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with a little rich juice, having a rank, foxy flavor. Vine 

 a coarse, rampant grower, and very productive. It is 

 with much reluctance that I have admitted this grape 

 here, because, after twenty-five years' experience with it, 

 I must say it has scarcely a redeeming quality beyond 

 that of size and peculiar shape of berries. But it is 

 extensively propagated and admired, and this might lead 

 my readers to look for it among the recommended 

 varieties. 



Green Mountain, or Winchell. Origin unknown, 

 but said to have been found in a garden in Vermont. 

 Bunch medium, shouldered. Berries medium, skin 

 greenish-white, thin ; pulp tender, sweet and excellent. 

 Vine very hardy and productive. This grape is highly 

 recommended for its early ripening and good quality. 

 Its value for general cultivation for market has not, as 

 yet, been determined. 



Hartford Prolific. A very old variety, supposed 

 to have been raised by a Mr. Steel, of Hartford, Conn. 

 Bunch medium to large, shouldered, and compact. Ber- 

 ries large ; skin rather thick, black, with very little 

 bloom. Pulp somewhat tough, but sweet, and with a 

 decided foxy flavor. Vine hardy and very productive. 

 Valuable for its earliness, ripening two weeks in advance 

 of Concord. It is not a good market grape, on account 

 of the tendency of the berries to drop from the bunch. 



Hayes (Jno. B. Moore). Bunch medium to large, 

 compact, shoulders very small, or none. Berries medi- 

 um ; skin tender, greenish-white, with an amber shade 

 when fully matured ; pulp tender and juicy, and of ex- 

 cellent flavor. Vine vigorous and hardy, with large, 

 healthy foliage. Ripens a little in advance of the 

 Concord. 



Ida (T. B. Miner). Seedling of Concord. Bunch 

 large, heavily shouldered. Berries as large as those of 

 its parent; skin moderately tough, deep green, fading 



