Fruit ripens about with Concord, does not keep well. Clusters intermediate in size, above medium to short, of average breadth, cylindrical, usually single-shouldered, compact; peduncle short to medium, rather thick; pedicel not long, of average thickness, nearly smooth; brush short, greenish-yellow with brownish tinge. Berries average medium in size, roundish to slightly oblate, often misshapen on account of compactness, greenish with yellow tinge, rather dull, covered with a fair amount of gray bloom, not always persistent, rather firm. Skin very thin, tender, adheres slightly to the pulp, contains no pigment, somewhat astringent. Flesh greenish, juicy, fine-grained, tender, slightly foxy, sweet, not acid at the center, somewhat flat in flavor, of fair quality. Seeds separate easily from the pulp, one to four, average three, medium to nearly large, medium to broad, intermediate in length, blunt, often plump, medium to dark brown; raphe obscure or nearly so; chalaza of average size, slightly above center, pear-shaped, rather distinct. Must 88°. EMPIRE STATE. (Riparia, Labrusca, Vinifera?) =1.= _Am. Pom. Soc. Rpt._, =1881=:66. =2.= _Mass. Hort. Soc. Rpt._, =1882=:227. =3.= _Ohio Hort. Soc. Rpt._, =1882=:46. =4.= _Bush. Cat._, =1883=:99. =5.= _Gar. Mon._, =26=:272, 364. 1884. =6.= _W. N. Y. Hort. Soc. Rpt._, =31=:110. 1886. =7.= _Rural N. Y._, =46=:20, 495. 1887. =8.= _Am. Pom. Soc. Rpt._, =1887=:97, 125. =9.= _Ohio Hort. Soc. Rpt._, =1887-8=:85, 169. =10.= _Mo. Hort. Soc. Rpt._, =1889=:370. =11.= _Am. Pom. Soc. Cat._, =1889=:24. =12.= _N. Y. Sta. An. Rpt._, =13=:603. 1894. =13.= _Bush. Cat._, =1894=:125. =14.= _Col. Sta. Bul._, =29=:22. 1894. =15.= _Ohio Hort. Soc. Rpt._, =1894-5=:11. =16.= _Tenn. Sta. Bul._, Vol. =9=:180. 1896. =17.= _N. Y. Sta. An. Rpt._, =17=:530, 541, 544, 548, 552. 1898.