THE GRAPES OF NEW YORK. 349 



MISSOURI RIESLING.' 



(Riparia, Labrusca.) 



I. Am. Pom. Soc. Rpt.. 1881:33. MQ- 2. III. Hort. Soc. Rpt.. 1883:76. 3. Bush. Cat., 1883: 

 103, 132. 4. Am. Pom. Soc. Cat., 1889:24. 5. Gar. and For., 3:290, 599. 1S90. 6. Kan. Sta. 

 Bid.. 14:89. 1890. 7. ///. Sta. Bid., 28:265. 1893. 8. iV. Y. Sta. An. Rpt., 13:605. 1894. 9. 

 Bush. Cat.. 1894:5, 156. 10. ;V. Y. Sta. An. Rpt., 17:533. 54S, 556. 1898. 11. Ala. Sta. Bui., 

 110:86. 1900. 



Riesling (3). Grcin's No. 1 (3, 9). 



Unfortunately the Southern Riparia seedlings, Missouri Riesling, 

 Elvira, Noah, Grein Golden, and others, do not attain perfection in New 

 York. The vines are sufficiently hardy, vigorous, productive, and healthy, 

 as a rule, but the fruit is lacking in quality and not acceptable for table 

 use nor wholly desirable in wine-making. It is only in the long seasons 

 and under the sunny skies of the South that the varieties of this group of 

 Riparias are well grown. As one of these grapes, Missouri Riesling is not 

 adapted to New York; as it grows here it is not of high equality and does 

 not mature. The variety is illustrated and described not because of intrinsic 

 value in this region but as of interest as representing a somewhat distinct 

 and important group of native grapes. It is a beautiful fruit when well 

 grown and has many good qualities as a wine grape, and should it prove 

 adapted to some favored nook or corner of the State, its culture would 

 probably prove profitable. 



Missouri Riesling was originated by Nicholas Grein about 1870, prob- 

 ably from seed of Taylor. Grein planted seeds of the European Riesling 

 and of Taylor at the same time and he always supposed that none of the 

 Taylor seeds grew and that the Missouri Riesling was a seedling of the 

 Riesling of Germany. Since the Missouri Riesling is evidently of Riparia- 

 Labrusca lineage and shows no Vinifera whatever, it is to be presumed 

 that Grein's labels were confused. It was placed on the grape list of the 

 American Pomological Society fruit catalog in 1889 and is still retained 

 there. 



Vine variable in vigor, usually hardy, medium to productive. Canes very long, 

 numerous, thick, dark brown; nodes enlarged, not flattened; internodes long; diaphragm 



Pronounced Reezling. 



