330 THE GRAPES OF NEW YORK. 



To Lindley, less productive than several others of its class, but 

 when cross-fertilized usually bearing a crop of excellent grapes, is due 

 much of the popularity of Rogers' hybrids. By common consent it is the 

 best of the red grapes originated by Rogers in his crosses between Labrusca 

 and Vinifera. Unfortunatel)' the color-plate does not do the variety 

 justice. Both berry and bunch should be shown a little larger, even for ■ 

 average-sized specimens. 



When well grown Lindley is a very handsome grape. The bunches 

 are of only medium size and are somewhat loose but the berries are well- 

 formed, of uniform size, and of an attractive dark red color. The flesh is 

 firm, fine-grained, juicy and tender without pulpiness and with a pecu- 

 liarly rich aromatic flavor. The skin is thick and rather tough but is not 

 objectionable in fully ripe fruit. The fruit keeps well and ships well and 

 the berries neither crack nor shatter. The vine is vigorous, comparatively 

 hardy for a Vinifera hybrid, fairly healthy, but as with most of its kind, 

 susceptible to mildew. The chief defects of Lindley are its self-sterility 

 and precariousness in bearing, and its lack of adaptation to many soils. 

 Lindley has long been a favorite grape in the garden and should continue 

 to be such, and might well be grown in commercial plantations as a fancy 

 product. 



For an account of the origin and parentage of Lindley see " Rogers' 

 Hybrids." Rogers' No. g, or Lindley, is first mentioned separately from the 

 others of Rogers' hybrids about 1862. In 1869 Rogers gave this grape the 

 name Lindley in honor of John Lindley, the English botanist. The variety 

 has been used by a number of breeders, Munson in particular, as a parent 

 for improved pure-bred or cross-bred offspring. Lindley was placed on 

 the American Pomological Society fruit catalog list in 1867 and has not 

 been removed. 



Vine vigorous to rank, usually hardy but sometimes injured in exposed locations, 

 not a heavy yielder, somewhat susceptible to mildew, often subject to attacks of leaf- 

 hoppers. Canes very long, intermediate in number, of medium thickness, dark reddish- 

 brown, covered with thin blue bloom; nodes enlarged, usually flattened; internodes 

 medium to long, thick; pith of medium size; shoots pubescent; tendrils continuous, 

 medium to long, bifid to trifid. 



Leaf-buds large, of average length, above medium in thickness, obtuse to conical, 

 open in mid-season. Young leaves heavily tinged on upper and under sides with 



