THE GRAPES OF NEW YORK. 1 03 



lina. from Delaware seed fertilized by Clinton. The seed was planted in 

 1 868 and the plant bore its first fruit in 1870, the variety being introduced 

 some years later. 



Vine similar to Clinton in growth and foliage, \4gorous to ver>' vigorous, hardy, pro- 

 duces average to good crops. Canes long, numerous, rather slender, light to dark brown ; 

 nodes prominent, flattened; intemodes short; diaphragm below medium thickness; 

 pith medium to above in size; shoots not pubescent; tendrils intermittent, long, bifid. 



Leaf-buds intermediate in size, short, of average thickness, conical to nearly obtuse, 

 open very early. Young leaves decidedly pale green with faintest trace of carmine, 

 prevailing color green on both sides. Leaves medium to small, thin; upper surface 

 light green, smooth; lower surface pale green, not pubescent; veins inconspicuous; 

 lobes vary from none to three terminal lobe acute; petiolar sinus medium to shallow, 

 wide; basal sinus usually lacking; lateral sinus shallow; teeth intermediate in depth 

 and width. Flowers open rather early, fertile; stamens upright. 



Fruit ripens with Delaware and keeps unusually well. Clusters attractive, much 

 like Delaware in shape and size but slightly longer and more often shouldered, compact 

 to medium, averaging slightly looser than either parent; peduncle rather short, slender; 

 pedicel longish, slender, covered with but few warts; brush short, light green. Berries 

 intermediate in size, slightly larger than Delaware, roundish to slightly oval, resemble 

 Delaware in color but somewhat darker when well ripened, covered with lilac bloom, 

 persistent, of average firmness. Skin thin, somewhat tough, slightly adhering to pulp, 

 contains no pigment, nearly astringent. Flesh pale yellowish -green, translucent, fine- 

 grained, tender, inclined to melting, vinous, sweet to agreeably tart, sprightly, very 

 good in quality. Seeds separate easily from the pulp, one to four, average three, 

 slightly below medium in size, rather broad and blunt, brownish; raphe obscure; 

 chalaza of average size, slightly above center, irregularly oval, distinct. 



BERTRAND. 



(Bourquiniana.) 



I. Am. Pom. Soc. Rpt.. 1885:17. 2. Rural .V. Y .. 45=653. 660. 1886. /ig. 3. Gar. Mon.. 28:305. 

 1886. fig. 4. Bush. Cat., 1894:90. fig. 5. Texas Farm and Ranch, Feb. 8, 1896:11. 6. Ala. Sla. 

 Bill., 110:78. 1900. 



Blue Seedling (i, 3). Blue Seedling (4, 5). 



he frequently secured fruit the second summer. In 1873 he suffered the irreparable misfortune 

 of losing his residence by fire. This destroyed all of his seeds and also his seedlings, which were in 

 an adjacent hothouse. The number of Dr. Wylie's grape seedlings cannot be accurately told as 

 many of them were never disseminated. Of his better known sorts there are Berckmans, Dr. Wylie, 

 Mrs. McClure, and Peter Wylie, the best known of which is the first. Dr. Wylie was the first man 

 to hybridize the Vitis rotundifolia with other species of grapes. Unfortunately these hybrids appear 

 to have been lost to cultivation. He died at his home in Chester. South Carolina, in 1877. 



