Dark Red, Purple, and Black. 407 



REBECCA. Bunches nearly cylindric, compact, heavy, often shoul- 

 dered ; berries, medium, oval ; color 

 light green in the shade, golden in 

 the sun, with a light bloom, some- 

 what translucent ; flesh juicy, sweet, 

 delicious. Ripens nearly with Con- 

 cord, and keeps a long time. When 

 fully ripe, one of the finest -flavored 

 of all grapes. Moderate grower ; 

 foliage tender. Hudson, N. Y. 



Scuppernong. (Fox Grape or Bullet 

 Grape of the South, American Mus- 

 cadine.) This is a distinct Southern Fig. ^g. Rebecca. 

 species, the Vitis vulpina. Bunches 



very small, loose ; berries round, large ; skin thick ; pulpy, juicy, 

 sweet, strongly musky. The " White " is light green ; the 

 "Black" dark red; the color of the tendrils corresponding in 

 each variety. Leaves quite small, glossy on both sides. Very 

 tender at the North. 



Taylor's Bullitt. Bunches medium, loose, with many imperfect 

 berries ; berries rather small, greenish white, of moderate qual- 

 ity. A strong grower. Ky. 



FOREIGN GRAPES. 



CLASS I. Dark red, purple, and black. 



Black Barbarossa. (Prince Albert.) Bunches very large, shoul- 

 dered, compact ; berries large, black, with a thick bloom ; juicy, 

 of fair quality. A new, popular, late exotic sort. Very late. 



Black Cluster. (Burgundy, Black Burgundy, True Burgundy, 

 Small Black Cluster, Early Black, Black Orleans.) Bunches 

 small, very compact ; berries rather small, roundish, black, 

 sweet, good. Season early mid-autumn. Hardy in N. Y. Dis- 

 tinguished from Miller's Burgundy by the absence of down on 

 the leaf. 



BLACK FRONTIGNAN. Bunches rather long, scarcely medium 

 size ; berries medium, round, black ; musky, sweet. The Blue 

 Frontignan has more compact bunches, with berries nearly 

 round, purplish, less musky, and not quite equal to the pre- 

 ceding. 



BLACK HAMBURGH. (Red Hamburgh, Purple Hamburgh, Brown 

 Hamburgh, Frankendale, Hampton Court Vine.) Bunches large, 



