VARIETIES OF GRAPES 331 



Agawam 



(Labrusca, Vinifera) 



Randall, Rogers No. 15 



The qualities commending Agawam are large size and attrac- 

 tive appearance of bunch and berry ; rich, sweet aromatic 

 flavor; vigor of vine; and capacity for self-fertilization. 

 For a grape having its proportion of European parentage, the 

 vine is vigorous, hardy and productive. The chief defects 

 in fruit are a thick and rough skin, coarse, solid texture of 

 pulp and foxy flavor. The vine is susceptible to the mildews 

 and in many localities does not yield well. Although Agawam 

 ripens soon after Concord, it can be kept much longer and even 

 improves in flavor after picking. The vines prefer heavy soils, 

 doing better on clay than on sand or gravel. This is one of 

 the grapes grown by E. S. Rogers, Salem, Massachusetts. 

 It was introduced as No. 15 but in 1861 was given the name it 

 now bears. 



Vine vigorous, hardy, productive. Canes thick, dark brown ; 

 nodes enlarged, flattened; internodes short; tendrils intermittent, 

 bifid to trifid. Leaves thick ; upper surface light green, dull, smooth; 

 lower surface pale green, pubescent, floeculent ; lobes lacking ; termi- 

 nus acute ; petiolar sinus deep, narrow ; lateral sinus very shallow ; 

 teeth shallow, wide. Flowers on plan of six, nearly self-fertile, open 

 late ; stamens upright. 



Fruit mid-season, keeps until mid-winter. Clusters medium to large, 

 short, broad, tapering, loose; pedicel short; brush very short, pale 

 green. Berries large, oval, dark purplish-red with thin bloom, very 

 persistent ; skin thick, tough, adherent, astringent ; flesh pale green, 

 translucent, tough, stringy, solid, foxy; good. Seeds adherent, two 

 to five, large, long, brown. 



Almeria 



(Vinifera) 



This is one of the varieties commonly found in eastern mar- 

 kets from Almeria and ]\Ialaga, Spain, although occasionally 



