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No. 33 



CONCORD. 



The principal out-door grape grown for market in the Province of Ontario. Probably 

 more than half the vines in the large commercial vineyards of the Niagara district, as 

 well as in Essex and other parts of southern Ontario are of this variety. 



The reason of this is (1) its comparative freedom from mildew, (2) its vigor of 

 vine, (3) its productiveness. Four tons to the acre is not an uncommon yield, so that, 

 even when it sells as low as 1% cents per pound, there is yet a fair return for the 

 investment. 



ORIGIN: Concord, Mass., 

 by E. W. Bull; first ex- 

 hibited by him in 1853. 



VINE : hardy, healthy, 

 strong, vigorous grower, 

 very productive, resists 

 both insects and fungi well. 



BUNCH: large, shoul- 

 dered, fairly compact, five 

 to six inches in length. 



BERRY : large, round, 

 black, covered with heavy 

 blue bloom; skin, medium 

 thickness, tender, some- 

 times cracks open; flesh, 

 pulpy, tender, moderately 

 juicy; flavor, sweet, when 

 fully mature, appetizing. 



QUALITY: dessert, fair. 



VALUE : near market, 

 first class; distant mar- 

 ket, second class. 



SEASON: mid September 

 to October; not a good 

 keeper. 



ADAPTATION : general in 

 grape districts. 



Cox CORD. 



