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yellowish-green. Berries medium to large, oval, black with heavy 

 bloom, persistent, soft ; skin thick, tough, adherent, astringent ; flesh 

 pale green, translucent, juicy, fine-grained, tender, meaty, some foxi- 

 ness, sweet ; good. Seeds one to three, large, broad, distinctly notched, 

 short, brown with yellow tips. 



ISABELLA SEEDLING 

 (Labrusca, Vinifera) 



Isabella Seedling is an early, vigorous, productive offspring 

 of Isabella. In fruit characters it greatly resembles its parent, 

 but ripens its crop earlier and has a more compact bunch. 

 Like that of its parent, the fruit is of good quality and keeps 

 remarkably well. This seedling is now grown more than Isa- 

 bella and, while not of any considerable commercial importance, 

 is far more deserving attention as a market grape than some of 

 the poorly flavored kinds more generally grown. There are 

 several varieties under this name. Two are mentioned by 

 Warder; one of Ohio and one of New York origin. The 

 Isabella Seedling here described originated with G. A. Ensen- 

 befger, Bloomington, Illinois, in 1889. 



Vine vigorous, healthy, hardy, productive. Canes long, thick, 

 dark brown, often with a red tinge, with thin bloom ; nodes prominent, 

 flattened ; internodes long ; tendrils intermittent or continuous, bifid. 

 Leaves healthy, large, thick ; upper surface green, dull ; lower surface 

 pale green or grayish-green, occasionally with a tinge of bronze, 

 pubescent. Flowers self-fertile ; stamens upright. 



Fruit early, keeps well. Clusters large, long, slender, cylindrical, 

 usually single-shouldered, loose, compact. Berries large, oval, often 

 pear-shaped, dull black with thick bloom, persistent, soft ; skin thick 

 with some red pigment ; flesh pale green, juicy, tender, coarse, vinous ; 

 good. Seeds numerous, free, large, broad, notched, dark brown. 



ISRAELLA 



(Labrusca, Vinifera) 



Israella came from C. W. Grant contemporaneously with 

 Ion a and was heralded as the earliest good grape in cultivation. 



