THE GRAPES OF NEW YORK. 385 



RED EAGLE. 



(Labrusca, Vinifera.) 



I. Kan. Sla. Bnl. 28:i()2. 1891. 2. .V. Y. Sta. An. Rpt., 10:49s. 1891. 3. lb.. 11:65^. 



i8q2. 4. I'll. Sta. Bnl, 30:106. 1S93. 5- 'V. Y. Sta. An. Rpt., 17:535, 534, 548, 556. 1898. 



6. I'a. Sia. i?;(?., 94:138. 1898. 7. £7a. S<a. i?»/., 53 :4s. 1901. 



Mnnson Xo. 47 (4). 



Red Eagle is a pure-bred seedling of Black Eagle which it resembles 

 in all characters except color of fruit. It is one of comparatively few pure- 

 bred offspring of Vinifera- Labrusca crosses of the second generation and 

 therefore of interest to grape-breeders. Munson, the originator of the 

 variety, does not include Red Eagle in his last catalog but on the grounds 

 of this Station it takes high rank as a grape of quality and at least 

 can be recommended to the amateur. In general it shows the characters 

 found in Rogers' first generation hybrids and ranks with them in fruit and 

 vine. 



The variet)- was originated by T. V. Munson, from whom it was 

 received at this Station in 1888. 



Vine medium in vigor, injured in severe winters, moderately productive. Canes 

 of average length, medium to few, slender, dark brown, surface covered with a small 

 amount of blue bloom; nodes prominent, slightly flattened; internodes of fair length; 

 diaphragm intermediate in thickness ; pith medium in size ; shoots pubescent ; tendrils 

 continuous to intermittent, long to medium, bifid. 



Leaf-buds medium to below in size, short, of average thickness, conical to obtuse, 

 open late. Young leaves heavih' tinged on under side and lightly along margin 

 of upper side with rose-carmine. Leaves intermediate in size, thick; upper surface 

 light green, dull, medium to slightly rugose; lower surface grayish-green, slightly pubes- 

 cent ; veins well defined ; lobes three to five with tenninus obtuse to acute ; petiolar 

 sinus deep, medium to narrow, sometimes closed and overlapping; basal sinus variable 

 in depth, wide; lateral sinus often very deep, somewhat wide; teeth medium to deep, 

 wide. Flowers sterile to fertile, open moderately late; stamens reflexed. 



Fruit ripens a little before Concord, keeps fairly well. Clusters medium to small, 

 variable in length, broad, slightly tapering, usually single-shouldered but sometimes 

 double-shouldered, loose to medium with many abortive berries; peduncle nearly long 

 to medium, inclined to slender; pedicel very long, slender; brush pale green with brown 

 tinge, short to medium, rather slender. Berries variable in size, roundish, light to very 

 dark red, not glo.ssy, covered with heavy lilac or faint blue bloom, persistent, rather 



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