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deep, wide to medium, often closed and overlapping; basal sinus shallow, not wide; 

 lateral sinus not deep, medium to narrow; teeth shallow, intermediate in width. Flow- 

 ers fertile, open in mid-season; stamens upright. 



Fruit ripens earlier than Catawba, keeps unusually well. Clusters medium to large, 

 intermediate in length, rather broad, tapering to slightly cylindrical, occasionally shoul- 

 dered, the shoulder being attached to the cluster by a rather long stem, compact to 

 medium; peduncle short to medium, slender; pedicel above average length, covered 

 with small scattering warts; brush of fair length, rather slender, pale green. Berries 

 somewhat irregular in size, above medium to small, roundish to slightly ovate in com- 

 pact clusters, rather light red covered with thin lilac bloom, persistent, firm. Skin very 

 thick, tough, adheres slightly to the pulp, contains no pigment, with but Httle astrin- 

 gency. Flesh pale green, translucent, juicy, tough, fine-grained, vinous, with a little 

 foxiness, sweet at skin to agreeably tart at center, good in quality. Seeds do not sep- 

 arate readily from the pulp unless fruit is fully ripe, one to three, average two, inter- 

 mediate in size, breadth and length, light brown; raphe buried in a rather wide, 

 shallow groove; chalaza large, above center, circular, distinct. Must 88°- 9o° 



DIANA HAMBURG. 



(Vinifera, Labrusca, Aestivalis?) 



I N. Y. Ag. Soc. Rpt., 1864:38. 2. Ma^. Hort., 31:105, 331, 364. 1865. 3. Thomas, 1867:403. 

 4. Am. Jour. Hort., 2:328, 329. 1867. fig. 5. N. Y. Ag. Soc. Rpt., 1868:224. 6. Bush. Cat., 1883:90. 



Diana Hamburg has long since passed from cultivation and was never 

 widely grown. Its parentage is indicated in its name. It is worth discus- 

 sion here only because it is an illustration of what can be done in grape- 

 breeding and because it was one of the parents of several better known 

 sorts chief of which is Brighton. The fruit of Diana Hamburg is that of 

 the European parent, while the vine is more nearly that of Diana in appear- 

 ance but quite that of Black Hamburg in constitution, being very suscep- 

 tible to disease, somewhat tender, unproductive in our climate and ripen- 

 ing its fruit late. 



Diana Hamburg was the first of Jacob Moore's productions, having 

 been raised from seed of Diana fertilized by pollen of Black Hamburg 

 about i860. It was first exhibited at the New York Agricultural Society 

 meeting in September, 1864. For a few years it attracted some attention 

 but soon passed from cultivation. The following description is compiled 

 from various sources: 

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