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surface dark green, dull, rugose ; lower surface pale green, pubescent ; 

 lobes three to five when present ^dth terminal one acute ; petiolar sinus 

 deep, narrow, sometimes closed and overlapping ; basal sinus shallow ; 

 lateral sinus narrow ; teeth shallow. 



Fruit late mid-season, keeps well. Clusters large, tapering, fre- 

 quently single-shouldered, compact, often with numerous abortive 

 berries ; pedicel slender with numerous small warts ; brush short, 

 slender, pale with a reddish-brown tinge. Berries oval, jet-black with 

 heavy bloom, very persistent, firm; skin tough, adherent, wdne- 

 colored pigment, astringent ; flesh pale green, translucent, juicy, fine- 

 grained, tough, foxy ; good. Seeds adherent, one to four, small, often 

 abortive, broad, short, blunt, plump, brown. 



James 



(Rotundifolia) 



James is one of the largest of the Rotundifolia grapes and 

 probably the best general-purpose variety of this species. The 

 vine is noted for vigor and productiveness. Tt cannot be grown 

 north of IVIaryland. It thrives in sandy loam soils with clay 

 subsoil. The variety was found by B. W. INI. James, Pitt 

 County, North Carolina. It was introduced about 1890 and 

 was placed on the grape list of the American Pomological 

 Society fruit catalog in 1899. 



Vine vigorous, healthy, productive. Canes slender, numerous, 

 long, sliglitly trailing. Leaves of medium size, thick, smooth, leathery, 

 cordate, as broad as long, ^vixh. a serrate margin. Flowers open late; 

 stamens reflexed. 



Fruit ripens late, hangs on the vine for three weeks, keeps well. 

 Clusters small, containing from four to twelve berries, irregular, loose. 

 Berries large, three-fourths to ono and one-fourth inches in diameter, 

 round, blue-black, marked with specks ; skin thick, tough. Pulp 

 juicy, sweet ; good in quality. 



Janesville 



(Labrusca, Vulpina) 



Endowed with a constitution enabling it to withstand cold 

 to which most other grapes succumb, Janesville has made a 



