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EARLY VICTOR. The highest in quality of early black varieties. The hardy, 

 healthy, vigorous, prolific vines bear small clusters of small berries. 



EMPIRE STATE. One of the four leading "white" Grapes. Quality better 

 than Niagara and Pocklington but not quite equal to Diamond. The 

 fruit ripens before Niagara, hangs well and keeps long after harvested. 



EUMELAN. Probably combines more good and fewer undesirable points 

 than any other black Grape vines vigorous, hardy, prolific; clusters 

 and berries large and beautiful, juicy, rich, sweet, delicious. Though 

 early ripening the fruit keeps until January or February. Self -sterile. 



GAERTNER. Beauty, high quality, large clusters and berries, vigor, 

 prolificacy and hardiness of vine make this one of the best of varieties. 

 But it is crotchety as to soil and requires special handling. 



GREEN MOUNTAIN. (See Winchell.) 



HEADLIGHT. A Munson hybrid, especially valuable for the South, though 

 successful as far North as Ohio. Prolific, vigorous, high quality 

 (approaching Delaware). Earliness and long keeping are two of its 

 prominent attractions. Berries small to medium, purplish black. 



HERBEMONT. A reddish-brown, Southern variety equivalent to Concord 

 in popularity. Cultivated from Virginia to Texas, but not hardy 

 north of Missouri. It demands warm soil, rich in humus and a long 

 season in which to mature. Vine vigorous, healthy, annually prolific; 

 fruit handsome, small, rich, sweet, high flavored. 



HERBERT. One of the choicest of black Grapes, being vigorous, hardy, 

 prolific, mid-season to Midwinter. Self sterile. 



HIDALGO. A rather new, white variety of specially high quality, being 

 rich, sweet, delicately flavored, as its parentage (Delaware, Goethe and 

 Lindley) might imply. The berries ripen with Concord but keep 

 longer. 



HIGHLAND. A late Grape of very superior quality. As it ripens after 

 Catawba it is not suited to short season localities. The vines also are 

 not fully hardy but are highly prolific. When well grown under favor- 

 able climatic conditions the handsome clusters of large, black berries 

 often exceed a pound and a half. 



IONA. A red variety scarcely rivalled in delicate flavor or keeping quality 

 by any other American kind unless by the Delaware when at its best. 

 Though originating in New York, it is doubtfully hardy North of 

 Westchester County, beyond which its fruit often fails to ripen. When 

 the fruit does ripen it may be kept until Midwinter. lona does best 

 on sandy or gravelly soils. 



JAMES. Cannot be grown successfully farther North than Delaware, 

 and adjacent New Jersey, being the progeny of a distinctly Southern 

 species. The vigorous, healthy, prolific vines bear clusters of three 

 or four to a dozen large, black berries of highest quality. The fruit 

 for two or three weeks after ripening and keeps well. Valuable for 

 the Southeastern States. 



JANES VILLE. A small, black Grape, worthless except in very cold localities 

 where better varieties fail. Vines healthy, hardy, prolific, vigorous. 

 If varieties as hardy as Concord fail, due to cold Winters, perhaps Janes- 

 ville may live and bear fruit, for where there's life there's hope, even 

 though the fruition may be poor. 



