Gros Colman


(Vinifera)





Dodrelabi



Gros Colman has the reputation of being the handsomest black

table-grape grown. It is one of the favorite hot-house grapes in

England and eastern America and is commonly grown out of doors in

California. The variety is remarkable for having the largest berries

of any round grape, borne in immense bunches, and for the long-keeping

qualities, although the tender skins sometimes crack. The following

description is compiled:



Vine vigorous, healthy and productive; wood dark brown. Leaves

very large, round, thick, but slightly lobed; teeth short and

blunt; glabrous above, wooly below. Bunches very large, short,

well filled but rather loose; berries very large, round, dark

blue; skin thick but tender; flesh firm, crisp, sweet and good;

quality not of the highest. Season late and the fruits keep long.



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