294 THE GRAPES OF NEW YORK. 



Vine vigorous to very vigorous, hardy except in extreme winters, very productive. 

 Canes long to medium, intermediate in number and thickness, brown or dark reddish- 

 brown; nodes slightly enlarged, flattened; intemodes medium to long; diaphragm 

 thick; pith large to medium; shoots slightly pubescent; tendrils continuous, of average 

 length, bifid. 



Leaf-buds medium in size, short, thickish, pointed to conical, open in mid-season. 

 Young leaves lightly tinged on lower side and along margin of upper side with rose 

 carmine. Leaves large, intermediate in thickness; upper surface light g;reen, slightly 

 glossy, smoothish; lower surface grayish-green, pubescent; veins distinct; lobes none 

 to three, with terminus acute; petiolar sinus deep to medium, intermediate to narrow; 

 basal sinus usually absent; lateral sinus shallow to a mere notch; teeth medium to 

 shallow, intermediate in width. Flowers sterile, open in mid-season; stamens reflexed. 



Fruit comes in season about with Concord, somewhat subject to rot, keeps fairly 

 well. Clusters attractive, somewhat resembling Black Hamburg, ver\- large to medium, 

 of average length, broad to medium, slightly tapering to nearly cylindrical below the 

 single shoulder, one to three clusters per shoot, medium to rather compact; peduncle 

 short and thick; pedicel inclined to shortness, thickish, much enlarged at point of attach- 

 ment to the fruit ; brush of average length, pale green. Berries unusually large but some- 

 what variable, roundish, black, glossy, covered with more or less blue bloom, not per- 

 sistent, firm. Skin cracks badly in some seasons, intermediate in thickness and tough- 

 ness, adheres slightly to the pulp, contains some wine-colored pigment, astringent. 

 Flesh decided green, slightly translucent, juicy, very tough, coarse, stringy, somewhat 

 foxy, sweet near skin but acid at center, fair to good in quality. Seeds verj- adherent 

 to the pulp, one to five in number, average three, large to medium, above usual length, 

 broad to medium, deeply notched, blunt, brownish; raphe buried in a broad, deep 

 groove; chalaza small, plainly above center, circular to oval, distinct. 



HERMANN. 



(Aestivalis, Labrusca.) 



I. III. Hort. Soc. Rpt., 1868:168. 2. Grape Cult., 1:17, 104, fig., 105, 239. 260, 326. 330. 1869. 

 3. Bush. Cat., 1883:107. fig. 4. Mo. Hort. Soc. Rpt., 1883:41 5. lb., 1891:128. 6. Husmann, 1895: 

 174. 7. Tex. Sta. Bui., 48:1150, 1157. 1S9&. 8. Mo. Sta. Bui., 46:39, 43, 45. 1S99. 9. Kan. Sta. 

 Bid., 110:246. 1902. 



Hermann is a southern grape, a true Aestivalis in all characters, 

 and is not adapted to the North. When the variety was introduced, fifty 

 or more years ago, it was considered a valuable addition to the list of wine 

 grapes but it has not grown in favor nor popularity nor been extensively 

 planted in any of the grape regions of the South It is said to be vigorous, 

 hardy and productive; to defy all attacks of phylloxera; and to make a very 



