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Centennial. Bunch medium, compact, usually shouldered; berry 

 round; color transparent red, with thin white bloom. Flesh sweet, 

 vinous, refreshing; quality very good for dessert or wine. Season of 

 Concord; a fine keeper; becoming commercial. New York. Hybrid. 



Champion. Bunch medium, compact; berries medium in size, 

 roundish; color black; quality low, yet on account of vigor of vine, 

 showy fruit, and heavy bearing it is extensively grown for market. 

 Season, one week earlier than Hartford. Labrusca. 



Clinton. Bunch medium, shouldered, long, narrow, compact; 

 berry round, small to medium, black, covered with thick bloom. 

 Flesh juicy, quite acid, with some coarseness of pulp, but when fully 

 ripe with brisk vinous flavor. This old variety has been found by 

 Mr. Ricketts and others valuable in breeding better varieties. Riparia. 



Colerain. Bunch medium, shouldered, fairly compact; berry 

 medium, round; color light greenish yellow, with thin white bloom. 

 Flesh rich, pure flavored, sweet, with vinous aroma. Is said to be 

 a Concord seedling, and that the vine is as hardy as the parent. Ohio. 



Concord. Bunch quite large, compact, shouldered; berry large, 

 roundish, almost black, with bloom. Flesh somewhat buttery, juicy, 

 sweet,with some toughness and acidity of center. Its hardiness of 

 vine, perfect foliage, heavy bearing, and attractiveness has extended 

 its commercial planting widely. Massachusetts. Labrusca. 



Cottage. Bunch small, shouldered if well grown; berry size of 

 Concord, round; color black, with bloom. Flesh juicy, sweet, and in 

 the dry air of the West better than Concord. Season several days 

 earlier than its parent the Concord. Massachusetts. Labrusca. 



Croton. Bunch medium, shouldered, not very compact; berry 

 small to medium; color light greenish yellow. Flesh juicy, sweet, 

 sprightly, rich, very good. Season, same as Hartford Prolific. Com- 

 mercial in the Southeastern States. New York. Hybrid. 



Cynthiana (Red River}. Bunch medium, shouldered, compact; 

 berry below medium, black, with blue bloom, sweet, vinous; juice 

 dark red, very rich. Much like Norton's Virginia, but better in quality. 

 Grown in Missouri and the Southwest. Arkansas. ^Estivalis. 



Delaware. Bunch small, very compact, and usually shouldered; 

 berry small, round; color handsome light red. Flesh rich, vinous, 

 sweet, aromatic, delicious; quality best. Grown commercially in 

 several States, East, West, and South. Origin, uncertain. 



Diamond (Moore's Diamond). Bunch long, shouldered, quite 



