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Berries round, dark red, glossy with thin bloom, strongly adherent, 

 firm ; skin thin, tough, adherent ; flesh pale green, transparent, juicy, 

 stringy, fine-grained, vinous, sweet; good. Seeds clinging, one to 

 four, large, broad, elongated, plump, light brown. 



BROWN 



(Labrusca) 



In spite of many encomiums in the past quarter century, 

 Brown has not received favorable recognition from fruit-grow- 

 ers. The quality is not high, the berries shatter badly, and the 

 vine is lacking in vigor. Brown is a seedling of Isabella which 

 came up in a yard at Newburgh, New York, about 1884. 



Vine hardy, productive. Canes short, slender, dark brown ; tendrils 

 continuous. Leaves healthy, light green, glossy ; veins well defined, 

 distinctly showing through the thick bronze of the lower surface. 

 Flowers open early, self-fertile stamens upright. 



Fruit large, keeps well. Clusters small to medium, slender, cylin- 

 drical or tapering, usually single-shouldered. Berries intermediate 

 in size, oval, black with thick bloom, drop soon after ripening ; skin 

 adherent ; flesh juicy, tough, fine-grained, a little foxy, mild next the 

 skin but tart at center ; good. Seeds short, blunt, light brown. 



CAMPBELL EARLY 







(Labrusca, Vinifera) 



The meritorious qualities of Campbell Early (Plate IX) are : 

 The grapes are high in quality when mature ; free from foxiness 

 and from acidity about the seeds; have small seeds which 

 easily part from the flesh; are early, ripening nearly a fort- 

 night before Concord ; bunch and berry are large and handsome ; 

 and the vines are exceptionally hardy. Campbell Early falls 

 short in not being adapted to many soils ; the variety lacks 

 productiveness; the grapes attain full color before they are 

 ripe and are, therefore, often marketed in an unripe condition ; 

 the bunch is variable in size ; and the color of the berry is not 

 attractive. George W. Campbell, Delaware, Ohio, grew this 



