286 THE GRAPES OF NEW YORK. 



HAYES. 



(Labrusca, Vinifera?) 



I. Gar. Mon., 21:340. 1880. 2. Bush. Cat., 1883:106. fig. 3. Mass. Hort. Soc. Rpt.. Pt. i, 

 1884:22, 23. 4. Ohio Hort. Soc. Rpt., 1885-6:169. 5. Am. Pom. Soc. Cat., 1889:24. 6. N. Y. Sta. 

 An. Rpt., 9:331. 1890. 7. Rural N. Y., 53:616, 645. 1894. 8. iV. Y. Sta. An. Rpt., 17:531. 541. 

 S48, SS2- 1898. 



F. B. H.WKS (7). Francis B. Hayes (3, 4). Francis B. Hayes (2, 6). Moore's No. 31 (2). 



In 1880 the Massachusetts Horticultural Society awarded a first class 

 certificate of merit to Hayes and it was very favorably spoken of by many 

 expert grape-growers in New England and the East. These recommen- 

 dations brought it prominently before grape-growers and for a time it 

 was a somewhat popular variety, but as it became better known several 

 defects became apparent and its popularity waned. The vine is hardy 

 and vigorous but the growth is slow and in New York at least the variety 

 is a shy or precarious bearer and both bunches and berries are too small 

 and variable to make it an attractive grape. Besides it comes at a time, 

 a week or ten days earlier than Concord, when there are many other really 

 good green grapes. Excellent though it is in quality, it is hardly worth 

 giving a place in this State for any purpose. The foliage is tender to the 

 heat of summer and the variety is not therefore adapted to southern or 

 western localities. 



John B. Moore of Concord, Massachusetts, is the originator of Hayes. 

 It is said to be a seedling of Concord and one of the same lot of seedlings 

 as Moore Early. It was first fruited in 1872 and was exhibited at Boston 

 two years later. The variety was not introduced, however, until the fall 

 of 1884. It is a somewhat remarkable seedling of Concord for it shows no 

 foxiness of flavor and has tender, delicate flesh, which taken together make 

 it of high quality. Hayes illustrates well the fact mentioned under Concord 

 that the light colored seedlings of that variety are usualh- of high quality. 

 The intermittent tendrils and certain characters of the seeds indicate that 

 tliere is some species present besides Labrusca, probably Vinifera. 



Vine variable in vigor and productiveness, usually hardy and healthy. Canes 

 intermediate in length, numerous, rather slender; tendrils intermittent, bifid to trifid. 

 Leaves not uniform in size, nearly dark green; lower surface considerably pubescent. 

 Flowers almost sterile, open medium late; stamens upright. Fruit ripens from a week 



