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ever, of ripening its crop late, which with some minor defects 

 has caused it to fall below Niagara for northern grape districts. 

 Pocklington is a seedling of Concord and resembles its parent 

 in vine characters ; the vines are fully equal to or surpass those 

 of Concord in hardiness, but are of slower growth and not 

 quite as healthy, vigorous nor productive. In quality, the 

 grapes are as good if not better than those of Concord or Ni- 

 agara, being sweet, rich and pleasantly flavored, although as 

 with the other grapes named, it has too much foxiness for criti- 

 cal consumers. Pocklington is not equal to several other grapes 

 of its season in quality, as lona, Jefferson, Diana, Dutchess 

 and Catawba, but it is far above the average and for this reason 

 should be retained. John Pocklington, Sandy Hill, New York, 

 grew Pocklington from seed of Concord about 1870. 



Vine medium in vigor, hardy. Canes of medium length, number and 

 size, dark reddish-brown ; nodes enlarged, flattened ; tendrils contin- 

 uous, bifid or trifid. Leaves variable in size, thick ; upper surface 

 light green, glossy ; lower surface tinged with bronze, pubescent ; lobes 

 one to three with terminus acuminate ; petiolar sinus deep, wide ; 

 teeth narrow. Flowers self -fertile, mid-season ; stamens upright. 



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

 drical, often single-shouldered, compact ; pedicel short, thick with 

 a few small warts ; brush short, green. Berries large, oblate, yellowish- 

 green with tinge of amber, with thin bloom, firm ; skin with scattering 

 russet dots, thin, tender, adherent, faintly astringent ; flesh light 

 green with yellow tinge, translucent, juicy, tough, fine-grained, slightly 

 foxy ; good. Seeds adherent, one to six, of medium length and breadth. 



POUGHKEEPSIE 

 (Bourquiniana, Labrusca, Vinifera) 



Poughkeepsie has been known long on the Hudson River, 

 yet it is now little grown there and has riot been disseminated 

 widely elsewhere. In quality of fruit, it is equal to the best 

 American varieties, but the vine characters are all poor and 

 the variety is thus effectually debarred from common cultiva- 

 tion. Both vine and fruit resemble those of Delaware, but in 



