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Little Giant. (Lab. Vin.) Noted as under test in the vineyards of the United States 

 Department of Agriculture from 1863 to 1866. Resembles Isabella very closely. 



Little Ozark. Hardy; bunch long, loose; berry medium, black; juicy; good. 



Livingston. (Lab. Vin.) From John C. Wheaton, Dansville, Livingston County, 

 New York; believed to be a seedling of Wilder or Aminia. Vigorous, not always hardy, 

 productive; tendrils continuous; leaves large, dull green; flowers nearly self-fertile; 

 stamens upright; cluster large, long, frequently loosely single-shouldered, ver>- compact; 

 berries medium, roundish, black with blue bloom, persistent; skin thin, tender; flesh 

 tender, faintly spicy; good; characters of vine and fruit indicate Labrusca and Vinifera. 



Lizzie. (Lab.) A seedling from E. W. Bull, exhibited by him before the Massachu- 

 setts Horticultural Society in 1874. Bunch and berry large, white. 



Lobata. (Line. Lab.) A seedling of Munson crossed with Profusion; from Munson 

 in 1897. Stamens depressed; cluster large; berry medium, black; ripens late. 



Logan. (Lab. Vin.) David Hall Grape; Purple Urbana; Urbana. A seedling of 

 unknown parentage, brought to notice by Dr. Thompson; supposed to have come from 

 Logan County, Ohio. Medium in vigor, usually hardy ; cluster medium, compact, shoul- 

 dered; berries large, oval, dark purple to black; sweet, juicy; good. 



Logan. Alvey's Logan. Mentioned by Dr. G. P. Morris, Wilmington, Delaware, 

 in United States Patent Office Report, 1861, as a hardy grape. 



Long. (Bourq.) Madison County. Found by Col. James Long on his plantation 

 near Danielsville, Madison County, Georgia, about 1827. Vigorous; cluster medium to 

 large, compact, shouldered; berries small, dark purple with thin bloom; pulp tender, 

 sweet, vinous; good; ripens late. Considered by some synonymous with Cunningham. 



Long John. (Line. Lab. Vin.) Parents, Big Berry crossed with Triumph ; from 

 Munson. Vigorous, not hardy here; cluster large, long, cyHndrical to tapering, compact; 

 berry large, roundish, black; skin thin, tough; texture tough and coarse; flavor tart, 

 slightly acid at center; good; ripens very late. 



Longworth. (Bourq.) Longworth No. 20. Found in the garden of Nicholas Long- 

 worth, Cincinnati, Ohio, about 1S67. Healthy, vigorous, productive; clusters large, 

 shouldered; berry small, round, black, juicy, refreshing; of the Herbemont type but 

 ripens earlier. 



Longworth. (Line. Bourq.) Jaeger No. 50. A seedling of Jaeger No. 43 crossed 

 with Herbemont; from Hermann Jaeger, Neosho, Missouri, about 1880. Susceptible to 

 mildew; bunches large; berries medium, blue-black; good; very late. 



Longworth Monster. From Ohio. Vigorous, healthy, productive; bunch medium; 

 berry large, round, blue. 



Loomis' Honey. (Lab.) Exhibited in 1863 by Peter Raabe of Philadelphia, in New 

 York at the New York Fruit Growers' meeting. Hardy; clusters large; berries large, 

 black; sweet. 



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