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can be recommended only for the garden for the sake of variety. 

 Stephen W. Underbill of Crown Point, New York, originated 

 Senasqua from seed of Concord pollinated by Black Prince. 



Vine weak and tender, often unproductive. Canes short, few, red- 

 dish-brown; nodes enlarged, flattened; tendrils intermittent, long, 

 trifid or bifid. Leaves light green, glossy, rugose; lower surface 

 whitish-green, pubescent ; leaf usually not lobed with terminus acute ; 

 petiolar sinus narrow ; basal and lateral sinuses shallow and narrow 

 when present. Flowers fertile, late ; stamens upright. 



Fruit a little later than Concord, keeps well. Clusters large, broad, 

 irregularly tapering, usually with a small, single shoulder, very com- 

 pact ; pedicel thick, smooth, enlarged at point of attachment ; brush 

 short, reddish. Berries large, round, reddish-black, persistent, firm; 

 skin thick, tender, cracks, adherent, contains some wine-colored pig- 

 ment ; flesh green, translucent, juicy, tender, meaty, vinous, spicy ; 

 good. Seeds free, one to five, long, narrow, one-sided, light brown. 



SULTANA 



(Vinifera) 



This variety was formerly the standard seedless grape in 

 California for home use and raisins, but it is now outstripped by 

 Sultanina. Sultana is possibly better flavored than Sultanina 

 but the vines are hardly as vigorous or productive and the 

 berries often have seeds. The description is compiled. 



Vines vigorous, upright, productive. Leaves large, five-lobed, 

 with large sinuses, light in color, coarsely toothed. Bunches large, 

 long, cylindrical, heavily shouldered, sometimes not well filled, 

 often loose and scraggly ; berries small, round, firm and crisp, golden- 

 yellow, sweet with considerable piquancy ; quality good. 



SULTANINA 



(Vinifera) 

 Thompson's Seedless 



Sultanina is one of the standard seedless grapes of the Pacific 

 slope, grown both to eat out of hand and for raisins. Probably 



