Concord-Seedlings. 



DESCRIPTION OF VARIETIES. 



Conqueror. 107 



;New Haven, by J. Valle of New Haven, Mo. 

 resembling Concord ; ripens a week earlier. 

 Bunch and borrn medium, of good quality. De- 

 serves to be better known. 



O^^AGE, a valuable Concord seedling by Jobn Burr, 

 of Leavenworth, Kans. (See description.) 



0."<WEGO, another Kansas favorite. 



Paxton, by F. F. Merceron of Catawissa, I'eun.; 

 quite similar to Concord. 



KOCKLAND Favokite, mentioned in Elwanger & 

 Barr3^'s Catalogue; claimed to be earlier and 

 better than its parent, and a splendid bearer. 



RocKWOOD, raised by the originator of the Con- 

 cord himself; a Concord seedling, s;ud to hold 

 its quality and beauty longer than most other 

 BLACK grapes, but after all not much different 

 from Concord nor earlier than Moore's Early ; 

 P. J. Berckmans considers the Bock-wood a Vin- 

 ifera cross, and of very good quality. 



Storm King, originated by E. P. Roe, Cornwall, 

 on the Hudson, New York; a sport of a Con- 

 cord vine, bearing large, heavy-shouldered 

 hunches resembling Concord in every respect, 

 with berries nearly twice as large, with but 

 little foxiuess. 



WORDEN, best Concord seedling. (See descr.) 



Young America, by Samuel Miller of Bluffton ; 

 quite resembles Concord. 



(B. White Seedlings.) 

 My these experiments it was found that the 



Concord shows a strong tendency to produce 



white seedlings, of which Martha was the ear- 

 liest, and became one of the leading varieties. 



Adeline, Antoinette, Augusta, and many 

 more, produced by T. B. Miner, of New .Jersey, 

 from Concord seed. Vines vigorous and hardj^, 

 bearing handsome white grapes. 



Alphonse, a veiy good grape, by Theo. Huber. 



Balsiger's No. 32 has hardly any foxiness about 

 it; its must, weighing 84°, ripe on the 15th of 

 August in our latitude and hanging freely to 

 the vine in good condition till October. 



Capital, raised by W. H. Lightfoot, of Illinois; 

 considered valuable. 



Eva and Macedonia, both raised by Samuel Mil- 

 ler from Concord seed, were similar to Martha, 

 and abandoned by him. 



Esther. (See description). 



Golden Concord, by .John Valle of New Haven. 

 Mo. : a poor grower, inferior to Martha. 



Hayes, by Jno. B. Moore. (See description.) 



Lady, by G. W. Campbell. (See description.) 



Leavenworth. (See description.) 



Mason's Seedling. (See description.) 

 F. Muench, F. J. Langendorfer, .T. Balsiger, and 



many others, raised white Concord seedlings. 



POCKLINGTON. (See description). 



Una, raised by E. W. Bull; (the originator of the 

 Concord.) 



White Ann Arbor, raised by C. H. Woodruff of 

 Ann Arbor, Mich., in 1870; said to come nearest 

 to the Pocklington In size and to be a very fine 

 white grape, perfectly hardy and earlier than 

 Concord; but it has the fault of dropping from 

 the stem. The committee of the Am. Pomol. So- 

 ciety pronounced it too acid; and the Michigan 

 Experimental Station report. 1804. says : it failed 

 to fruit here (South Haven) planted'iu 1888. 



White Concord, produced by the late A. ,T. 

 Caywood of Poughkeepsie, N. Y.— said, by his 

 son, to have been the parent of Duchess, by 

 crossing its seed with Delaware. 



The most promising new grapes among the 

 WHITE, pure Concord seedlings are : 

 Colerain. (See description, p. 10.5) ; also, 

 Witt, both of Ohio. (See description.) 



The only red grape, claimed to be of pure 

 Concord seed ; by others, however, to be a cross 

 between Concord and Catawba^ is the woodruff. 

