23° 



THE GRAPES OF NEW YORK. 



Leaf-buds small, short, slender, pointed to conical. Leaves variable in size, thick, 

 firm; upper surface dark green, dull, rugose; lower surface slightly tinged with blue, 

 faintly pubescent, cobwebby; veins distinct; lobes variable in number, terminal lobe 

 acute; petiolar sinus deep, narrow, closed and sometimes overlapping; basal sinus 

 shallow; lateral sinus rather shallow and narrow; teeth shallow, of average width; 

 stamens upright. 



Fruit ripens very late and keeps well. Clusters medium to small, rather long, 

 intermediate in breadth, tapering to cylindrical, not verj^ uniform, often single-shoul- 

 dered, compact; peduncle above medium length, small; pedicel rather short and slender, 

 covered with numerous warts, enlarged at point of attachment to berrj'; brush short, 

 thick, wine-colored. Berries small, roundish, black, covered with a moderate amotmt 

 of blue bloom, persistent, firm. Skin thin, tough, rather adherent to the pulp, contains 

 a slight amount of purple pigment, astringent. Flesh darkish green, translucent, juicy, 

 tough and solid, spicy, rather tart, poor in quality as a dessert grape. Seeds separate 

 with difficulty from the pulp, one to six, average three, small, of mean breadth, short, 

 blunt, dark brown; raphe distinct, cord-like; chalaza small, slightly above center, 

 circular, distinct. Must 98°-! 1 8° 



DAISY. 



(Labrusca, Vinifera.) 



I. Kan. Hort. Soc. Rpt., 1886:187. 2. N. Y. Sta. An. Rpt., 10:495. 1891. 3. Ih.. 13:602. 1S94. 

 4. Biish. Cat., 1894:111. 5. A^. V. Sta. An. Rpt., 17:528, 548, 554. 1898. 



Daisy is an unimportant seedling of Goethe. The only reason for its 

 distribution was its delicate, spicy, pleasant flavor. It is probably not 

 worth perpetuating. 



Dr. J. Stayman, Leavenworth, Kansas, is supposed to have originated 

 Daisy from seed of Goethe. On account of the fruit characters, Bush 

 questions the parentage but as it grows at this Station the reputed parent- 

 age appears to be quite probably correct. 



Vine intermediate in vigor, not hardj'' nor productive, an uncertain bearer. Ten- 

 drils continuous, bifid to sometimes trifid. Leaves small to medium, light green; lower 

 surface slightly pubescent. Flowers nearly self-sterile, open in mid-season; stamens 

 upright. Fruit ripens with Concord or soon after, does not keep well. Clusters of 

 medium size, rather loose. Berries medium to small, distinctly oval, somewhat darker 

 red than Agawam, covered with thin lilac bloom, persistent, not firm. Flesh soft 

 and tender, vinous, sweet, of pleasant flavor, good in quality. Seeds few, medium 

 in length, usually with a slightly enlarged neck; chalaza above center, often with 

 radiating ridges. 



