VARIETIES OF GRAPES 435 



Salem 



(Labrusca, Vinifera) 



Rogers' No. 22, Rogers No. 53 



Salem (Plate XXVII) is the one of Rogers' hybrids of which 

 the originator is said to have thought most, and to which he 

 gave the name of his place of residence. The two chief faults, 

 unproductiveness and susceptibility to mildew, are not found 

 in all localities, and in these districts, near good markets, Salem 

 ought to rank high as a commercial fruit. The vine is hardy, 

 vigorous and productive and bears handsome fruit of high 

 quality. This variety was christened Salem by Rogers in 

 1867, two years earlier than his other hybrids were named. 



Vine vigorous, hardj', variable in productiveness. Canes long, 

 dark brown ; nodes enlarged ; tendrils continuous or intermittent, long, 

 bifid or trifid. Leaves variable in size ; upper surface dark green, 

 dull ; lower surface pale green with slight bronze tinge, pubescent ; 

 lobes one to tliree \dih. terminus acute ; petiolar sinus deep, narrow, 

 often overlapping ; basal sinus lacking ; lateral sinus shallow, narrow, 

 notched. Flowers sterile, mid-season ; stamens rcflexed. 



Fruit early, keeps and ships well. Clusters large, short, broad, 

 tapering, heavily shouldered, compact; pedicel short, thick with small 

 warts, enlarged at point of attachment to berry ; brush short, pale 

 green. Berries large, round, dark red, dull, persistent, soft ; sldn 

 thick, adherent, without pigment, astringent ; flesh translucent, juicy, 

 tender, stringy, fine-gi-ained, vinous, sprightly ; good to very good. 

 Seeds one to six, large, long and broad, blunt, brown. 



SCUPPERNONG 



(Rotundifolia) 



American Muscadine, Bull, Bullace, Bullet, Fo.v Crape, Green 

 Scuppernong, (ireen Muscaditw, Ilickman , Mu^sradme, Roanoke 



Scuppernong is preeminently the grape of the South, the 

 chief representative of the great species, F. rotundifolia, which 



