A CATALOG OF NEW FRUITS 
the berries are firmer and as large as those of Concord; the flavor is sweeter and 
richer; the season is a week later and the grapes do not shell as readily. Sheridan 
is now a standard commercial variety. 
Urbana requires a long season and cannot be grown with certainty where 
Catawba does not ripen. The vines are vigorous, healthy, and productive, and 
will withstand as much cold as Catawba. Bunch and berry are large and very 
attractive. The berries are light red with skins which cling to the pulp like that 
of a Vinifera, and the flesh separates readily from the two or three small crackling 
seeds. The flesh is firm but tender, juicy, aromatic, and has a rich, sweet, vinous, 
spicy, refreshing flavor. The grapes keep in common storage without shriveling, 
shelling, or decaying until March—truly remarkable for late keeping. 
Watkins is noteworthy for high quality. The vine is vigorous and productive; 
clusters medium to above, slightly tapering and loose; berries reddish black, 
medium in size, oval; flesh meaty, juicy, sweet. Promising for home use and 
roadside markets. 
The vine of Wayne is strong, vigorous, and productive; clusters medium in size; 
compact; flesh firm, slightly tough, juicy, sweet, vinous; quality very good; its 
keeping quality is impaired by a tendency to shell. Well worthy of trial. 
ELDERBERRY 
The elderberry of the fields and fence-rows has always been 
popular for pies and home-made wine. It grows readily under do¬ 
mestication as a beautiful ornamental and is as easily improved in 
the breeder’s hands as any other native fruit. 
Adams is a selection made by the late William W. Adams, Union Springs, 
New York. The bush is strong, vigorous, and productive, and the fruit clusters 
and berries are exceptionally large. This fruit is a splendid example of what the 
plant-breeder can do in improving native fruits. 
GOOSEBERRIES 
The culture of gooseberries has long been on the wane because 
nurserymen choose to offer only the wretchedly poor Downing and 
Houghton. At the Experiment Station at Geneva, the aim has long 
been to obtain gooseberries with larger fruits, better flavor, and of 
better plant characters. Poorman was introduced a number of years 
ago as a better gooseberry, and where it succeeds it is a most admir¬ 
able sort. Unfortunately it does not do well on sandy soils, thriving 
only on clays and fertile loams. Now the Station is introducing 
Fredonia with the hope that it will be more adaptable to soils. 
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