GRAPE VARIETIES 341 



Norton grape soon will be. I do not know what 

 will become of the vineyards of this variety. 

 You may be sure I am pleased that there is 

 none among our five thousand vines, 



Vergennes 



One of the best pure American grapes is the 

 Vergennes, a very late-keeping sort that is 

 grown to a considerable extent for market pur- 

 poses in New York. It is sufficiently good in 

 quality to entitle it to a place in the home vine- 

 yard as well, and in addition to its fairly high 

 quality it is almost as easy to grow as Concord 

 — the standard of easy culture. 



Winchell 



I have sometimes thought that Winchell was 

 the best white grape we have, but this was no 

 doubt due to the fact that it was the first of 

 its kind to ripen and my weakness for early 

 fruit of any sort may perhaps have warped 

 my judgment. At any rate it is a fairly good 

 sort and should find a place in the home vine- 

 yard even if not grown commercially. Some 

 years the bunches are not well filled and the 

 berries are small. In other seasons both bunch 

 and berry are large and attractive, but with us 

 the vines have never been sufficiently pro- 

 ductive to entitle the grape to commercial con- 

 sideration. 



