VARIETIES OF GRAPES 347 



ment make it a good variety for northern climates. This 

 grape is best in appearance of fruit, in quality and in the quan- 

 tity produced, on light sandy soils. The origin of Champion 

 is unknown. It was first grown about 1870 in New York. 



Vine very vigorous, hardy and productive. Canes of average size, 

 dark brown ; nodes enlarged, flattened ; internodes short ; shoots 

 pubescent ; tendrils continuous, long, bifid. Leaves large ; upper sur- 

 face dark green, dull, rugose ; lower surface dull gray, downy ; lobes 

 usually three, often obscurely five, terminal one acute ; petiolar sinus 

 deep ; teeth shallow. Flowers self-fertile, early ; stamens upright. 



Fruit early, three weeks before Concord, season short. Clusters 

 medium in size, blunt, cylindrical, usually not shouldered, compact; 

 pedicel short with inconspicuous warts ; brush white tinged with 

 bronze. Berries medium in size, round, dull black covered with heavy 

 bloom, soft ; skin thick, tender, adherent, astringent ; flesh light green, 

 translucent, juicy, fine-grained, tender, foxy ; poor in quality. Seeds 

 adherent, one to five, broad, long, blunt, light brown. 



CHASSELAS GOLDEN 



(Vinifera) 

 Chasselas Dore, Fontainebleau, Siveelivater 



Several qualities have made Chasselas Golden a favorite 

 grape wherever it can be grown. The variety is adapted to 

 widely differing environments ; the season of ripening is early ; 

 while not choicely high, the quality of the grapes is good and 

 they are beautiful, clear green tinged with beautiful golden 

 bronze where exposed to the sun. Chasselas Golden is a 

 popular variety on the Pacific slope and should be one of the 

 first Viniferas to be tried in the East. The following descrip- 

 tion was made from fruit grown at Geneva, New York : 



Vine medium in vigor, very productive; buds open in mid-season. 

 Young leaves tinged with red on both upper and lower surfaces, thinly 

 pubescent to glabrous ; mature leaves medium to above in size, 

 slightly cordate ; upper surface glabrous, lower surface slightly pubes- 

 cent along the veins ; lobes five in number, terminal lobe acuminate ; 



