characteristics of the vine and the fruit bear out his statement 

 as to parentage. It has a more neutral flavor than Catawba and 

 when fully ripe tastes less acid, but the analyses do not show much in 

 its favor as compared with the parent stock. However, its vinous 

 character deserves attention. 



The second of these seedlings was found in the vineyard of Mr. E. 

 L. Steuk, at Venice, Ohio, and is of unknown parentage. The full 

 discussion of this grape given in Bureau of Chemistry Bulletin 140 

 renders further consideration unnecessary. Yet it is important to 

 call attention to its very low acid and fairly high sugar content. The 

 flavor is very mild, almost insipid when ripe. The fruit is somewhat 

 of the lona type. 



The seedling secured from Mr. J. H. Bauman, Kelleys Island, 

 Ohio, is high in sugar and has a very desirable type of bunch, the 

 fruit is red in color, with white juice and good flavor. No sample of 

 this fruit was secured in 1910. 



The sample from Mr. L. C. Dodge, Middle Bass Island, Ohio, did 

 not show up well in the analysis for 1909, but in 1910 it had a high 

 sugar content, low acid, and mild flavor. The fruit is like Catawba 

 in type, and it is perhaps a seedling of this variety. 



The seedling from Mr. N. Wagner, Brownhelm, Ohio, showed 

 remarkably high sugar and low acid for the year 1909. No sample 

 was secured in 1910. 



The sample from Mr. H. Kummel, Middle Bass Island, Ohio, shows 

 only a fair amount of sugar, but the acid is low and the flavor very 

 good, being mild and vinous. The fruit is black, and the bunches 

 compact, of the Norton type. Such a grape might be desirable to 

 mix with Clinton or Norton. 



The seedling secured from Mr. H. Beatty, Kelleys Island, Ohio, 

 showed very high sugar for 1910, and low acid in both years. It has 

 loose bunches, black fruit with white juice, is mild in flavor, and 

 might be desirable for blending. Its parentage is unknown. 



From Mr. J. Schonhardt, Venice, Ohio, two samples were obtained, 

 numbered 8 and 9 in the table. No. 8 is like Concord in type of 

 bunch and in color, but is very much higher in sugar content, with a 

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