THE GRAPES OF NEW YORK. I9I 



the sixties. It is a seedling of Clinton pollinated by Black St. Peters. The 

 following description of it is taken from Downing's Fruits and Fruit - Trees 

 of America:' 



"Vine strong, healthy grower. Foliage of a dark reddish green, deeply lobed. 

 Smooth on both sides. Bunch and berry medium, black. Flesh free from pulp, very 

 juicy, sweet, and, when perfectly ripe, rich and aromatic. Ripens early." 



BRIGHTON. 



(Labrusca, Vinifera.) 



I. j1/iV/i. Hort. Soc. Rpt.. 1872:548. 2. Gar. Mon., 16:344. 1874. 3. ,4m. Pom. Soc. Cat., 

 1881:24. 4- Downing, 1881:165 apP- 5- Busk. Cat., 1883:78. fig. 6. Rural .V. V'., 45:622. 1886. 

 7. /.7. Sta. Bill.. 28:358. 1893. 8. A^. Y. Sta. An. Rpt., 17:527, 540, 543, 545. 546, 548, 549. 552, 

 553. 559- "898. 9. lb.. 18:367, 371, 386, 396. 1899. 10. Mo. Sta. Bui, 46:37. 42. 44. 45. 4i>. 54- 

 1899. II. Mich. Sta. Bui, 169:164. 1899. 12. U'. AT. Y. Hort. Soc. Rpt., 1899:91. 13. Mo. Hort. 

 Soc. Rpt., 1900:364. 14. Can. Hort., 27:345, 392. 1904. 



Trask (12). 



Brighton is one of the few Labrusca-Vinifera hybrids which have 

 attained prominence in commercial vineyards. It has the distinction, too, 

 of being one of the first, if not the first, secondary or attenuated hybrid 

 of Labrusca with Vinifera, ;". c.. the offspring of a hybrid crossed with one 

 of the original parents or witli a variety of the same species. The parents 

 of Brighton were Diana Hamburg, a hybrid of Vinifera crossed with 

 Labrvisca, and Concord, a pure-bred Labrusca. As we have seen, the first 

 or primary hyl)rids of Vinifera with Labrusca have given grapes of high 

 quality, but lacking in vigor, in resistance to fungi and phylloxera, and 

 for most part infertile in l^loom. The secondar\- la\-brids have not shown 

 the weaknesses of the primary hybrids in nearly so marked a degree but 

 have given, in many instances, as in Brighton, Diamond and probably Dela- 

 ware, varieties of nearly as higli quality. It is now generally recognized 

 by viticulturists that the secondary h}'brids with Vinifera promise much 

 more than do the primary ones and it is no mean distinction that Brighton 

 has of being the first secondary hybrid brought about by the hand of man. 



Brighton ranks as one of the leading amateur grapes in New York and 

 is among the ten or twelve chief commercial sorts of the State. Its good 

 points are: High (juality, handsome appearance, certainty of ripening, 

 being earlier than Concord, vigorous growth, productiveness, adaptability 



' Downing. 1869:532. 



