Fruit ripens two or three weeks earlier than Concord, some seasons a few days earlier than Moore Early, does not keep well. Clusters medium in size, intermediate to long, below average in thickness, tapering, frequently not shouldered, moderately compact; peduncle short to medium, of fair thickness; pedicel intermediate in length, medium to rather slender, covered with few, small warts; brush above average length, slender, tinged with red. Berries not very uniform in size, averaging medium, roundish, purplish-black, slightly glossy, covered with rather heavy blue bloom, persistent, firm. Skin intermediate in thickness and toughness, adheres slightly to the pulp, contains a moderate amount of reddish pigment, astringent. Flesh greenish, translucent, juicy, somewhat tough, slightly aromatic, sweet at skin but slightly acid at center, inferior in quality. Seeds do not separate easily unless fully ripe, one to four, average three, intermediate in size, length, and breadth, notched, light brown with yellowish-brown tips; raphe obscure; chalaza of fair size, slightly above center, circular to oval, rather obscure. EARLY VICTOR. (Labrusca, Bourquiniana?) =1.= _Am. Pom. Soc. Rpt._, =1877=:44. =2.= Downing, =1881=:166, app. =3.= _Am. Pom. Soc. Rpt._, =1881=:34. =4.= _N. J. Hort. Soc. Rpt._, =1881=:13. =5.= _Bush. Cat._, =1883=:96. =6.= _Am. Pom. Soc. Cat._, =1883=:26. =7.= _Am. Pom. Soc. Rpt._, =1885=:103, 105. =8.= _Rural N. Y._, =45=:622, 653. 1886. =9.= _Kan. Hort. Soc. Rpt._, =1886=:187. =10.= _Can. Hort._, =11=:287. 1888. =11.= _Mo. Hort. Soc. Rpt._, =1889=:361, 373. =12.= _W. N. Y. Hort. Soc. Rpt._, =36=:40. 1891. =13.= _Bush. Cat._, =1894=:121. =14.= _Mich. Sta. Bul._, =169=:170. 1899. =15.= _N. Y. Sta. An. Rpt._, =18=:395. 1899. =16.= _Can. Hort._, =23=:217. 1900. [Illustration: EARLY VICTOR]