A CATALOG OF NEW FRUITS 
tender; and the quality very good. Fredonia stands alone as an early black 
grape. 
Golden Muscat possesses the rich golden color of Diamond and the fine muscat 
aroma of the European Muscat. For home use and the roadside market it is one 
of the best. The vine is vigorous, productive; the clusters are very large, tapering, 
single-shouldered, and compact; the berries are large, oval, juicy, tender, sweet, 
vinous, aromatic; season after Concord. This is the handsomest and best flavored 
grape grown in eastern America. 
Hanover has clusters medium to large, compact, berries medium, slightly oblong, 
dark red; flesh slightly tough, sweet, vinous, and good in quality; ripens about 
October first. Still on trial but most promising. 
Keuka is more nearly a European than a native grape. Bunch and berry are 
medium in size, but the bunch is compact and as trim as a well-formed cluster of 
Delaware. The berries are round-oval, dark red with heavy bloom which gives 
them a lilac color. The flesh is crisp and juicy with a sweet, Vinifera flavor, and 
scarcely separates from the tender skin so that the berries may be eaten skin and 
all. The vines are vigorous, healthy, productive, hardy, and ripen their crop a 
week earlier than Catawba. No grape surpasses Keuka in flavor. 
Ontario is a cross between Winchell and Diamond which comes in season 
before Winchell, hitherto the best early green grape. Bunches and berries are 
larger and more attractive in appearance than those of the parents, and unlike 
those of either parent are usually single-shouldered. The vines are more vigorous 
and more productive. The grapes hang on the vine long after ripening. Ontario 
and Portland are becoming the standard early green grapes in eastern America. 
Portland holds first place among grapes as an early green variety for the market. 
The vine is very vigorous, hardy, productive, and healthy. The variety is re¬ 
markable for its luxuriant and persistent foliage. Bunches and berries are larger 
than those of any other early green grape, and the quality is better than that 
of any other excepting Ontario. 
Seneca is almost pure Vinifera, ripening in early midseason. The bunches are 
of medium size, tapering, compact, oval yellow berries. The texture is firm like 
that of a true Vinifera, melting and tender, while the flavor is sweet, vinous, and 
aromatic. The skin can be eaten with the berry. The vine is vigorous, healthy, 
productive, and hardy. Seneca is bound to make a high place for itself. 
Sheridan is a promising late-keeping grape to extend the season of Concord. 
In many places where Sheridan has been grown under the same conditions as 
Concord, the plants have been found to be just as vigorous, healthy, hardy, and 
more productive. The bunches of Sheridan are larger and more compact; and 
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