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skin is thin, yet tough enough for good keeping ; and the bunches 

 are large and compact when well grown. The variety is self- 

 fertile and, therefore, desirable when only a few vines are 

 wanted. The clusters are especially fine when bagged. A. J. 

 Caywood, Marlboro, New York, grew Dutchess from seed of a 

 white Concord seedling pollinated by mixed pollen of Delaware 

 and Walter. The seed was planted in 1868. 



Vine vigorous, an uncertain bearer. Canes dark brown with light 

 bloom, surface roughened ; nodes enlarged, flattened ; internodes 

 short ; tendrils intermittent, short, bifid or trifid. Leaves irregular 

 in outline ; upper surface pale green, pubescent ; leaf entire with 

 terminus acute ; petiolar sinus narrow ; basal sinus shallow when 

 present ; lateral sinus medium in depth or a mere notch. Flowers self- 

 fertile, open late ; stamens upright. 



Fruit mid-season, keeps and ships well. Clusters large, long, 

 slender, tapering with a prominent single shoulder ; pedicel slender, 

 smooth ; brush amber-colored. Berries of medium size, round, pale 

 yellow-green verging on amber, some showing bronze tinge with thin 

 bloom, persistent, firm ; skin sprinkled with small dark dots, thin, 

 tough, adherent ; flesh pale green, translucent, juicy, fine-grained, 

 tender, vinous, sweet, of pleasant flavor; quality high. Seeds free, 

 one, two or occasionally three, small, short, sharp-pointed, brown. 



EARLY DAISY 



(Labrusca) 



The qualities of Early Daisy render the variety more than 

 commonplace. Its earliness commends it, the ripening period 

 being eight or ten days earlier than Champion or Moore Early, 

 making it one of the very earliest varieties. For a grape 

 maturing at its season, it both keeps and ships well. Early 

 Daisy would seem to be as desirable as Hertford or Champion. 

 The variety originated with John Kready, Mount Joy, Penn- 

 sylvania, in 1874, as a seedling of Hartford. 



Vine vigorous, hardy, produces fair crops. Canes of medium 

 length, numerous, slender, reddish-brown ; nodes enlarged, flattened ; 

 tendrils continuous, bifid. Leaves small, light green ; upper surface 

 rugose ; lower surface slightly pubescent, cobwebby ; lobes wanting or 



