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Type = American Hybrid. Per Hedrick (see citation): "From Jacob Rommel, of Morrison, Missouri. Very vigorous, hardy, variable in productiveness; tendrils continuous, bifid to trifid; leaves large, light green; lower surface pale green, pubescent; flowers semi-fertile, open early; stamens upright; fruit ripens with Concord or later; clusters intermediate in size, short, slender, usually with a small single shoulder, compact; berries small, roundish, very light green, often with amber or yellow tinge, covered with thin gray bloom, shatter badly; skin variable in thickness and toughness; flesh moderately juicy, tender and vinous, sweet from skin to center; fair in quality. The vine is peculiar in having very hairy petioles and nerly glabrous shoots." Per Bush and Son and Meissner (see citation): "Valuable in some localities both as a table and a wine grape. Bunch medium, shouldered, compact; berry medium, round, pale yellow covered with a delicate bloom; skin thin and transparent; pulp soft and melting, juicy, sweet and high flavored. Vine a strong grower, of short-jointed, grayish wood, with bright green leaves; not very productive; healthy and hardy, but prone to mildew. Ripens with or after Concord."