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with a pleasing aroma and good. Recommended for those areas with a short 
season. 
~\Keuka—has medium sized bunch and berry. 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, medium hardy, and ripen their crop with Catawba. Recommended 
for trial where seasons are long and winter cold is not severe. 
~*~ Naples (Geneva #17594)—A productive red grape derived from a cross be- 
tween Delaware and a (Mills x Iona) seedling. Clusters are larger and less 
compact than those of the Delaware and berries are larger and have a tough- 
er skin. Fruit has appearance and flavor of Delaware but ripens about one 
week later. Flesh is slightly tough, juicy, sweet and good in quality. Prom- 
ising for table and wine. 
~\Ontario—comes in season before its parent Winchell, hitherto the best early 
green grape. Bunches and berries are larger and more attractive in appearance, 
and its vines are more vigorous and more productive. 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 remarkable for its luxuriant and persistent foliage. Bunches and 
berries are larger than those of any other early green grape. In soils where 
vine lacks vigor, Portland should be grafted onto Clinton or other vigorous 
stocks. 
\. Ruby—is an attractive red grape that ripens about the last week of September. 
Vine is vigorous, hardy and productive; clusters medium to large, tapering, 
shouldered, fairly compact with medium roundish oval berries; flesh juicy, 
tender, almost melting, sweet with a very agreeable and pleasing vinous flavor ; 
skin has enough thickness and toughness to make it an excellent keeper. 
Promising for both home and commercial use. 
—~ Schuyler—has large, cylindrical and well filled clusters. The fruit ripens to 
a blue-black color at Geneva about September 5 or more than three weeks 
before Concord and has an attractive, heavy bloom. The skin is tough enough 
to withstand handling but is not objectionable from the standpoint of eating 
since it is not a “slipskin” variety. The flavor is sweet with a vinous tang 
resembling that of Zinfandel. Schuyler bears heavily on spur and sucker 
shoots and must be pruned more closely than most American varieties to 
avoid overbearing. The foliage is susceptible to downy mildew and requires 
thorough spraying to control this pest. The vine is less hardy than many 
American varieties but compares favorably with Seneca, Golden Muscat and 
Dutchess. Temperatures of —20°F have injured the wood of this variety. 
~SSeibel #1000—A French-American hybrid originated in France by Mr. Seibel. 
Vine is hardy, vigorous and moderately productive. Clusters and berries are 
medium in size. Flavor is sweet and neutral. Juice is uncolored and produces 
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