Vine vigorous, not quite hardy, usually not very productive. Canes long, above medium in number, rather thick, dark reddish-brown; nodes slightly enlarged, flattened; internodes medium to long; diaphragm thick; pith large; shoots glabrous; tendrils usually continuous, long, trifid to bifid. Leaf-buds rather large, short, thick, obtuse, open in mid-season. Young leaves tinged on upper and lower sides with rose-carmine. Leaves below medium to large, thick; upper surface dark green, dull, slightly rugose; lower surface pale green, rather pubescent; veins somewhat prominent; lobes usually three, sometimes obscurely five, terminal lobe acute to blunt; petiolar sinus deep to narrow, closed and sometimes overlapping; basal sinus very shallow when present; lateral sinus rather shallow, narrow; teeth shallow, of average width. Flowers sometimes on plan of six, sterile, open in mid-season or earlier; stamens reflexed. [Illustration: CREVELING] Fruit ripens a few days later than Hartford, does not keep well. Clusters resemble Isabella in general appearance, good size, medium to long, rather broad, irregularly tapering, usually single-shouldered the shoulder often being connected to the cluster by a long stem, loose; peduncle long, rather slender, often with a distinct reddish tinge; pedicel variable in length, thick, usually with no warts, wide at point of attachment to berry; brush intermediate in length, thick, dark wine-color. Berries medium to large, oval, dull black, covered with heavy blue bloom, persistent, rather firm. Skin thick, tough, adheres considerably to the pulp, with a moderate amount of wine-colored pigment, astringent. Flesh pale green, translucent, juicy, very stringy, tender, coarse, somewhat foxy, sweet at skin to tart at center, good in quality. Seeds separate rather easily, one to five in number, average two or three, above medium in size, broad, slightly notched, intermediate in length, blunt, light brown; raphe shows as a narrow groove; chalaza of fair size, at center or slightly above, oval, obscure. CROTON. (Vinifera, Labrusca, Bourquiniana.) =1.= _Am. Jour. Hort._, =5=:223, 224. 1869. _fig._ =2.= _Am. Hort. An._, =1870=:91, 92. _fig._ =3.= _Horticulturist_, =25=:275. 1870. =4.= _Am. Pom. Soc. Cat._, =1871=:16. =5.= _Mich. Pom. Soc. Rpt._, =1872=:546. _fig._ =6.= _Am. Pom. Soc. Rpt._, =1883=:57. =7.= _Bush. Cat._, =1883=:87. _fig._ =8.= _N. Y. Sta. An. Rpt._, =17=:528, 545, 547, 554. 1898. =9.= _Ga. Sta. Bul._, =53=:42, 51. 1901.