 (See description.) 



Great improvements have been achieved by 

 crossing the Concord with other native varieties, 

 among which the Nectar, called also Black Del- 

 aware; the Jefferson, a red grape; the Ni- 

 agara, called a White Concord, and the Diamond, 

 which is put at the head of the list of " all- 

 around '' white grapes. 



Bjr hybridizing the Concord with European va- 

 rieties grapes of superior quality were produced, 

 but their hardiness, health and productiveness 

 is generally doubted. See "Hybrids" in Manual; 

 see, also, description of: 

 "Triumph" and "Lady Washington," and 



last, but not least, " Campbell's Early." 



Concord Ctia.sselas. A Labr. -Hybrid grown from 

 Concord seed, by Geo. W. Campbell of Delaware, O., 

 w)io described it as follows: 



" Bunch ratiier long, usually shouldei-ed, handsomely 

 compact without being crowded; berries lnvge, round; 

 skin very thin but tenacious and semi-transparent; 

 seeds few and very small; color, when fully ripe, a rich 

 AMBER with a thill wliite bio :>m, almost identical in ap- 

 pearance with the foreign Golden Cliussehis; flesli per- 

 fectly tender and melting, just enougli vinous acid to 

 prevent cloying the most delicate pa.late; wholly free 

 from any vestige of foxiness, nnd a grape tlnit will sat- 

 isfy the most fastidious taste formed upon the foreign 

 standard. Ripens same time as the Concord. The vine 

 is vigorous in growth; large foliage, thick and abund- 

 ant, resisting mildew in fully exposed locations as well 

 as the Concord. ' 



Concord Muscat. {Lahr.-Hyhr.) Also grown from 

 Concord seed, by Geo. W. Campbell of Delaware, O., who 

 gave the following description of it: 



"Bunch long, moderately compact, sometimes shoul- 

 dered; berries very Iwrge, oval; skin thin, rather 

 opaque; seeds few and small; color, liglit greenish- 

 white with delicate bloom; flesh tender and melting, 

 witli no pulp or astringency next to the seeds; flavor 

 rich, sugary, slightly sub-acid, with the peculiar high 

 flavor which is the distinguishing cliarm and excel- 

 lence of the foreign Muscats and l<'rontignans. There 

 re really few grapes ; mong the most admired foreign 

 kinds which equal this variety in pure flavor and high 

 quality. Vine vigorous; foliage large and moderately 

 thick; resists mildew, except in very unfivorable sea- 

 sons. In this respect it is better than Eumelan, Dela- 

 ware or Rogers' Hybrids, but not equal to Concord." 



Concordia. (uEst.-Hyhr.) Originated by Dr. J. 

 Stayman of Leavenw., Kan., from Delaware ('?). 

 (See Delaware, remarks on its seedlings by Burr 

 and Dr. Stayman). Fme vigorous, hardy, healthy 

 and productive. Bunch large, compact; berry 

 large, black, tender, juicy, sprightly sweet, rich 

 vinous sweet; quality very good, ripe about with 

 Concord, but of better quality and has shown 

 neither rot, nor mildew. 



Conqueror. (Labr.-H;/i>r.) A seedling raised by 

 Rev. Archer Moore, New.Iersej', and by him sup- 

 posed to be a cross between Concord and Royal 

 Muscadine. Very early; hunches long, loose, 

 shouldered; berries medium, glossy black with 

 a bloom; flesh slightly pulpy, juicy, sweet. 

 Vine a free grower, hsrdy, healthy and prolific. 

 Witii us the Conqueror is doing remarkably Avell, 

 proves less subject to rot than other hybrids ; nor 

 can we see any ti-ace of foreign blood in either 

 foliage, growth or appearance; it seems lo be 

 rather a cross between Concord and some Riparia 

 variety, and worthy of more extended cultivation 

 in some localities. 



