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PEUITS OF ONTARIO. 



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CHAMPION. 



Widely planted for market because of its early coloring and apparent early ripen- 

 ing, but so sour and so poor in quality, as usually sold on the market, that it has 

 seriously lessened the demand for Concord grapes, which follow it in season. 



ORIGIN: New York State, about 1873; first sold as Talman's S'eedling. 



VINE: vigorous; healthy, not subject to mildew; very productive. 



BUNCH: size, medium; shouldered. 



BERKY: size, medium; form, round; color, bluish black; pulpy; acid until very 

 ripe; skin, thick. 





CHAMPION. 



QUALITY: dessert, very poor. 



VALUE: market, fair, sells well on its outside appearance before better flavored 

 kinds are on the market. 



SEASON: a week or ten days earlier than the Concord, but often well colored two 

 weeks earlier. 



