Narrative
Type = American Hybrid. Per Bushburg Catalogue (see citation): "The vine is a strong grower, hardy and free from mildew, has large leaves; the bunch varies greatly in size, being sometimes very long, usually medium, cylindrical or slightly shouldered, loose; berries large and obovate, colored light yellow when fully ripe, has a peculiarly lustrous surgace with little bloom; flesh is juicy, dissolving, vinous, sprightly and agreeable. It is not of highly refined characters, but has the remarkable good quality of improving in flavor by keeping it picked before over-ripe, and is especially valuable as an excellent keeper and shipper, the berries clingling firmly to the stem. Ripens about a week after the Concord." Per Our Native Grape, pg. 137: "The berry is rather large and inclined to be oblong or even obovate in shape, though nearly round. It ripens early - say a week after the Green Mountain - is of a green color with little bloom, adheres firmly to the stem. The skin is firm, though not thick, the pulp is for the most part meaty and parts freely from the seeds, which though rather large, are generally but two in number, and often but one. It is pure in flavor, sprightly and excellent. Vine perfectly hardy, good cropper." Per Hedrick (see citation): "Vine moderately vigorous to vigorous, not very hardy, healthy, produces smaller crops than Concord. Leaves medium in size, light green. Flowers nearly sterile to partly fertile, open medium late. Fruit ripens soon after Niagra, ships well and keeps into winter. Berries medium to large, slightly oval or obovate, dull green changing to a faint yellow tinge, covered with thin gray bloom."