VARIETIES OF GRAPES 431 



Fruit earlj' mid-season, koops woll. Clusters small, broad, taper- 

 ing, single-shouldered, sometimes double-shouldered, loose with many 

 abortive berries ; pedicel very long, slender ; brush green with brown 

 tinge. Berries variable in size, round, light to very dark red with 

 heavy bloom, persistent, soft ; skin thick, tender, adherent with some 

 red pigment ; flesh green, transparent, juicy, very tender, melting, 

 slightly foxy, tart ; very good. Seeds free, one to five, large, long, 

 blunt, light brown. 



Regal 



(Labrusca, Vinifera) 



Regal is an offspring of Lindley, which it greatly resembles. 

 The fruit is attractive in appearance and high in quality. A 

 seemingly insignificant fault might make Regal undesirable in 

 a commercial vineyard ; the clusters are borne so close to the 

 wood that it is difficult to harvest the fruit and avoid injury to 

 the berries next to the wood. The variety is worthy of ex- 

 tensive culture in vineyards and gardens. Regal originated 

 with W. A. Woodward, Rockford, Illinois, in 1879. 



Vine vigorous, hardj', healthy, very productive. Canes interme- 

 diate in length and size, numerous, dark reddish-brown. Tendrils 

 intermittent, bifid or trifid. Leaves large; upper surface green, 

 glossy and rugose ; lower surface pale green with a bronze tinge, 

 strongly pubescent. Flowers self-fertile, mid-season ; stamens upright. 



Fruit mid-season, keeps well. Clusters small, broad, cylindrical, 

 usually with a short single shoulder, sometimes double-shouldered, very 

 compact. Berries large, round, purplish-red with faint bloom, per- 

 sistent. Skin thin, tough, without pigment. Flesh pale green, very 

 juicy, fine-grained, tender, musky ; good. Seeds free, numerous, long, 

 narrow, notched, blunt with a short neck, brown. 



Requa 



(Labrusca, Vinifera) 



This is one of Rogers' hybrids which ecjuals other grapes of 

 its color and season. The grapes are attractive in cluster and 

 berry and are of very good quality but are subject to rot and 



