Annual report of the Fruit Growers' Association of Ontario, 1904 . Empire State. Vine : Vigorous, healthy, and moderately : Size large, 6 to 8 inches long ; shouldered ; compact. Berry; Medium, f of an inch in diameter; color white, with thick bloom; pulp tender,juicy, sweet, and agreeable. Quality : Dessert, very good. Value : Market, good. 26 THE REPORT OF THE No. 17 MOORES EARLY. A favorite with vineyardists in Ontario, because of its earliness and its good quality, _ ^ . Asearly as Champion and of very-niueh better (quality, it is superseding that miserable variety^vhi*ch
Annual report of the Fruit Growers' Association of Ontario, 1904 . Empire State. Vine : Vigorous, healthy, and moderately : Size large, 6 to 8 inches long ; shouldered ; compact. Berry; Medium, f of an inch in diameter; color white, with thick bloom; pulp tender,juicy, sweet, and agreeable. Quality : Dessert, very good. Value : Market, good. 26 THE REPORT OF THE No. 17 MOORES EARLY. A favorite with vineyardists in Ontario, because of its earliness and its good quality, _ ^ . Asearly as Champion and of very-niueh better (quality, it is superseding that miserable variety^vhi*ch has done so much to prejudice buyers against our black grapes. Origin : By John B. Moore, at Concord, Mass., from Concord seed, in the year 1872. Vme : Hardy, healthy, fairly vigorous, but^only moderately productive, if compared withthe Concord ; needs good M(.(.ivV i:arly. Bunch : Smaller than Concord, and rarely shouldered ; length of sample, 5} inches. Berries : Averaging a little larger than those of the Concord; round; black; thin bloom. Flesh ; Vinous, juicy, with slight foxiness. Quality : Good. Value : First class of its season. Season: Early September. 1904 FRUIT EXPERIMENT STATIONS. 27 WOODRUFF. (Woodruffs Red). An attractive red grape, which promises to be profitable. Origin: C. H. Woodruff, Ann Arbor, Mich., in 1874; a chance seedHng thought to be across between Catawba and Concord. Vine : Vigorous, hardy, productive ; somewhat subject to black rot.
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