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variety from a seedling of Moore Early pollinated by a Labrusca- 

 Vinifera hybrid. It bore first in 1892. 



Vine vigorous, hardy, productive. Canes thick, dark reddish- 

 brown, surface roughened with small warts ; nodes flattened ; inter- 

 nodes short ; shoots pubescent ; tendrils intermittent, short, bifid or 

 trifid. Leaves large, thick ; upper surface green, glossy ; lower 

 surface bronze, heavily pubescent; lobes three, usually entire, ter- 

 minal one acute ; petiolar sinus shallow, wide ; basal sinus pubescent ; 

 lateral sinus wide or a notch ; teeth shallow, narrow. Flowers self- 

 fertile, open in mid-season ; stamens upright. 



Fruit early, keeps and ships well. Clusters usually large, long, 

 broad, tapering, single-shouldered; pedicel short, slender with small 

 warts; brush long, light wine color. Berries usually large, round, 

 oval, dark purplish-black, dull with heavy bloom, persistent, firm: 

 skin tough, thin, adherent with dark red pigment, astringent; flesh 

 green, translucent, juicy, coarse, vinous, sweet from skin to center ; 

 good. Seeds free, one to four, light brown, often with yellow tips. 



CANADA 



(Vulpina, Labrusca, Vinifera) 



Canada is considered the most desirable hybrid between 

 Vulpina and Vinifera. The variety shows Vinifera more than 

 Vulpina parentage ; thus, in susceptibility to fungal diseases, 

 in shape, color and texture of foliage, in the flavor of the fruit 

 and in the seeds, there are marked indications of Vinifera; 

 while the vine, especially in the slenderness of its shoots and 

 in the bunch and berry, shows Vulpina. Canada has little 

 value as a dessert fruit but makes a very good red wine or 

 grape-juice. Canada is a seedling of Clinton, a Labrusca- 

 Vulpina hybrid, fertilized by Black St. Peters, a variety of 

 Vinifera. Charles Arnold, Paris, Ontario, planted the seed 

 which produced Canada in 1860. 



Vine very vigorous, hardy, productive. Canes long, numerous, 

 slender, ash-gray, reddish-brown at nodes with heavy bloom ; nodes 

 enlarged ; internodes short ; tendrils intermittent, short, trifid or 

 bifid. Leaves thin ; upper surface light green, smooth ; lower surface 

 pale green, hairy ; terminal lobe acute ; petiolar sinus deep, narrow ; 



