268 THE GRAPES OF NEW YORK. 



bloom, persistent, firm. Skin intennediate in thickness, tough, rather adherent to the 

 pulp, contains a moderate amount of wine-colored pigment, slightly astringent. Flesh 

 somewhat dark green, juicy, fine-grained, nearly tender, stringy, not foxy, rather spicy 

 and aromatic with Aestivalis flavor, sweet, ranks good or higher in quality. Seeds adhere 

 slightly to the pulp, one to four, average three, above medium to large, rather wide, 

 intermediate in length, somewhat blunt, plump, brownish; raphe obscure; chalaza 

 oval to circular, slightly above center, rather distinct. Must 93°-! 00°. 



(I) EUREKA. 



(Labrusca.) 



I. Mag. Hort.. 27:6. 1861. 2. Gar. Mon., 6:371. 1864. 3. Mag. Hort., 33:205. 1867. 4. Am. 

 Hort. An.. 1871:80. 5. Bush. Cat., 1883:98. 

 Bogue's Eureka (2). 



No good descriptions of this variety are extant, and it does not appear 

 to have been widely tested. Eureka resembles the Isabella very closely 

 in both fruit and vine. The fruit ripens about two weeks earlier, is some- 

 what more tender in pulp, more compact in the bunch, and with the vine 

 of greater vigor. 



Eureka was originated by S. Folsom of Attica, Wyoming County, New 

 York, some time in the fifties, and was introduced a few years later by 

 Bogue & Son, nurserymen, of Genesee County. It is said to be a seedling 

 of Isabella, resembling the parent very closely, except for being earlier 

 in ripening. It is now practically out of cultivation, and was never superior 

 to its reputed parent in desirable characters. 



(II) EUREKA. 

 (Bourquiniana, Labrusca, Vinifcra.) 



J. Mo. Hort. Soc. Rpt. iS8g:3y2. 2.76,1890:156. 3. lb., iSgi-.izS. 4. 76., 1892 :268. $■ Am. 

 Card., 13:85. 1892. 6. Husmann, 1895:^3. 



The second variety to receive the name Eureka is said to be a seedling 

 of Delaware raised by Dr. Stayman some time about 1880. It does not 

 appear ever to have been disseminated except to a few of Dr. Stayman's 

 personal friends. It is very rare in varietal vineyards and hardly known 

 to nurserymen. The variety as it grows in New York is surpassed by its 

 parent in practicalh^ all desirable horticultural characters. 



Vine a strong grower, usually rather tender, produces medium to good crops. Canes 

 long, numerous, slender; tendrils intermittent, bifid to trifid. Leaves medium to above 



