386 THE GRAPES OF NEW YORK. 



soft. Skin medium to thick, tender, adheres slightly to the pulp, contains a small 

 amount of red pigment, without astringency. Flesh greenish, transparent, juicy, very 

 tender and melting, slightly foxy, agreeably tart next the skin to slightly acid at center, 

 ver\^ good in quality. Seeds separate easily from the pulp, one to five, average three 

 or four, often rather large, of mean breadth, long, somewhat blunt, light brown; raphe 

 buried in a narrow, shallow groove; chalaza large, above center, irregularly circular 

 to oval, distinct. 



REGAL. 



(Labrusca, Vinifera.) 



I. Rural .V. 1'., 62:436. 1903. 2. Am. Pom. Soc. Rpt., 1903:82. 3. N. Y. State Fr. Gr. 

 Assoc. Rpt., 1904:41. 



As was the case with the preceding grape, Regal is also a second gen- 

 eration hybrid of Vinifera and Labrusca, the parent of this variety being 

 Lindlev, which, as the technical description shows, it much resembles. 

 The fact is again demonstrated in this variety that the characters of grape- 

 hybrids, at least of these two species, are passed to subsequent generations 

 much as they were found in the first generation. The fruit of Regal is 

 attractive in appearance and in qualit)-, its characters being much the 

 same as those of Lindley. A seemingly insignificant fault might make it 

 somewhat undesirable in a commercial vineyard ; it is that the clusters 

 are borne so close to the wood that it is difficult to liarvest the fruit, 

 and especially to avoid injury to the berries next to tlie wood. The 

 variety is worthy of extensive trial in the vineyards and gardens of the 

 State. 



Regal was originated in Rockford, Illinois, in 1879 b}" A. W. Wood- 

 ward. It was introduced some years later by M. Crawford of Cuyahoga 

 Falls, Ohio. The original vine was one of a lot of Lindley seedlings. Some 

 vines of this variety were sent out by the introducer under the title Craw- 

 ford No. gg. 



Vine vigorous, hardy, healthy, very productive. Canes intermediate in length 

 and size, rather numerous, medium dark reddish -brown. Tendrils intermittent, bifid 

 to trifid. Leaves healthy, medium to nearly large, of average thickness; upper surface 

 green, slightly glossy and rugose; lower surface pale green with bronze tinge, strongly 

 pubescent. Flowers fully self-fertile, open in mid-season; stamens upright 



Fruit ripens with Lindley or later; keeps well. Clusters small to medium, shorter 

 than Lindley, medium to broad, cylindrical to tapering with sometimes an inclination 



