=1.= _Am. Jour. Hort._, =4=:72. 1868. =2.= _Ib._, =7=:102. 1870. =3.= _Bush. Cat._, =1883=:82. =4.= _Ill. Sta. Bul._, =28=:259. 1893. =5.= _Mo. Sta. Bul._, =46=:38, 43, 45, 46. 1899. =6.= _Ga. Sta. Bul._, =53=:41. 1901. =7.= _Kan. Sta. Bul._, =110=:238. 1902. Some years ago Challenge was considered an excellent dessert grape, being of good quality, hardy, and fairly healthy. Small plantations of it still exist in New York, but it is rapidly passing out of cultivation. Challenge was originated about 1860 by Archer Moore, of Hammonton, New Jersey. He supposed it to have come from seed of Concord fertilized by Royal Muscadine. The variety was introduced by William F. Bassett of the same place. We do not have a vine of Challenge growing on the Station grounds, and the description written below is compiled from various sources. Vine very vigorous; shoots slender, long. Leaf of medium size, dark green. Clusters rather large, compact, tapering, usually shouldered. Berries medium in size, round, pale red to reddish-purple in color with very thin bloom and inconspicuous dots, juicy, slightly acid; quality medium to good; not separating readily from the seeds. Season shortly after Concord. CHAMPION. (Labrusca.) =1.= _Am. Pom. Soc. Rpt._, =1871=:69. =2.= _Am. Hort. An._, =1871=:83. =3.= _Horticulturist_, =30=:151. 1875. =4.= _Mich. Pom. Soc. Rpt._, =1875=:88, 295. =5.= _Gar. Mon._, =20=:47. 1878. =6.= _Montreal Hort. Soc. Rpt._, =1879=:93. =7.= _Am. Pom. Soc. Cat._, =1879.= =8.= _Am. Pom. Soc. Rpt._, =1881=:36. =9.= _Bush. Cat._, =1883=:82. =10.= _Ib._, =1883=:138. =11.= _Tenn. Sta. Bul._, Vol. =9=:172. 1896. =12.= _N. Y. Sta. An. Rpt._, =17=:527, 528, 548, 552, 554. 1898. =13.= _Miss. Sta. Bul._, =56=:11. 1899. =14.= Budd-Hansen, =2=:374. 1902. _Beaconsfield_ (6, 8, 9, 11). _Champion_ (10). EARLY CHAMPION (5). _Early Champion_ (9, 11). _Tallman?_ (5). TALLMAN SEEDLING (1, 2). TALMAN'S SEEDLING (10). _Talman's Seedling_ (9, 11). _Talman's Seedling_ (4). _Talman_ (10).