VARIETIES OF GRAPES 387 



vine and fruit of Highland to develop, this is one of the choicest 

 grapes for the amateur. The variety originated about the 

 close of the Civil War with J. H. Ricketts, Xewburgh, New 

 York, from seed of Concord fertilized by Jura ^luscat. 



Vine variable in vigor, productive, healthy. Canes long, numerous, 

 dark brown with thin bloom ; nodes enlarged ; internodes long ; 

 tendrils intermittent, bifid or trifid. Leaves large ; upper surface dark 

 green, dull, rugose ; lower surface grayish-green, pubescent ; lobes 

 one to five, terminal one acute ; petiolar sinus deep, variable in width ; 

 basal sinus shallow, narrow ; lateral sinus a notch ; teeth deep, wide. 

 Flowers self -fertile, open in mid-season ; stamens upright. 



Fruit late, keeps well. Clusters large, long, broad, tapering, 

 usually single -shouldered, usually two bunches per shoot; pedicel 

 long, thick, smooth ; brush green with yellow tinge. Berries large, 

 round-oval, purplish-black, dull with heavy bloom, persistent, firm ; 

 skin tough, free ; flesh green, translucent, juicy, tender, vinous ; good. 

 Seeds free, one to six, large, long, notched, brown. 



Hopkins 



(Rotundifolia) 



Hopkins is named by grape-growers in the South Atlantic 

 states as the best early Rotundifolia grape. Its season in 

 North Carolina begins early in August, nearly a month before 

 any other. It is, also, one of the best in quality and for quality 

 and earliness should be in every home vineyard in the region 

 in which it grows. Hopkins was found near Wilmington, 

 North Carolina, about 1845, by John Hopkins. 



Vine very vigorous, hardy, productive. Canes long, slender, up- 

 right. Leaves of medium size, variable, cordate, longer than broad, 

 thick, leathery, smooth, dark green ; margins sharply serrate. Flowers 

 self-fertile. 



Fruit very early. Clusters large, containing from four to ten 

 berries. Berries large, dark purple or almost black, round-oblong, 

 shelling badly; skin thick, tough, faintly marked with dots; pulp 

 white, tender, juif'y with a sweet, pleasant flavor; one of the best of 

 the Rotundifolias in (luality. 



