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THE GRAPES OF NEW YORK. 



standard varieties, as Concord, do not ripen. Our list of early grapes 

 is large, but most of them are poor in quality, while Jewel is deserving 

 in this respect to stand well toward the head of the list. 



John Burr of Leavenworth, Kansas, grew Jewel from seed of Delaware 

 planted about 1874. The blossoms being open to cross-pollination, the 

 male parent is unknown. It was introduced in 1887 by Stayman & Black 

 of Leavenworth. Jewel has been quite widely tested in varietal vineyards 

 but has never become popular and in the East, in particular, is hardly 

 known. 



Vine medium to vigorous, healthy, hardy except in exposed locations, medium to 

 productive. Canes intermediate in length and number, slender, light to dark reddish- 

 brown; nodes enlarged, flattened; intemodes medium to short; diaphragm thickish; 

 pith medium to below in size; shoots thinly pubescent; tendrils continuous, of average 

 length, bifid. 



Leaf-buds of medium size, short, thick, conical, open early. Young leaves heax'ily 

 tinged on under side and along margin of upper side with rose-carmine. Leaves scant, 

 intermediate in size, thick; upper surface light green, dull, medium to rugose; lower 

 surface tinged with bronze, heavily pubescent; veins well defined; lobes three when 

 present, with terminus acute; petiolar sinus of average depth, narrow to medium; basal 

 sinus usually lacking; lateral sinus shallow, wide; teeth shallow, of ordinary- width. 

 Flowers sterile, open in mid-season or somewhat earlier; stamens reflexed. 



Fruit ripens about with Moore Early, keeps and ships well. Clusters medium to 

 small, slender to medium, tapering to cylindrical, single-shouldered, medium to compact; 

 peduncle inferior in length, of average size; pedicel short to medium, slender; brush 

 short, wine-colored. Berries medium in size, roundish to oval, dark purplish-black, dull, 

 covered with heavy, blue bloom, persistent, moderately finn. Skin inclined to thin. 

 tough, adheres to the pulp, contains dark, wine-colored pigment, not astringent. Flesh 

 pale green, translucent, juicy, fine-grained, usually tender, sprightly, \-inous, sweet from 

 skin to center, not foxy, good to very good in quality. Seeds do not separate readily 

 from the pulp, one to four, average two, intermediate in size and breadth, frequently 

 one-sided, blunt, light brown ; raphe hidden in a deep groove ; chalaza small, above center, 

 circular to oval, distinct. 



KENSINGTON. 



(Vinifera, Riparia, Labrusca.) 



I. Can. Ccn. Exp. Farms Rpt., 1891:135. 2. Bush. Cat.. 1894:144- 3. Cati. Ccn. Exp. Farms 

 Rpt.. 1897:63. 4. .v. y. Sta. An. Rpt., 18:395. iSqq. 



Kensington is chiefly interesting as a cross between Riparia and Vini- 

 fera, though it has several very meritorious fruit and vine characters. 



