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Fruit early, keeps well. Clusters medium to short, broad, blunt, 

 cylindricaJ, often single-shouldered, compact ; pedicel short, thick 

 with a few inconspicuous warts ; brush slender, pale green. Berries 

 large, ovate, green Avith a tinge of yellow, glossy, covered with thin 

 bloom, persistent, firm ; skin thin, tough, adherent, astringent ; flesh 

 pale green, transparent, juicy, tender, melting, fine-grained, aromatic, 

 sprightly ; very good. Seeds free, one to four, broad and long, sharp- 

 pointed, yellowish-brown. 



Diana 



(Labrusca, Vinifera) 



Diana (Plate XII) is a seedling of Catawba to which its fruit 

 bears strong resemblance, differing chiefly in having lighter color, 

 in being less pulpy and more juicy. The flavor resembles that 

 of Catawba but has less of the wild taste. The chief point of 

 superiority of Diana over Catawba is in earliness, the crop 

 ripening ten days sooner, making possible its culture far to the 

 north. The defects of Diana are : the vine is tender in cold 

 winters ; the grapes ripen unevenly ; the berries and foliage 

 are susceptible to fungi ; and the vine is a shy bearer. Diana 

 demands poor, dry, gravelly soil without much humus or 

 nitrogen. On clays, loams or rich soils, the vines make a rank 

 growth, and the fruits are few, late and of poor quality. The 

 vine needs to be long pruned and to have all surplus bunches 

 removed, leaving a small croj) to mature. Diana is a satis- 

 factory grape for the amateur, and where it does especially well 

 proves profitable for the local market. ]\Irs. Diana Crehore, 

 Milton, ^lassachusetts, grew Diana from seed of Catawba, 

 planted about 1834. 



Vine vigorous, doubtfully hardy, often unproductive. Canes 

 pubescent, long, reddish-brown, covered with thin bloom; nodes 

 enlarged, flattened ; internodes long; tendrils intermittent, long, bifid. 

 Leaves large, thick; upper surface light green, heavily pubescent; 

 lobes three to five, terminal one acute; petiolar sinus deep, wide, 

 often closed and overlapping; basal sinus shallow; lateral sinus 

 narrow; teeth shallow. Flowers self-fertile, open in mid-season; 

 stamens upright. 



