Concord Seedlings. 



DESCRIPTION OF VARIETIES. 



Concord Chasselas. 



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MCDONALD'S ANN ARBOR, originated with A. 

 McDonald, Ann Arbor, Mich., in 1877, from 

 Concord seed ; is also black, and ripens with 

 Hartford Prolific. Vine said to be an extra 

 strong grower, perfectly hardy and healthy. 

 Bunch very large, shouldered ; berry extra 

 large. 



'NEW HAVEN, by J. Valle, of New Haven, Mo., 

 resembling Concord in wood and foliage, 

 ripens a week earlier. Bunch and berry 

 medium, of very good quality. Deserves to 

 be better known. 



The PAXTON, by F. F. Merceron, of Catawissa, 

 Penn., is said to be quite similar to Concord. 

 ROCKLAND FAVORITE, mentioned in El wanger 

 & Barry's Catalogue as a new seedling of the 

 Concord ; claimed to be earlier and better 

 than its parent, and a splendid bearer. 

 STORM KING, originated by E. P. Roe, Corn- 

 wall, on the Hudson, N. Y. ; is a sport of a 

 Concord vine, said to bear since many years 

 large, heavy-shouldered bunches resembling 

 Concord in every respect, but with berries 

 nearly twice as large, black, round, with but 

 little foxiness. 



WORDEN'S SEEDLING (see description). 

 YOUNG AMERICA, by Sam. Miller, of Bluffton, 

 quite resembles Concord. 

 See also COTTAGE (page 86) and UNA (white), 

 raised by E. M. Bull, himself, from Seedlings 

 of his Concord its grandchildren, as it were. 

 By these experiments it was found that the 

 Concord shows a strong tendency to produce 

 white seedlings, of which Martha was the ear- 

 liest, and became one of the leading varieties. 

 EVA and MACEDONIA, both raised by Sam. 

 Miller from Concord seed, were similar to Mar- 

 iha, and therefore abandoned by him ; though 

 in some localities, as about Louisville, the 

 EVA is considered much superior to Martha. 



GOLDEN CONCORD, by John Valle, of New * 

 Haven, Mo., is a poor grower, inferior to Mar- 

 tha ; we do not think that it deserves propa- 

 gation as a distinct variety. 



MASON'S SEEDLING is of far greater merit (see 

 description). 



F. Muench, F. J. Langendcrfer, J. Balsiger, 

 and many others, have raised white Concord 

 seedlings ; some of them may prove superior 

 to Martha in quality. BALSIGER'S No. 32 has 

 liardly any foxiness about it ; its must, weigh, 

 ing 84, was ripe on the 15th of August in our 

 latitude, and hanging freely to the vine in good 

 condition till October. 



The bunches and berries of these white Con- 

 cord seedlings are smaller in size, about like 

 3Io,rtha ; but less subject to rot, it seems. 

 'The LADY (see description) is an improve- 



ment on the Martha in quality, and is recom- 

 mended as such by good authority. 



Among the many pure Concord seedlings 

 claimed to have better qualities than the pa- 

 rent and to prove of great value, is also that 

 large and showy new white grape named 



POCKLINGTON (see this variety). Also, the 



WHITE ANN ARBOR, raised from Concord 

 seed by C. H. Woodruff, of Ann Arbor, Mich., 

 in 1870. It is said to come nearest to the Pock- 

 lington in size and to be a very fine white 

 grape, perfectly hardy, and earlier than Con- 

 cord ; but it has the fault of dropping from the 

 stem, and the committee on new native fruits 

 of the Am. Pomol. Society, 1881, pronounced it 

 too acid. The sample then exhibited may not 

 have been fully ripe. 



Greater improvements, however, have been 

 achieved by hybridizing the Concord with Eu- 

 ropean varieties ; but, while grapes of superior 

 quality were thus produced, their hardiness, 

 health and productiveness is generally doubt- 

 ed. See "Hybrids," in Manual ; see, also, 



"TRIUMPH" and "LADY WASHINGTON," in 

 description of these varieties. 



Conqueror. A seedling raised by Rev. Archer 

 Moore, N. J., and by him supposed to be a cross 

 between Concord and Royal Muscadine. Very 

 early ; bunches long, loose, shouldered ; ber- 

 ries medium, glossy black with a bloom ; flesh 

 slightly pulpy, juicy, sweet. Vine a free grow- 

 er, hardy, healthy, and prolific. With us the 

 Conqueror is doing remarkably well, proves 

 less subject to rot than any other hybrid ; nor 

 can we see any trace of foreign blood in either 

 foliage, growth, or appearance ; it seems to be 

 rather a cross between Concord and some Ri- 

 paria variety, and is worthy of more extended 

 cultivation. 



Corporal. (Hybr.) A new grape, originated by 

 D. S. Marwin, Watertown, N. Y. Bunch and berry medi- 

 um; loose; color black; a showy, good grape. (Amer. 

 Pomol. Society, Report on New Fruits, 1881.) 



Concord Chasselas. A Hybrid grown from 

 Concord seed, by Geo. W. Campbell, of Delaware, 0., 

 who described it as follows : 



" Bunch rather long, usually shouldered, handsomely 

 compact without being crowded ; berries large, round ; 

 skin very thin but tenacious and semi-transparent; 

 seeds few and very small ; color, when fully ripe, a rich 

 amber with a thin white bloom, almost identical in ap- 

 pearance with the foreign Golden Chasselas ; flesh per- 

 fectly tender and melting, just enough vinous acid to 

 prevent cloyingthe most delicate palate ; wholly free 

 from any vestigPof foxiness, and a grape that will sat- 

 isfy the most fastidious taste formed upon the foreign 

 standard. Ripens same time as the Concord. The vine 

 is very vigorous in growth; large foliage, thick and 

 abundant, resisting mildew in fully exposed locations 

 here as well as the Concord. 



