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European parent, Black Hamburg. The appearance of berry 

 and bunch is attractive. The vine is vigorous, hardy and pro- 

 ductive but susceptible to mildew. The ripening season is just 

 after that of Concord. For the table, for winter keeping and 

 for the amateur, this variety may be highly recommended. 

 Barry was dedicated in 1869, by E. S. Rogers, who originated it, 

 to Patrick Barry, distinguished nurseryman and pomologist. 

 The variety is grown in gardens throughout the grape regions 

 of eastern America. 



Vine vigorous, hardy, productive, susceptible to mildew. Canes 

 long, numerous, thick, dark brown ^^^th heavy bloom ; nodes flattened ; 

 shoots glabrous; tendrils intermittent, bifid or trifid. Leaves large; 

 upper surface light green, glossy, smooth ; lower surface pale green, 

 pubescent ; lobes one to throe, terminus acute ; petiolar sinus deep, 

 narrow, sometimes closed and overlapping ; basal sinus usually lacking ; 

 lateral sinus shallow, narrow; tppth shallow. Flowers open in mid- 

 seaSon, self-sterile ; stamens reflexed. 



Fruit mid-season, keeps well. Clusters short, very broad, tapering, 

 often subdi\nding into several parts, compact ; pedicel with small 

 warts. Berries large, oval, dark purplish-black, glossy, covered with 

 heavy bloom, adherent; skin thin, tough, adherent; flesh pale green, 

 translucent, tender, stringy, vinous, pleasant-flavored ; good. Seeds 

 adherent, one to five, large, deeply notched, with enlarged neck, 

 brown. 



Beacon 



(Lincecumii, Labrusca) 



Another of T. V. Munson's hybrids is Beacon. It is not 

 well adapted to northern regions but does very well in the 

 South. The vine is vigorous and bears a handsome, compact 

 mass of foliage which retains its color and freshness through 

 drouths and heat. Munson grew Beacon in 1887 from seed 

 of Big Berry (a varict\- of Lincecumii) pollinated by Concord, 

 the vine bearing first in 1SS9. 



Vine vigorous, precariously hardy, productive. Canes short, 

 slender, light brown. Leaves healthy, thick, dark green, sometimes 

 rugose ; veins showing indistinctly through the slight pubescence of 



