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oval, purplish red or purple, covered with blue bloom ; pulp 
moderately tender, not readily releasing the seeds. Moderately 
juicy, somewhat vinous, sweet, good flavor, good to very good 
quality. Not remarkably attractive in appearance. Season 
about with Concord. Vine unproductive. Blossoms incapable 
of setting fruit when self-fertilized, and therefore the vine should 
be mingled with other varieties that blossom at the same time. 
See no reason for its introduction into this section of the country. 
Chautauqua. JLab. A chance seedling found in a Concord 
vineyard. It was sent. to this Station in 1892 and bore 
its first few clusters of fruit this season. These bunches 
were medium to large, moderately compact; berry medium 
to large, usually uniformly above medium, black with blue 
bloom, juicy, vinous; pulp quite tender and separates readily 
from the very few seeds; very good in quality. When pulled 
from the cluster the berry leaves white fibres attached to the 
pedicel. Equal or superior to Concord and a few days earlier 
this year. Should it prove productive it will be worth further 
testing for a market grape. «See, also, Annual Report of this 
Station for 1892, p. 618. 
Columbian. Received from the Columbian Grape Company, 
Kingston, O., in the spring of 194. 
Daisy. (Lab., vin.). Unproductive here in 1893 and 1894. 
Only partly self-fertile and if planted at all should be mixed 
with other varieties in order to secure better fertilization of the 
blossoms. It is not worthy of introduction in this section. See, 
also, Annual Reports of this Station for 1891, p. 495, and 18¥, 
p. 619. 
Duchess. Lab. X, (Lab., Bourg.). As grown on our heavy 
clay soil it does not rank more than good to very good in quality. 
It is partly self-fertile but will probably do better in mixed vinc - 
yards than when grown alone. The pulp is tender, vinous and 
nearly sweet; the seeds are tender and easily crushed. Begins 
to ripen last of September or first of October. The fully ripened 
berries have a decided brown or reddish-brown tinge on the side 
exposed to the sun, and the little dark specks thinly scattered 
over the skin are quite characteristic. It is highly esteemed in — 
some localities. 
