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Vine of medium vigor, usually hardy, productive, subject to attacks of mildew in 

 unfavorable locations. Canes medium to short, not numerous, slender; tendrils con- 

 tinuous, trifid to bitid. Leaves medium in size, dark green; lower surface pale green 

 with tinge of bronze, covered with short down. Flowers nearly fertile, open in mid- 

 season; stamens upright. Fruit ripens about with Concord, does not keep well. 

 Clusters average in size, long, inclined to slender, often single-shouldered, compact. 

 Berries intermediate in size, roundish, light green with pale yellow tinge, covered with 

 thin gray bloom, persistent. Skin thin, tender. Flesh pale green, slightly tough, foxy, 

 sweet at skin to acid at center, good in quality. Seeds do not separate readily from 

 the pulp, medium to below in size, of average width and length. 



WALTER. 



(Vinifera, Labrusca, Bourquiniana.) 



I. Mag. Hort., 31:120. 1S65. 2. lb., 33:7, 54- 1867. 3. Horticulturist. 23:359, 360. 1S6S. 

 pg. 4. Gra/'i? CuZi., 1:307, 327, 329. 1869. 5. Am. Jour. Hori., 6:342. 1809. fig. 6. 76., 8:144, 

 299. 1870. 7. Am. Pom. Soc. Cat., 1871:16. 8. Am. Pom. Soc. Rpt., 1875:39. 9. lb., 1883:59, 

 154. 10. Bush. Cat., 1894:185. fig. II. Tex. Sta. But, 48:1151, 1163. 1898. 12. Ga. Sta. 

 Bui., 53:49. 1901. 13. Kan. Sta. Bui., 110:243. 1902. 



Were it not almost impossible to grow healthy vines of Waiter it would 

 take rank among the best of our American grapes. But stunted by fungi 

 which nearly every }'ear attack leaves, young wood and fruit, it is only 

 possible in exceptionally favorable seasons to produce a crop of grapes 

 with this variety. Not infrecjuently the attacks of mildew are so severe 

 that the vines are defoliated before mid-season. Besides its susceptibility 

 to cryptogainic diseases the variety is fastidious as to soils and even in 

 localities to which it seems adapted it is variable in growth. While not to 

 be classed among the tender grapes yet it is injured in severe winters, and 

 is almost certain to suffer some injury after defoliation by fungi. There 

 are several reports at hand which seem to show that it is hardier and more 

 vigorous on the roots of hardy, strong-growing varieties. 



As if to atone for the faults of the vine the fruit of Walter is almost 

 perfect, lacking only in the size of bunch and ben-\-. The bunch and berrv 

 resemble Delaware, one of its parents, while it has the peculiar flavor of 

 Diana, the other parent. Well grown, the fruit is more attractive than 

 that of Delaware but it cannot be said that the quality is ({tiite the equal 

 of that of either of its parents. It does not have the fault of ripening 



