VARIETIES OF GRAPES 399 



King 



(Labrusca) 



King is similar to Concord, compared with which the vine is 

 more vigorous and prolific, time of ripening and length of season 

 the same, the clusters are one-fourth larger, the grapes are more 

 persistent, the pulp is more tender, the flavor nearly the same 

 but more sprightly, the seeds fewer in number, the wood harder 

 and of shorter joints and the pedicels larger. King was found 

 in the Concord vineyard of W. K. INIunson, Grand Rapids, 

 Michigan, in 1892. The vine was set for Concord and is sup- 

 posed to be a bud-sport of that variety. 



Vine \evy vigorous, hardy, productive. Canes large, dark reddish- 

 brown ; nodes enlarged, slightly flattened ; internodes short ; tendrils 

 continuous or intermittent, trifid or bifid. Leaves unusually large, 

 thick ; upper surface green, dull ; lower surface grayish-white changing 

 to slight bronze, pubescent ; lobes three when present, terminal one 

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

 season ; stamens upright. 



Fruit mid-season, keeps well. Clusters large, long, broad, irregu- 

 larly tapering, usually single-shouldered, compact. Berries large, 

 round, black with thin bloom, persistent, firm; skin thick, tough, ad- 

 herent, astringent ; flesh pale green, very juicy, tough, stringy and 

 with some foxiness ; good. Seeds adherent, few, large, short, broad, 

 lightly notched if at all, blunt, plump, light brown. 



Lady 



(Labrusca, Vinifera) 



The vine of Lady is much like that of Concord, its parent, 

 although not quite so vigorous nor productive, hut ripens its 

 fruit fully two weeks earlier. The fruit is much superior to 

 that of Concord in quality, being richer, sweeter and less foxy. 

 The grapes hang on the vines well but deteriorate r;i])i(lly 

 after picking. I'he term, "ironclad," used by gra})e-gro\\('rs 

 to express hardiness and freedom from disease, is i)robably 

 as applicable to Lady as to any other of the Labrusca grapes. 



