VARIETIES OF GRAPES 391 



as broad as long, with a serrate margin. Flowers open late; stamens re- 

 flexed. Fruit ripens late, hangs on the vine for three weeks. Clusters 

 small, containing from 4 to 12 berries, irregular, loose. Berries large, 

 % to 1/4 inch in diameter, round, blue-black, marked with specks; skin 

 thick, tough; pulp juicy; sweet; good in quality. 



598. Memory is one of the best of the Rotundif olia grapes for 

 the garden and local markets, and its fruits are especially good 

 for dessert. The variety is given credit for being the most pro- 

 ductive of the grapes of its species. Memory is probably a 

 seedling of Thomas, which it much resembles, and was found by 

 T. S. Memory, Whiteville, North Carolina, about 1868. 



Vine very vigorous, healthy, productive. Leaves large, longer than broad, 

 thick, smooth with coarsely serrate margins. Flowers perfect. Fruit ripens 

 in September in North Carolina. Clusters large, with 4 to 12 berries which 

 hang unusually well for a variety of V. rotundif olia. Berries very large, 

 round-oblong, deep brownish-black, almost jet-black; skin thick; flesh 

 tender, juicy, sweet ; good to best. 



599. Flowers is noted for its vigorous and productive vines, 

 its large fruit-clusters, and dark-colored grapes that cling in the 

 cluster unusually well for a variety of this species. The crop 

 is late, ripening in North Carolina in October and November. 

 The fruit is valuable only for wine and grape-juice, and has 

 little to recommend it for dessert purposes. Flowers was found 

 in a swamp near Lamberton, North Carolina, more than a hun- 

 dred years ago, by William Flowers. 



Improved Flowers, probably a seedling of Flowers, was found 

 near Whiteville, North Carolina, about 1869. It differs from its 

 supposed parent in having a more vigorous and productive vine 

 and larger clusters, the berries of which cling even more 

 tenaciously. 



Vine vigorous, healthy, upright, open, very productive. Leaves variable 

 but average medium in size, longer than broad, pointed, cordate, thick, dark 

 green, smooth, leathery; margins sharply serrate; flowers perfect. Fruit 

 very late. Clusters large, consisting of 10 to 20 berries. Berries large, 

 round-oblong, purple or purplish-black, clinging well to the cluster-stem; 

 skin thick, tough, faintly marked with dots; pulp white, lacking in juice, 

 hard, sweetish, austere in flavor; poor for a table-grape but excellent for 

 grape-juice. 



