VARIETIES OF GRAPES 359 



Vino weak, hardy, })ro(luctive. Canes short, niinuTous, sU^nder, 

 dark l)rown ; nodes enhirj^ed ; internodes short ; tendrils intermittent, 

 short, bitid. Leaves small ; upper surface dark green, dull, smooth ; 

 lower surface pale green, pubescent ; lobes three to five in number, 

 terminal one acute ; petiolar sinus narrow ; basal sinus narrow and 

 shallow when present ; lateral sinus deep, narrow ; teeth shallow. 

 Flowers self -fertile, open late ; stamens upright. 



Fruit early, keeps well. Clusters small, slender, blunt, cylindrical, 

 regular, shouldered, compact ; pedicel short, slender, smooth ; l)rush 

 light brown. Berries uniform in size and shape, small, round, light 

 red, covered ^vith thin bloom, persistent, fu-m ; skin thin, tough, 

 adherent, unpigmented, astringent ; flesh light green, translucent, 

 juicy, tender, aromatic, vinous, refreshing, sweet ; best in quality. 

 Seeds free, one to four, broad, notched, short, blunt, light brown. 



Diamond 



(Labrusca, Vinifera) 



Few other grapes surpass Diamond in quality and beauty of 

 fruit. When to its desirable fruit characters are added hard- 

 iness, productiveness and vigor of vine, the variety is surpassed 

 by no other green grape. Diamond is a diluted hybrid between 

 Labrusca and Vinifera and the touch of the exotic grape is just 

 sufficient to give the fruit the richness in flavor of the Old World 

 grape and not overcome the refreshing sprightliness of the native 

 fox-grapes. The Vinifera characters are wholly recessive in 

 vine and foliage, the plant resembling closely its American 

 parent, Concord. Diamond is well established North and 

 South and can be grown in as great a range of latitude as Con- 

 cord. Jacob Moore, Brighton, New York, grew Diamond 

 about 1870 from Concord seed fertilized by lona. 



Vine vigorous, hardy, productive. Canes short, brown with a 

 slight red tinge ; nodes enlarged ; internodes short ; tendrils intermit- 

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

 lower surface light bronze, downy ; lobes three in number, indistinct ; 

 petiolar sinus very shallow ; teeth shallow. Flowers self-fertile, open 

 early ; stamens upright. 



