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compact; berry large, globular, yellowish, with tough skin. Flesh 

 juicy, sweet; quality very good. A cross between Norton and Martha, 

 much prized in the South. Texas. 



Golden Gem. Bunch medium in size, roundish, shouldered, quite 

 compact; berries small, round; color rich golden, with delicate white 

 bloom. Flesh light green, half tender, juicy, very sweet; quality 

 very good to best. A cross of Delaware and lona too small for 

 market but delicious for home use where the Delaware proves profita- 

 ble. New York. Hybrid. 



Greins Golden. Bunch medium, with long stem, compact, regular; 

 berry large as Concord, round, brownish yellow, very juicy, free from 

 foxiness, quite acid; quality good. A probable cross of Riparia and 

 Labrusca. Missouri. 



Hartford. Bunch long, fairly compact, shouldered; berry me- 

 dium to large, round; color black, with blue bloom. Flesh whitish* 

 vinous, juicy, good. An old variety that has made slow commercial 

 progress on account of dropping its fruit. Connecticut. Labrusca. 



Hayes. Bunch medium, roundish, shouldered, compact; berries 

 medium, round; color greenish white, or at the West yellow amber, 

 with dense whitish bloom. Flesh juicy, subacid, vinous, with rather 

 tough center; quality very good. Season, earlier than Concord. 

 Grown mostly in the Eastern, Southern, and Mountain States. Massa- 

 chusetts. Labrusca. 



Herbemont. Bunch large, heavy, compact, shouldered; berry 

 below medium, black, with blue bloom ; skin filled with sweet, rich, 

 aromatic juice, with but trifling show of pulp. A Southern variety 

 widely grown for home dessert use and wine-making. Origin, un- 

 certain. 



Herbert (Rogers' No. 44). Bunch medium to large, roundish, 

 shouldered, quite compact; berry large, round; color black, with 

 blue bloom. Flesh -greenish, juicy, tender, pleasantly flavored; 

 seeds large. Needs mixed planting. Quite widely grown. Massa- 

 chusetts. Hybrid. 



Highland. Bunch large, long, shouldered, rather loose; berry 

 large, round, black, with blue bloom. Flesh greenish white, juicy, 

 sweet, tender, good. Season, quite late. A favorite in Maryland 

 and west to South Missouri. New York. Hybrid. 



Ideal. Bunch medium to large, compact, usually shouldered; 

 berry large, round, bright wine-red in color. Flesh tender, juicy, 



