142 THE GRAPES OF NEW YORK. 



Lincecumii has attracted considerable attention through the work of 

 H. Jaeger and T. V. Munson in domesticating it, both of whom considered it 

 one of the most, if not the most, promising form from which to secure 

 cultivated varieties for the Southwest. The qualities which recommended 

 it to them are: First, its vigor; second, its capacity to withstand rot and 

 mildew; third, its hardiness and capacity to endure hot and dry simimers 

 without injury; and fourth, the large cluster and berry which were found 

 on certain of the wild vines. It requires a longer season to mature than 

 that of New York and is, consequently, of but little interest to grape- 

 growers in this State. The fruit is characteristic because of its dense bloom, 

 firm, yet tender texture and the peculiar so-called Post-oak flavor. The 

 cultivated varieties have given satisfaction in many sections of the central 

 western and southern states. Like Aestivalis, it is difficult to propagate 

 from cuttings. 



The north-Texas glaucous form of this variety mentioned in the tech- 

 nical description above is the Vitis aestivalis glauca of Bailey. This is the 

 type of Lincecumii that Munson has used in his breeding work. 



VITIS AESTIVALIS BOURQUINIANA Bailey.' 

 I. Garber, Gar. Mon., 1:75. 1S59. 2. Engelmann, Bush. Cat.. 1883:16. (Varieties op 

 SOUTHERN origin). 3- Bush, lb., 1883:23. Southern Aestivalis. 4. An. Hort., 1889:101. V. 

 BouRQUiNA. 5. Munson, Car. and Far., 3:474, 475. 1890. Y.'BovRQVitiwHK; Southern Aestivalis. 

 6. lb., U. S. D. A. Pom. Bui., 3:12. 1890. V. Bourquiniana. 7. lb., Am. Card., 12:584. 1891. 

 V. Bourquiniana; Southern Aestivalis. 8. Popenoe and Mason, Kan. Sta. Bui., 44:117. 1893. 

 V. Bourquiniana. 9. Munson, Bush. Cat., 1894:20, 22, 27. V. Bourquiniana; Soutlurn Acsti- 



' Liberty Hyde Bailey was bom in 1858 in South Haven, Michigan. He graduated from the 

 Michigan Agricultural College in 1882 and then studied botany for two years with Asa Gray at Har- 

 vard University. He became professor of horticulture at his Alma Mater in 1885 and resigned in 

 1888 to accept the Chair of Horticulture in Cornell University, a position which he filled until 1904 

 when he became Director of the Cornell University Agricultural Experiment Station and Dean of 

 the New York State College of Agriculture. In 1907 he was given the degree of Doctor of Laws by 

 the University of Wisconsin. Dr. Bailey is known as a teacher and experimenter but is better 

 known for his horticultural and botanical writings. He has published many popular books on 

 agricultural subjects. The best known of these are: Tlw Nursery Book; The Rule Book; Prin- 

 ciples of Vegetable Gardening; Garden Making; Tlie Pruning Book; Tlu- Sun'tiKil of the Unlike; The 

 Evolution of Our Xative Fruits. Besides these popular, or semi-popular works he has published two 

 cyclopedias: The Cyclopedia of American Horticulture a.nd The Cyclopedia of American Agriculture. 

 Dr. Bailey's position in American horticultural literature is unique in that he represents the botani- 

 cal side of horticulture. He has written monographs on several of our cultivated fruits, notably 

 grapes and plums, both appearing in The Evolution of Our .Vj/kv Fruits. 



