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tender, moderately sweet, very much like its parent in 

 flavor and quality. Ripens five to ten days earlier than 

 Concord. Vine hardy, healthy and productive, and 

 where best known it is considered equal, if not superior, 

 to the Concord as a shipping grape. 



Wyoming Red (Dr. J. S. Parker). Bunch 

 small, compact. Berries medium ; skin bright, coppery 

 red, thick and tough ; pulp sweet, with considerable fox- 

 iness, but agreeable to most palates. Very early, and 

 the vine so hardy, healthy and prolific, that this grape 

 may be recommended for all localities where the better 

 varieties fail. 



CHAPTER XXII. 



NEW, OB LITTLE KNOWN VARIETIES. 



Some of the following named varieties may have 

 been known and cultivated in circumscribed localities, 

 such as the grounds of the originator, and those of his 

 neighbors, for a number of years, but this kind of culti- 

 vation and dissemination does not afford the general 

 public an opportunity of testing and becoming ac- 

 quainted with their merits. In many instances those 

 who produce new varieties hold on to the stock for years, 

 merely exhibiting the fruit at fairs and meetings of 

 pomological and kindred societies for the purpose of ob- 

 taining prizes and a certain amount of free advertising 

 of the vines, which they expect to offer for sale at some 

 future time. This is all right, in a business point of 

 view ; at least, in the opinion of those who practice it ; 

 but it is sometimes rather discouraging to those who are 

 seeking only for facts to be placed on record, where 

 others, seeking information of this kind, may readily 

 find it. 



