288 THE GRAPES OF NEW YORK. 



Vine at this Station medium to weak, hardy, very productive. Canes short to 

 medium, few in number, slender, dark brown to reddish-brown with small amount of 

 bloom at nodes, which are enlarged and usually not flattened; intemodes short; dia- 

 phragm thick; pith below medium to nearly small; shoots more or less pubescent; 

 tendrils continuous, short, bifid, ver\- persistent. 



Leaf-buds small and short, inclined to slender, pointed to conical, open late. Young 

 leaves heavily tinged on under side and lightly on the upper side with bright carmine. 

 Leaves medium to small, thick; upper surface light green, dull, smoothish; lower surface 

 pale green, with some pubescence; veins obscure; lobes none to three with terminus 

 obtuse to acute; petiolar sinus intermediate in depth and width; basal sinus usually 

 lacking; lateral sinus shallow, narrow ; teeth shallow, of average width. Flowers sterile, 

 open in mid-season; stamens reflexed. 



Fruit ripens before Delaware, keeps well. Clusters small, short, of average breadth, 

 tapering, frequently single-shouldered, compact; peduncle short to medium, slender; 

 pedicel short, slender, covered with a few small, inconspicuous warts; brush yellowish- 

 brown. Berries medium to very small, roundish, dark red to almost purplish-black, 

 not glossy, covered lightly with blue bloom, persistent, very firm. Skin of average 

 thickness, tough, adheres slightly to the pulp, contains more or less light red pigment, 

 astringent. Flesh greenish, translucent, ven,' juicy, tender, fine-grained, vinous, sweet 

 from skin to center, good to very good in quality. Seeds separate easily from the pulp, 

 one to three, average two, below medium in size, intermediate in length, light brown; 

 raphe obscure; chalaza above center, circular, distinct. 



HERBEMONT. 



(Bourquiniana.) 



I. Amcr. Farmer, 6:369. 1825. 2. lb., 10:211, 324. 1S28. 3. Prince, 1830:154 4. lb., 

 1830:154, 339. 5. Mag. Hort., 9:373. 1843. 6. L'. S. Pat. Off. Rpt., 1845:937, 940. 7. Downing, 

 1845:258 8. Horticulturist, 1:98. 1846. 9. U. S. Pat. Off. Rpt., 1847:464, 465, 469. 10. Hitrti- 

 culturist, 12:459. 1857. II. Downing, 1857:339. 12. Horticulturist, 20:40. 1865. 13. Am. Pom. 

 Soc. Cat., 1867:44. 14. Grape Cult., 1:17, 59, 69, 98, 173, 179, 257, fig., 258, 260, 296, 302. 1869. 

 15. lb., 2:76, 181, 195, 266. 1870. 16. Am. Pom. Soc. Rpt., 1881:39. 17. Bush. Cat., 1883:104. 

 105. fig. 18. Husmann, 1895:183. 19 Tenn. Sta. But., Vol. 9:181, fig., 182, 195. 1896. 20. Tex. 

 Farm and Ranch, Feb. 8, 1896:11. 21. Tex. Sta. Bui., 48:1150, 1157, 1898. 22. Mo. Sta. Bui., 

 46:39, 43, 45, 46, 50. 1899. 23. TraitS gen. devil., 6:256. 1903. 



BoHii (20, ?23). Brotfn French (20, 23). Dunn (20). Herbemont Madeira (4, 5, 6). Hcrhemont's 

 Madeira (10, 11, 14, 17, iq, 20, 23). Hunt (i). Kay's Seedling (20). Mc Kee (20, 23). Seal 

 grape (11, 23). Neil grape (17, 19, 23). Warren (2, 7, 10). Warren (2, 4, 6, 11, 14, 17, 19, 20, 25). 

 Warrenden (6). Warrenton (i, 2, 3, 5). Warrenton (4, 10, 11, 14, 17, 19, 20, 23). White Herbe- 

 mont (20). 



In the South Herbemont has the same relative rank among culti- 

 vated grapes that the Concord holds in the North. The variety is injured 



