THE GRAPES OF NEW YORK. 1 57 



CHAPTER V 



THE LEADING VARIETIES OF AMERICAN GRAPES 



ADIRONDAC. 



(Labrusca, Vinifcra?) 



I. Mag. Hnrt., 27:400. 1S61. 2. Horticulturist. 17:04, 132, 518. 1862. fig. 3. il/ag. Hort., 

 28:447, S4°- 1S62. 4. .4;)i. Pom. Soc. Rpt., 1862:160. 5. U. S. D. A. Rpt., 1863:127. 6. ^lag. 

 Hort., 30:25, 62, 140, 150, 208. 1864. 7. Mead, 1867:164. 8. Fuller, 1867:216. 9. Thomas, 1867: 

 300- 10. .4;;;. Pom. Soc. Cat., 1867:44. 11. Grape Cult., 1:113. i86g. 12. Gar. Moii., 16:249. 

 1874. 13. Biisli. Cat., 1883:67. 14. Am. Pom. Soc. Rpt., 1883:56. 15. Montreal Hort. Soc. Rpt., 

 1885:82. 16. X. Y. Sta. An. Rpt., 10:403. 1891. 



Adirondac is an old variety now nearly or quite obsolete. It is 

 probably a seedling of Isabella which it greatly resembles in vine and 

 fruit characters. It is of the Labrusca type, belonging to the southern 

 group of this species, and like most of the southern Labruscas lacks in hardi- 

 ness and vigor though it surpasses its j^arent in the first quality. The vine 

 makes a slow, weak growth and is particularly susceptible to fungi. The 

 quality of the fruit is very good, juicy and vinous, with the slight foxy 

 flavor peculiar to Isabella. Its earliness, a week or ten da^•s earlier 

 than Concord, is one of its chief points of merit. The Adirondac did not 

 attain favor because of the many faults of the vine and in the time of its 

 cultivation was seldom found except in the vineyard of the amateur. The 

 claim is often made for this variety that it is nearer the Black Hamburg 

 in quality than any other American grape. 



Adirondac was first exhibited by J. W. Bailey of Plattsburg, New 

 York, at the Montreal Horticultural Society Exhibition in Montreal in 1861. 

 The original vine was found in 1852 by J. G. Witherbee in his garden 

 a short distance from the shore of Lake Champlain in the town of Port 

 Henry, Essex County, New York. The variety was introduced by Bailey. 

 On account of its resemblance in vine to Isabella it is supposed bv many to 

 be a seedling of that variety. Adirondac was placed on the grape list of 

 the American Pomological Society in 1867 and was dropped from it in 

 1883. 



Vine variable in vigor and productiveness, injured in severe winters, subject to 

 attacks of mildew in unfavorable seasons. Foliage dark green, thick. Flowers semi- 



