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Leaf-buds large, prominent, long, of average thickness, conical, open late. Young 

 leaves tinged on lower side and at margin of upper side with faint carmine. Foliage 

 remains until late in the season ; leaves of medium size, intermediate in thickness ; upper 

 surface light green, dull, nearly smooth to rugose; lower surface pale green, slightly 

 cobwebby or hairj'; veins indistinct; lobes five in number, tenninal lobe blunt to acute; 

 basal sinus of average depth, rather narrow; lateral sinus inclined to deep and nearly 

 narrow; petiolar sinus medium deep, narrow, often closed and overlapping; teeth 

 incUned to shallow, wide. Flowers fertile, open late ; stamens upright. 



Fruit ripens in mid-season or later, keeps fairly well. Clusters not uniform, very 

 large to medium, longish, rather slender, irregularly tapering, often with an unusually 

 hea\-y single shoulder, very loose to medium; peduncle long, thick; pedicel somewhat 

 long, thick, covered with few, small, inconspicuous warts; brush intermediate in length, 

 greenish. Berries irregular in size averaging about medium, roundish to slightly elon- 

 gated, light green, changing to yellowish-green, covered with thin gray bloom, persistent, 

 shghtly soft. Skin thin, rather tough, adheres very slightly to the pulp, contains no 

 pigment. Flesh green, somewhat transparent, very juicy, melting, vinous, pleasant 

 flavor, agreeably sweet, good to very good in quality. Seeds separate verj' easily from 

 the flesh, one to three, above medium in size, slightly elongated, fair breadth, notched, 

 rather sharply pointed, light brown; raphe obscure; chalaza small, above center, 

 irregtd -ly circular to oval, indistinct. 



CUNNINGHAM. 



(Bourquiniana.) 



I. Prince, 1830:191. 2. U. S. Pat. Off. Rpt., 1845:939. 3. Gar. Mon., 3:83. 1861. 4. Ant. 

 Jour. Hort., 3:301. 1868. 5. Grape Cult., 1:34, 75. 1869. 6. Bush. Cat., 1883:87, 88. fig. 7. Texas 

 Farm and Ranch, Feb. 8, 1896:11. 8. Tex. Sta. Bui., 48:1149, 1155. 1898. 9. Mo, Sta. Bui., 46:38, 

 43, 45, 46, 50, 54. 1899. 10. Traite gen. de vit., 6:368. 1903. 



Long (4, 6, 7, 9). Long Xo. S (9). Prince Edward (i). 



The Cunningham is not known in New York and in fact has been 

 cultivated but little in America, but in France at one time it was one of the 

 best known American grapes, both as a direct producer and as a stock for 

 European varieties. It is not now largely grown in France, however, 

 having been superseded by better American varieties for the uses for which 

 it was formerly cultivated. It was much sought for by the French as a 

 stock for large Vinifera cions, the size of the vine giving an opportunity for 

 making a good graft. In the South, Cunningham is not largely grown as 

 there are several other varieties of its class superior to it in quality of 

 fruit and in vine characters as well. It seems everywhere to have been an 

 exceedingly capricious grower and very particular as to soil and climate. 



