62 AMERICAN GRAPE GROWING 



dered ; berry small, black, with blue bloom ; skin as thin 

 as Herbemont, no pulp, juice very dark red, sweet, and 

 rich, making a splendid deep red wine of exquisite flavor. 

 Specific gravity of must 110. I have cultivated the vine 

 for a number of years, but had to abandon it, as it evi- 

 dently is too far north here ; in the South it must be 

 very desirable. Vine a strong, rather long-jointed 

 grower, wood brown, leaves very thin, bright green, 

 deeply lobed. 



HERMANN. A seedling of the Norton, grown by Mr. 

 Francis Langendoerfer, Hermann, Mo. Bunch long, 

 shouldered, moderately compact ; berry smaller than 

 Norton's, black, with blue bloom, not very juicy, but 

 very high flavored, juice not so dark, and will make a 

 fine golden Sherry wine, if properly handled. It ripens 

 later than Norton's, and as it is a strong grower and very 

 productive, is certainly worthy of extensive trial here and 

 further south. Specific gravity of must 110. Mr. 

 Langendoerfer has grown a white seedling of it, resem- 

 bling the parent in berry and bunch, but of a transparent, 

 golden color, of which I have tried the wine, and must 

 pronounce it the most exquisite wine I ever tasted, of a pale 

 yellow color, with the Hermann flavor trebly refined. He 

 also has a white Norton's Seedling, which also makes 

 fine wine, and as these two are the first white cestivalis 

 yet produced, they promise a new departure in another 

 direction from this valuable class. Very productive, 

 healthy, and hardy at Sedalia last season. 



RULANDER. This is not the German grape of this 

 name, but also one of the southern mstivalis class. It 

 also makes a very fine wine, of a Sherry character, but 

 has, of late, become rather unproductive. Bunch small, 

 compact, shouldered ; berry small, brownish black, with 

 blue bloom, very sweet, and high flavored. Specific 

 gravity of must 112. It is a stocky, short-jointed 



