344 THE GRAPES OF XEW YORK. 



to medium; lower surface pale green, slightly pubescent; veins well defined; lobes three 

 to sometimes obscurely five with terminus acute; petiolar sinus deep, narrow to medium; 

 basal sinus shallow, narrow, often obscure; teeth very shallow, of average width. Flow- 

 ers sterile, open moderately late ; stamens refiexed. 



Fruit ripens about with Delaware, keeps well. Clusters variable in size, of medium 

 length, often rather broad, cyHndrical to tapering, frequently single-shouldered, variable 

 in compactness; peduncle short to medium, thick; pedicel of average length, slender 

 to medium, covered with few, indistinct warts, enlarged at point of attachment to fruit; 

 brush of fair length, pale green. Berries large to medium, roundish to oval, dark brown- 

 ish-red, dull, covered with lilac bloom, very persistent, moderately firm. Skin thin, 

 tender, adheres considerably to the pulp, contains no pigment, astringent. Flesh pale 

 green, translucent, juicy, fine-grained, somewhat soft, stringy, foxy, sweet next the skin 

 but acid at center, good to very good in quality, somewhat resembling Salem. Seeds 

 slightly adherent, one to five, average three, large to medium, somewhat broad, dis- 

 tinctly notched, above medium in length, plump, blunt; raphe buried in a deep, broad 

 groove; chalaza small, slightly above center, circular to nearly oval, often showing 

 only as a depression. 



MAXATAWNEY. 



(Labrusca, Vinifera.) 



I. //or/icuZiiimf, 15:134, 191, 538. i860. 2. Car. ."I/on., 3 :34i. 1861. col.pl. 3. Am. Pom. 

 Soc. Rpt., 1862:135, 152. 4. Am. Pom. Soc. Cat.. 1862:90. 5. Grape Cull., 1:10, 42, 141, 149, 296, 

 368. 1869. 6. lb., 2:76, 85, fig., 86, 297. 1870. 7. Busk Cat., 1883:120, 121. fig. 8. Ala. Sta. 

 Bui, 10:11. 1890. 9. N. Y. Sla. An. Rpt., 11:630. 1892. 10. Tenii. Sta. Bid., Vol. 9:184. 



1896. II. .V. Y. Sta. An. Rpt., 17:533, 548. 556. 1898. 



At one time very popular, grape-growers now seldom hear of Maxa- 

 tawney. At best it is not a northern grape, ripening its fruit in New York 

 only occasionally, and is much svibject to fungal diseases. It is an interesting 

 variety historically as being one of the first good green grapes and as showing 

 almost unmistakable Vinifera characters, probably another example of 

 the fortuitous hybridization which gave us so man\- valuable varieties 

 before artificial hybridization of Vinifera with native grapes had been tried. 



In 1843, a man living in Eagleville, Montgomery Cotmty, Pennsyl- 

 vania, received several bunches of grapes from a friend in Maxatawney, 

 Berks Cotmty, Pennsylvania. The seeds of these grapes were planted and the 

 following spring one seed grew. This was the original vine of what was 

 later named Maxatawney. It attracted no more than local attention 

 until about i860 when, through the efforts of Peter Crans of Philadelphia, 

 it received several favorable notices in the horticultural press and cuttings 



