238 THE GRAPES OF NEW YORK. 



Vine medium to vigorous, hardy, productive in most locations. Canes medium to 

 short, not very numerous, of average thickness, brownish or with a slight reddish tinge; 

 nodes slightly enlarged, not flattened; intemodes medium to short; diaphragm inter- 

 mediate in thickness; pith of medium size; shoots pubescent; tendrils intermittent, 

 bifid. 



Leaf-buds small, short, pointed to conical, open in mid-season. Young leaves 

 tinged on lower side and along the edges with red. Leaves of average size, thick; upper 

 surface light green, dull, nearly smooth; lower surface light bronze, downy; veins dis- 

 tinct; lobes usually three in number, indistinct; petiolar sinus very shallow; teeth 

 shallow, of mean width. Flowers fertile, open early to somewhat late; stamens upright. 



Fruit usually ripens slightly earlier than Niagara, keeps well. Clusters variable 

 in size, medium to short, rather broad, somewhat blunt, cylindrical to slightly tapering, 

 often single-shouldered, compact; peduncle short to medium, moderately thick; pedicel 

 short and thick, covered with a few, inconspicuous warts, wide at point of attachment 

 to berry ; brush slender, of average length, pale green. Berries above medium to medium 

 size, roundish to strongly ovate on account of compactness, green with tinge of yellow 

 on riper berries but less yellow than Niagara, glossy, covered with thin gray bloom, 

 persistent, rather firm. Skin thin, toughish, adheres somewhat to the pulp, contains 

 no pigment, astringent. Flesh pale green, rather transparent, juicy, tender, inclined 

 to melting, fine-grained, slightly aromatic, sprightly, nearly sweet next the skin to 

 agreeably tart at center, quaHty very good. Seeds separate easily from the pulp, one 

 to four, average two or three, intermediate in size, rather broad and long, moderately 

 sharp-pointed, yellowish -brown; raphe shows as a narrow obsciire groove; chalaza 

 small, slightly above center, oval, rather obscure. 



DIANA. 



(Labrusca, Vinifera, Aestivalis?) 



I. Mag. Hort.. 10:242. 1844. 2. Horticulturist, 4:224, 535. 1849. 3. Mag. Hort., 16:28, 306, 

 546. 1850. 4. .4m. Pom. Soc. Cat., 1834. 5. Mag. Hort., 27:6, 262, 490, 523. 531. 1861. 6. My 

 Vineyard at Lakeview, 1866:78. 7. N. Y. Ag. Soc. Rpt., 1866:803, 8S1. 8. Horticulturist. 22:356. 

 1867. 9. Am. Jour. Hort., 5:15, 297. 1869. 10. Mich. Pom. Soc. Rpt., 1873:60. 11. Am. Pom. 

 Soc. Rpt., 1881:37, 119, 123, 136, 153. 12. Mass. Hort. Soc. Rpt., Pt. 1:96. 1883. 13. Bush. Cat., 

 1883:93. fig. 14. .V. Y. Sta. An. Rpt., 17:540, 543. 544, 545. 547. 554- 1898. 15. Va. Sta. Bui., 

 94:137. 1898. i6. i\/o. S/a. Si(?., 46:38, 43, 45- 1899. 17. Rural X. K., 61 :7i9, /ig.. 722. 1902. 



When introduced Diana promised to be the popular grape of the 

 North and especially of New England. Its many good qualities warranted 

 the high hopes of those who first grew it Init time revealed so many defects 

 that the variety never became wideh' distributed although few grrapes 

 surpass it, or even equal it, in high quality and handsome appearance 



