. Cyclopedia of hardy fruits. Fruit; Fruit-culture. COLERAIN COTTAGE 239 proving the flavor. Clinton bears grafts well, making a quick and firm union with Labrusca and Vinifera, and the vines are easily propa- gated from cuttings. The offspring of Clinton are usually very hardy, and this fact, taken with its other desirable characters, makes it an exceptionall}^ good starting-point for breed- ing grapes for northern latitudes. Clinton is an old sort, the Worthington, known as early as 1815, renamed; it began to attract atten- tion about 1840. Vine vigorous, hardy, healthy, productive. Canes lo
. Cyclopedia of hardy fruits. Fruit; Fruit-culture. COLERAIN COTTAGE 239 proving the flavor. Clinton bears grafts well, making a quick and firm union with Labrusca and Vinifera, and the vines are easily propa- gated from cuttings. The offspring of Clinton are usually very hardy, and this fact, taken with its other desirable characters, makes it an exceptionall}^ good starting-point for breed- ing grapes for northern latitudes. Clinton is an old sort, the Worthington, known as early as 1815, renamed; it began to attract atten- tion about 1840. Vine vigorous, hardy, healthy, productive. Canes long, numerous, slender, reddish-brown; nodes enlarged, flattened ; shoots smooth ; tendrils intermittent, some- times continuous, bifid. Leaves hang until late in the season, small, thin ; petiolar sinus deep, narrow, urn- shaped ; basal and lateral sinuses shallow ; teeth wide. Flowers self-fertile, open early ; stamens upright. Fruit midseason. Clusters small, slender, cylindrical, uniform, single-shouldered, compact ; pedicel short, very slender, smooth ; brush tinged witli red. Berries small, round, oval, purplish-blaclc, glossy, covered with thick bloom, adherent, firm ; skin very thin, tough, free from pulp with much wine-colored pigment, astringent; flesh dark green, juicy, fine-grained, tough, solid, spicy, sour, vinous. Seeds adherent, 2, short, blunt, brownish. COLERAIN. V. Labrusca. This is one of the numerous seedlings of Concord, bearing white grapes. The vine has the characteristic foliage and habit of growth of its parent, but the fruit is earlier by a week, is of much higher quality, and lacks the foxiness of most Labruscas. The grapes are sprightly and vinous, and neither seeds nor skin are so ob- jectionable as in the parent. The fruit hangs well to the vine and keeps well, but owing to tender pulp does not ship well. The variety is unproductive in some localities. Colerain is worthy a place in home vineyards. David Bundy, Colerain, Ohio, grew this variety from
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