328 THE GRAPES OF NEW YORK. 



lower surface pale green, strongly pubescent; veins distinct; leaf not lobed, with terminus 

 acute; petiolar sinus medium to deep, narrow, frequently closed and overlapping; basal 

 sinus usually none; lateral sinus shallow, often a mere notch; teeth shallow to medium, 

 rather narrow. Flowers fully self-fertile, open in mid-season; stamens upright. 



Fruit ripens after mid-season, keeps and ships well. Clusters large to medium, 

 broad to medium, irregularly cylindrical, single-shouldered to frequently double-shoul- 

 dered, loose to medium; peduncle long, slender to medium; pedicel inclined to short, not 

 thick, covered with numerous conspicuous warts, distinctly enlarged at point of attach- 

 ment to fruit; brush very short, greenish. Berries variable in size, roundish to oblate, 

 dark green changing to yellowish-amber, glossy, covered with thin gray bloom, persistent, 

 of medium firmness. Skin thin, tender, adheres considerably to the pulp, contains no 

 pigment, not astringent. Flesh pale green, transparent, juicy and tender, somewhat 

 stringy, aromatic, sweet, ranks above Concord in quality. Seeds separate fairl}- well 

 from the pulp, one to four, average three, intermediate in size and length, broad to 

 medium, brown with yellowish tinge; raphe obscure; chalaza intennediate in size, above 

 center, irregularly circular, obscure. 



LENOIR. 



(Bourquiniana.) 



I. Amer. Farmer, 11:237, 412. 1829-30. 2. Downing, 1845:256. 3. U. S. Pat. Off. Rpt., 

 1847:469. 4. Horticulturist, 12:460. 1857. 5. /6., 14:487. 1859. 6. U.S.Pat.0ff.Rpt.,i%S9'-iS- 

 7. Car. Mo»., 5:74. 1863. 8. 76., 5:73. 1863. 9. Fuller, 1867 :2 2 6. 10. U . S. D. A. Rpt., iS%T.(>~,2. 

 11. Am. Pom. Soc. Cat., 1889:24. 12. Bush. Cat., 1894:148. fig. 13. Husmann, 1895:83, 183. 

 14. lb., 1895:121, 122. 15. Tex. Farm and Ranch, Feb. 8, 1896:10, 11. 16. Tex. Sta. BiiL, 48: 

 1150, 1159. 1898. 17. U. S. D. A. Yr. Bk., 1898:557. 18. Kan. Sta. Bui., 110:246. 1902. 19. 

 Traite gen. de vit.. 6:374. 1903. 



Alabama (19). Arclier? (8). Black Souvignon (7) but incorr. Black El Paso (15). Black 

 July (7). Black Lenoir (19). Black Spanish (14). Black Spanish (8, 12, 15, 19). Bliw French 

 (15, 19). Blue Grape of the South (7). Burgundy (12, 15, 19). Cigar Box Grape (19). Clarence 

 (?2, 7). Devcreaux of "Gardening for the South" (4). Devercaux (19). Devercux (5, 7, }g) 

 Early Black (4). El Paso (6). El Paso (12, 19). Harris? (7, 9). Jack (8). Jack (12, 15, 19) 

 Jacques (12, 15, 16, 19). Jacquez (19). Jacquez (15). Jac (19). Jacquet (19). July Slwrry (4) 

 Lenoir (14, 19). Long? (9). Longworth's Ohio (19). Louisville Seedling? (9). MacCandless (19) 

 Ohio (8 19). Ohio Cigar Box? (9). Oldhouse? (7). Pungo of N. C? (7). Scgar Box (8, 19) 

 Sherry of the South (7). S pringstcin (7). St. Genevieve? (9). Sumpter (?2, 4, 7). Thurmond (4, 5 

 7, ?9). Warren (8). Wylie? (9). 



Lenoir is a southern grape, too tender and too late in ripening for 

 even the Middle States. This variety has been largely used in France, 

 both as a resistant stock and as a direct producer, but for some years has 

 been losing favor for either purpose. It has also been grown more or less 

 in California as a resistant stock. It is highly valued for its dark red wine, 

 is considered a very good table grape, is very resistant to jjhylloxera, and 

 withstands drouths well. 



