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which it competes; disease-resistant foliage and vines; more 

 than average vigor of vine ; high quality of fruit, being almost 

 the equal of Delaware in flavor and having tender, melting 

 pulp which readily parts from the seeds ; and earliness, ripening 

 before Delaware and hanging on the vines or keeping after being 

 picked for some time without deterioration. The originator 

 of Headlight, T. V. ]\Iunson, states that the variety came from 

 seed of ]N foyer fertilized by Brilliant. The seed was planted 

 in 1895 and the grape was introduced in 1901. 



Vine vigorous, hardy, very productive. Canes short, few in num- 

 ber, slender, reddish-brown ; nodes enlarged ; internodes short ; 

 tendrils continuous, short, bifid, verj^ persistent. Leaves small, 

 thick ; upper surface light green, dull, smooth ; lower surface pale 

 green, pubescent ; lobes one to tlu-ee wdth terminus obtuse ; petiolar 

 sinus intermediate in depth and width ; basal sinus usuall3' lacking ; 

 lateral sinus shallow, narrow; teeth shallow. Flowers self -sterile, 

 open in mid-season ; stamens reflexed. 



Fruit early, keeps well. Clusters small, short, tapering, frequently 

 single-shouldered, compact ; pedicel short, slender, covered with a 

 few small warts ; brush yellowdsh-brown. Berries small, round, dark 

 red with thin bloom, persistent, firm ; skin tough, adherent, astrin- 

 gent ; flesh gi-een, translucent, very juic3% tender, fine-grained, vinous, 

 sweet ; very good. Seeds free, one to three, small, light brown. 



Herbemont 



(Bourquiniana) 



Bottsi, Brown French, Dunn, Ilcrhemonfs Madeira, Hunt, 

 Kai/s Seedling, McKee, Xeal, ]\\irrcn, Warrenton 



In the South, Herbemont holds the same rank as Concord 

 in the North. The vine is fastidious as to soil, requiring a well- 

 drained warm soil, and one which is abundantly supplied with 

 humus. Despite these limitations, this variety is grown in an 

 immense territory, extending from Virginia and Tennessee to 

 the Gulf and westward through Texas. The vine is remark- 

 ably- vigorous, being hardly surpassed in this character by any 



