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Vine variable in vigor, not always hardy, somewhat uncertain in bearing. Canes 

 intermediate in length and number, above average thickness, dark reddish-brown; nodes 

 enlarged and flattened; intemodes of fair length; diaphragm thick; pith medium to 

 below in size; shoots slightly pubescent to nearly glabrous; tendrils intermittent to 

 continuous, intermediate in length, bifid to trifid. 



Leaf-buds rather small and short, medium to slender, conical to pointed, open late. 

 Young leaves faintly tinged on the under side only with rose-carmine. Leaves medium 

 to large, often irregularly roundish, thick; upper surface light green, dull, medium to 

 slightly rugose; lower surface pale green to bronze, heavily pubescent; veins distinct; 

 lobes three when present with angle at terminus variable; petiolar sinus not uniform 

 in depth, narrow, sometimes closed and overlapping; basal sinus usually none; lateral 

 sinus shallow, narrow, often a mere notch; teeth very shallow, narrow to medium. 

 Flowers semi-fertile, open after mid-season; stamens upright. 



Fruit ripens about with Concord, keeps and ships well. Clusters large but smaller 

 than Niagara, long to medium, inclined to slender, cylindrical to slightly tapering, often 

 blunt, usually not shouldered, one to two bunches per shoot, medium to compact; 

 peduncle long and slender; pedicel long, moderately slender, covered with numerous 

 small warts; brush of average size, not thick, yellowish-green with brown tinge. Berries 

 above medium in size, inclined to oval, attractive greenish-yellow, rather glossy, covered 

 with thin gray bloom, persistent, firm. Skin thin to medium, tough, adheres slightly 

 to the pulp, contains no pigment, astringent. Flesh greenish-white, somewhat trans- 

 parent, juicy, tender and melting, aromatic, sweet from skin to center, very good to 

 best. Seeds separate easily from the pulp, two to four in number, average two, above 

 medium in size, intermediate in length and breadth, plump, light brown; raphe obscure; 

 chalaza large, slightly above center, irregularly circular, distinct. 



HIGHLAND. 



(Vinifera, Labrusca.) 



I. Gar. Mo)i., 16:375. 1874. 2. Horticulturist, 29:329. 1874. 3. Gar. Man., 21:149. '879' 

 4. ir. .V. Y. Hort. Soc. Rpt., 27:29. 1882. 5. Ohio Hort. Soc. Rpt., 1882-3:46. 6. Bush. Cat., 

 1883:109. 7. .V. Y. Sta. An. Rpt.. 11:626. 1892. 8. lb., 17:531, 548, 552. 1898. 9. Kan. Sta. 

 Bui., 110:241. 1902. 



RiCKETTs' Xo. 37 (2). Ricketts' No. 37 (i, 6). 



Highland has been on trial in New York for at least thirty years but 

 has not become widely distributed, though few varieties of black grapes 

 surpass it or equal it in appearance or in quality. The chief trouble has 

 been that the variety is too late for New York, ripening with, or a little 

 later than Catawba. When given good care and under favorable conditions 

 the bunches are unusualh- large and handsome in appearance, sometimes 

 attaining a weight of two pounds and having beautiful bluish-black berries 



