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EEPOET ON THE 



No. 33 



VERGENNES. 



The leading grape for winter use; 

 may be kept in a cool cellar until 

 spring. 



ORIGIN: Vergennes, Vermont; in- 

 troduced about 1880. 



VINE: vigorous; healthy; pro- 

 ductive. 



BUNCH: medium; slightly shoul- 

 dered; rather compact. 



BERRY: large; oval; persistent; 

 color, light amber to red, with 

 greyish bloom. 



FLESH: color, greenish; pulp, 

 tender; fairly juicy; flavor, rich, 

 pleasant, vinous. 



QUALITY: dessert, fair; wine, 

 good. 



VALUE: market, second class in 

 autumn, but more valuable in win- 

 ter and spring. 



SEASON: late, keeping all winter. 



VERGENNES. 



WOODRUFF. (Woodruff's Red.} 



An attractive red grape, which promises to be valuable. 



ORIGIN: C. H. Woodruff, Ann Arbor, Mich., in 1874; a chance seedling, thought to 

 be a cross between Catawba and Concord. 



VINE: vigorous, hardy, productive; somewhat subject to black rot. 



BUNCH: good size; shouldered; compact. 



BERRY: large; Hound; red, with thin bloom; does not, crack. 



QUALITY: dessert, good. 



VALUE: market, first class. 



SEASON: about the same as 'Concord. 



