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Identifier: fruitculture02inte (find matches)
Title: (Fruit culture)
Year: 1912 (1910s)
Authors: International Library of Technology
Subjects: Fruit-culture
Publisher: Scranton, Pa., International Textbook Co.
Contributing Library: UMass Amherst Libraries
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11 Fig. 4 12 GRAPE CULTURE § 13 the berries are very large and of a roundish shape, inclining tooval; the skin is thick and of a dark purple to black color; theflesh is sweet, juicy, rich, and of high quality. 13. The Black Morocco is rather remarkable as a strong-growing, productive variety, the fruit being well adapted forsale on local markets and for shipping. The bunches are verylarge, short, and shouldered, their great size and rigiditymaking it difficult to pack the fruit. The berries are very large,round, and often compressed; the skin is thick and of a dullpurple color. The fruit is deficient in flavor, but its flneappearance makes it excellent for commercial purposes. A typical bunch of Black Morocco grapes is shown in Fig. 1. 14. The Purple Corniclion variety is often spoken ofas Black Cornichon. The vines are very vigorous and bear large,loose bunches of grapes on long peduncles; the berries, whichare borne on long pedicels, are large, long, and more or lesscurved; the ski

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