432 THE GRAPES OF NEW YORK. 



Another variety under the name Wyoming preceded this. It was a black- 

 fruited sort of apparently no value and seems now to be obsolete. The 

 name Wilmington Red has been used to designate this variety, by what 

 authority does not appear, as it was apparently first described under the 

 name Wyoming Red. The Wyoming was placed on the grape list of the 

 American Pomological Society fruit catalog in 1889 and removed in 

 1899. In spite of the fact that this variety has been discarded by the 

 American Pomological Society, it is still offered for sale by many grape 

 nvirserymen. 



Vine vigorous, hardy, healthy, productive to very productive. Canes medium to 

 below in length, numerous, slender, dark reddish-brown, surface covered with a slight 

 amount of blue bloom; nodes enlarged, frequently flattened; intcrnodes short to medium; 

 diaphragm medium to below in thickness; pith medium in size; shoots thinly pubescent; 

 tendrils continuous, rather short, bifid. 



Leaf-buds small, short, slender, pointed to conical, open late. Young leaves slightly 

 tinged on under side only with faint rose-carmine. Leaves medium in size, of average 

 thickness; upper surface light green, dull, smooth; lower surface dull green with tinge of 

 bronze, slightly pubescent; lobes none to three with terminus acute to acuminate; petio- 

 lar sinus medium to shallow, wide to medium; basal sinus usually none; lateral sinus 

 shallow and wide when present; teeth shallow, of average width. Flowers sterile, open 

 in mid-season; stamens reflexed. 



Fruit usually ripens from a week to ten days earlier than Concord, keeps and ships 

 well for a grape of its species. Clusters medium to small, frequently below average 

 length, medium to rather slender, sHghtly cylindrical to tapering, usually not shouldered 

 but sometimes with a small single shoulder, compact to medium. Peduncle short to 

 medium, slender; pedicel short, slender, covered with few small warts; brush slender, 

 medium in length, pale green with brownish tinge. Berries above medium to small, 

 roundish, dark dull red to rich amber red, covered with thin lilac bloom, persistent, 

 finn. Skin medium in thickness, tender, adheres slightly to the pulp, contains no pig- 

 ment, astringent. Flesh pale green, translucent, juicy, tough and solid, strongly foxy, 

 vinous, sweet at skin to tart at center, poor in quality. Seeds do not separate easily 

 from the pulp, one to three, average two and three, intermediate in size, breadth and 

 length, slightly notched, usually rather blunt, light brown; raphe buried in a narrow, 

 shallow groove; chalaza of average size, slightly above center, irregularly circular to 

 oval, obscure. 



