l8o THE GRAPES OF NEW YORK. 



Lincecumii) pollinated by Concord, securing the first fruit in 1889. The 

 variety has been generally disseminated among grape specialists and 

 experiment stations and is now well known Idv grape-growers in general. 



Vine a medium to very strong grower, not always hardy, productive. Canes short, 

 medium to rather slender, light brown. Leaves healthy, variable in size, rather thick, 

 inclined to dark green, sometimes rugose, with veins showing indistinctly through the 

 slight pubescence of the lower surface. Flowers open in mid-season, on plan of five or 

 six, nearly fertile. 



Fruit ripens with Concord or later and keeps fairly well. Clusters are attractive 

 in general appearance, of good size, rather long, medium to slightly slender, cylindrical 

 to somewhat tapering, usually single-shouldered, compact to medium. Berries medium 

 but variable in size, roundish, purplish-black to black, dull in appearance, covered with 

 heavy blue bloom, inclined to shell in some localities, moderately firm. Skin medium 

 to thin, tough, adheres strongly to pulp, contains a large amount of purplish-red pigment, 

 astringent. Flesh moderately tender, slightly aromatic, spicy, vinous, mildly subacid 

 to agreeably tart, often with a noticeable Concord flavor, about as good as Concord in 

 quality. Seeds separate easily from the pulp, large to above medium, of average length, 

 broad, blunt to medium, slightly notched; raphe obscure; chalaza above center, irregu- 

 larly circular to slightly oval. 



BEAUTY. 

 (Labrusca, Vinifera, Bourquiniana?) 



1. Downing, 1881:165 app. 2. III. Hort. Soc. Rpl., 1881:163. 3. Mo. Hort. Soc. Rpt.. 1883:43. 

 4. Kan. Sta. Bid., 14:85. 1890. 5. Bush. Cat.. 1894:89. 6. Tex. Sta. Bid., 48:1149, 1153. 1898. 



The grape which bears the name Beauty is an Aestivalis hybrid with 

 Labrusca, one of Jacob Rommel's seedlings. It had the honor, accord- 

 ing to the Bushberg Catalogue.'^ of receiving at the Exposition at Bor- 

 deaux, France, in 1880, the praise of having produced "the best American 

 white wine on exhibition." According to the above authority Rommel 

 stopped its propagation and dissemination because of its susceptibility to 

 fungi. The variety is now practically lost to cultivation and was never 

 largely grown in New York. 



Beauty is a cross between Delaware and Maxatawney originated by 

 Jacob Rommel of Morrison, Missouri, over thirty years ago. Bush questions 

 the parentage as given b}- Rommel and thinks it more likeh* Catawba and 

 Maxatawney. Rommel's Beauty should not be confused with the Beauty 



^Biish. Cat., 1894 i.Sg. 



