374 SYSTEMATIC POMOLOGY. 



Centennial. — Bunch medium, compact, usually shouldered; berry 

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

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

 Concord; a fine keeper; becoming commercial. New York. Hj'brid. 



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

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

 sho\\y fruit, and heavy bearing it is extensively gro^\Ti 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 Ijloom. 

 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 

 mediiun, rovmd; color liglit greenisli yellow, with thin white bloom. 

 Pdesh rich, pure flavored, sweet, witli 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; Ijerry large, 

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

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

 vine, perfect foliage, lieavy liearing, and attractiveness has extended 

 its commercial planting widely. Massachusetts. Labrusca. 



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

 C'Oncord, icumd; 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 ver^- compact ; berrv 

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

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

 mercial ill the Southeastern States. New York. Hybrid. 



Cynthiana (Red li'ivcr). — launch medium, shouldered, coiniiact ' 

 berry Ijelow medium, black, witli blue bloom, sweet, vinous; juice 

 dark red, very rich. Much like Norton's "\'irginia, liut better in quality. 

 Grown in Missouri and the Southwest, .li'kansas. ,L>tivalis 



Delaware. — Bunch small, very compact, and usuaUy shouldered' 

 Ix'rry small, round; color handsome light red. Flesh rich, vinous 

 sweet, aromatic, delicious; quality iiest. ( Irown coninierciallv in 

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



Diamond {Moore's Diamond). — Bunch lung, shouldered, quite 



