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glossy green leaves make the vines of this variety very handsome and a 

 vineyard of them is a pleasing sight. As with Elvira, Othello, Rommel, 

 and other varieties of this group of grapes, Noah is of little value in New 

 York. These grapes are fit only for wine but the wine-makers in this State 

 seem not to have found tliem desirable for their wants. Noah shatters 

 badh- and does not keep nor ship at all well, and buyers therefore do not 

 care for it. 



Noah was originated by Otto Wasserzieher of Nauvoo, Illinois, from 

 seed of Taylor planted in 1869, and fruited for the first time in 1873. It 

 was exhibited before the American Pomological Society in 1879. It was 

 placed on the grape list of the American Pomological Society fruit catalog 

 in 1 88 1. Noah shows, like its parent, characters of both Riparia and 

 Labrusca. The vine characters are markedly those of Riparia and, among 

 others of these, the healthiness of the foliage is an asset of the variety; 

 the Labrusca shows more plainly in the fruit of Noah than in that of Taylor, 

 the berries being larger and having more of the foxiness than the last named 

 variety. 



Vine medium to sometimes vigorous, not hardy in severe winters, productive, 

 susceptible to attacks of mildew. Canes long, of average number, thick to medium, 

 dark brown, surface roughened; nodes enlarged, flattened; internodes intermediate in 

 length : diaphragm of mean thickness ; pith medium in size ; shoots slightly pubescent ; 

 tendrils usually continuous, of average length, bifid to trifid. 



Leaf-buds medium to small, very short, thick to medium, somewhat compressed, 

 obtuse, open ven,' late. Young leaves faintly tinged on under side and along margin of 

 upper side with rose-carmine. Leaves large to medium, of average thickness; upper 

 surface dark green, glossy, smooth; lower surface pale green, thinly pubescent; veins 

 distinct ; leaf usually not lobed, with terminus acuminate ; petiolar sinus deep to medium, 

 rather wide ; basal sinus lacking ; lateral sinus very shallow when present ; teeth some- 

 what shallow, moderately wide. Flowers sterile to semi-fertile, open early; stamens 

 upright. 



Fruit ripens with Concord or later, does not ship nor Keep well. Clusters variable in 

 size and length, above average breadth, cylindrical to nearly tapering, usually single- 

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

 to medium, covered with few, small warts; brush medium to short, brownish. Berries 

 small, usually roundish, light green tinged with vellow, somewhat dull, covered with 

 thin gray bloom, not persistent, nearly firm. Skin variable in thickness and tenderness, 

 adheres to the pulp, contains no pigment, not astringent. Flesh yellowish-green, trans- 



