362 THE GRAPES OF NEW YORK. 



depth, wide, frequently toothed; teeth shallow, variable in width. Flowers feri:ile, 

 open in mid-season; stamens upright 



Fruit ripens about with Concord, keeps fairly well. Clusters large to medium, long 

 to medium, somewhat broad, tapering to often cylindrical, frequently single-shouldered, 

 moderately compact; peduncle short to medium, thick; pedicel intermediate in length, 

 thick, covered with few, small, inconspicuous warts; brush pale green, medium to long. 

 Berries above medium to large, slightly oval, light green changing to a pale yellowish- 

 green tinge as the ripening season advances, covered with thin g ay bloom, persistent, 

 firm. Skin thin, tender, adheres somewhat to the pulp, contains no pigment, slightly 

 astringent. Flesh light green, translucent, juicy, fine-grained, moderately tender, foxy, 

 sweet next the skin to agreeably tart at center, as good or better than Concord in quality. 

 Seeds separate rather easily from the pulp, one to six, average three, intermediate in 

 size, length and breadth, deeply notched, brownish; raphe buried in a deep groove; 

 chalaza of fair size, above center, circular to oval, moderately distinct. 



NOAH. 



(Riparia, Labrusca.) 



I. Gar. MoH., 22:176. 1S80. 2. Am. Pom. Soc. Cat., iSSi -.2^. 3. Am. Pom. Soc. Rpt., iSSsisS. 

 4. Mo. Hort. Soc. Rpt.. 1883:40. 1S5. 5. lb., 1884:217. 6. .V. Y. Sta. An. Rpt., 11:631. 1892. 

 7. III. Sta. Bid., 28:265. iSgj. 8. Bush. Cat., 1894:162. fig. 9. .V. Y. Sta. An. Rpt., 17:548. 

 556, 55g. 189S. 10. Tex. Sta. Bid., 48:1151, 1160. 1898. 11. Mo. Sta. Bid., 46:40, 43, 44, 45. 

 1899. 12. Traitc gen. de n't., 5:171. 1903. 



For some years after its introduction in 1876, Noah was quite popular 

 on account of its vigor, supposed health, productiveness, and the high 

 alcoholic content of its wine. It is now, however, but little grown outside 

 of Missouri where it is still used somewhat in wine-making. In France 

 Noah was largelv grown for a time both as a stock for grafting and as a 

 direct producer for the making of wine and brand}'. Probably no other 

 Amei'ican grape has caused more general discussion, or received more praise 

 and more condemnation in France, with the result that it is now but 

 little grown. The name was given the variety on account of the alcoholic 

 strength of its wine, the originator holding that the lamentable accident 

 which befell the patriarch Noah could easily have happened had he partaken 

 of the wine of this grape. 



Noah is so like Elvira tliat the two are often confused. There are, 

 however, very marked differences in the vine characters; and the clusters 

 of Elvira are smaller, the Ixirries more foxy in taste and the skins more 

 tender and crack much more than do those of Noah. The large, dark, 



