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basal sinus variable in depth and width ; lateral sinus deep and narrow ; 

 teeth deep and wide. Flowers self-sterile, early ; stamens upright. 



Fruit mid-season, keeps well. Clusters long, slender, uniform, 

 cylindrical, compact ; pedicel long, slender, smooth ; brush short, light 

 brown. Berries small, round, purplish-black, glossy with heavy 

 bloom, persistent, firm ; skin thin, tough, adherent ; flesh dark green, 

 very juicy, fine-grained, tender, spicy, pleasant vinous flavor, agreeably 

 tart ; good. Seeds free, one to three, blunt, light brown. 



CANANDAIGUA 



(Labrusca, Vinifera) 



Canandaigua is worth attention because of the exceptionally 

 good keeping qualities of the grapes. The flavor is very good 

 at picking time but seems, if anything, to improve in storage. 

 The vine characters are those of Labrusca-Vinifera hybrids, 

 and in these the variety is the equal of the average cultivated 

 hybrid of these two species. The characters of the fruit, also, 

 show plainly an admixture of Vinifera and Labrusca so com- 

 bined as to make the grapes very similar to the best of such 

 hybrids. Canandaigua is a chance seedling found by E. L. 

 Van Wormer, Canandaigua, New York, growing among wild 

 grapes. It was distributed about 1897. 



Vine vigorous, doubtfully hardy, productive. Canes long, few, 

 reddish-brown, faint bloom ; nodes enlarged, flattened ; tendrils semi- 

 continuous, bifid, dehisce early. Leaves large, thin ; upper surface 

 light green ; lower surface gray-green. Flowers sterile or sometimes 

 partly self -fertile, open in mid-season ; stamens reflexed. 



Fruit late mid-season, keeps unusually well. Clusters variable 

 in size, usually heavily single-shouldered, loose to medium. Berries 

 large, oval, black, covered with thick bloom, persistent ; skin adher- 

 ent, thin, tough ; flesh firm, sweet and rich ; good, improves as season 

 advances. Seeds long with enlarged neck. 



CARMAN 

 (Lincecumii, Vinifera, Labrusca) 



Carman is a grape having the characters of three species 

 and hence is of interest to grape improvers. It has not become 



