. Cyclopedia of hardy fruits. Fruit; Fruit-culture. EATON EMPEROR 243 EATON. V. Labrusca. Eaton is a pure- bred seedling of Concord, which it surpasses in appearance, but does not equal in quality of fruit. The flesh is tough and stringy, and, though sweet at the skin, is acid at the seeds, and has the same foxiness that characterizes Concord, but more juice and less richness, so that it is well described as a "diluted" Con- cord. The grape-skin is very similar to that of Concord, and the fruit packs, ships, and keeps about the same, perhaps not quite as well because of the greater a
. Cyclopedia of hardy fruits. Fruit; Fruit-culture. EATON EMPEROR 243 EATON. V. Labrusca. Eaton is a pure- bred seedling of Concord, which it surpasses in appearance, but does not equal in quality of fruit. The flesh is tough and stringy, and, though sweet at the skin, is acid at the seeds, and has the same foxiness that characterizes Concord, but more juice and less richness, so that it is well described as a "diluted" Con- cord. The grape-skin is very similar to that of Concord, and the fruit packs, ships, and keeps about the same, perhaps not quite as well because of the greater amount of juice. The season is a few days earlier than that of. Concord. The vine is similar in all characters to that of its parent. The grapes ripen un- evenly, the flowers are self-steriie, and in some locations the vine is a shy bearer. The variety has not found favor with either grower or consumer. Eaton originated with Calvin Eaton, Concord, New Hampshire, about 1868. Vine vigorous, hardy, healthy, productive. Canes thick, light brown with blue bloom; nodes enlarged, flattened; internodes short; tendrils continuous, long, bifid or trifid. Leaves large, round, thick; lobes 3, terminal one acute; petiolar sinus shallow, wide; basal sinus usually lacking; lateral sinus shallow, narrow, often notched; teeth shallow. Flowers semi-sterile, early; stamens upright. Fruit midseason. Clusters large, short, broad, blunt, sometimes double-shouldered, compact; pedicel long, thick, smooth ; brush slender, pale green. Berries large, round, black with heavj bloom, persistent, firm; skin tough, adherent, purplish- red pigment, astringent : Itesh green, translucent, juicy, tough, stringy, foxy; fair in quality. Seeds adherent, 1-4, broad, no_ched, plump, blunt. ECLIPSE. Fig. 223. V. Labrusca. Eclipse is a seedling of Niagara, and, therefore, a de- scendant of Concord, which it , dif- fering chiefly in earlier fruit which is of better quality. Unfortunately, the bunches and ber- ri
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