VARIETIES OF GRAPES 413 



Missouri Riesling 



(Vulpina, Labrusca) 



Missouri Riesling attains perfection only in the South. 

 The vines are hardy, vigorous, productive and healthy in the 

 North, as a rule, but the fruit is lacking in quality. In the 

 South, Missouri Riesling is a beautiful fruit when well grown 

 and has many good qualities of fruit and vine. It originated 

 with Nicholas Grein, Hermann, Missouri, about 1870, probably 

 from seed of Taylor. 



Vine vigorous, hardy, productive. Canes very long, numerous, 

 thick, dark brown ; nodes enlarged ; internodes long ; tendrils contin- 

 uous, long, trifid or bifid. Leaves large, thick ; upper surface dark 

 green, gloss3% smooth ; lower surface pale green, thinly pubescent ; 

 lobes five ^vith terminal one acuminate ; petiolar sinus deep, narrow ; 

 basal sinus shallow, wide ; lateral sinus deep, wide ; teeth deep, wide. 

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



Fruit late, does not keep nor ship well. Clusters short, cylin- 

 drical, single-shouldered ; pedicel long with few small warts ; brush 

 green. Berries of medium size, round, yellowish-gi*een changing to 

 light red \\ith thin bloom, persistent, firm ; skin sprinkled with small 

 brown dots, thin, tough, adherent, astringent ; flesh pale green, trans- 

 lucent, juic3% tender, fine-grained, lacking in aroma, mild ; fair in 

 quality. Seeds adherent, one to foui', surface rough, dark brown. 



MONTEFIORE 



(Vulpina, Labrusca) 



Montefiore is extensively grown in Missouri and the South- 

 west but is almost unknown in the North and East. It is 

 reported as succeeding in the Lake District of Ohio and, with 

 the exception that it is uncertain in bearing and not always 

 productive, it grows well in sections of New York. While it 

 is essentially a wine-grape, yet it is pleasing in taste and texture 

 of fruit and is far better in quality than many of the coarser 

 Labruscas commonly cultivated. It keeps and ships well 



