350 THE GRAPES OF NEW YORK. 



below average thickness; pith medium to above in size; shoots pubescent; tendrils 

 continuous, long, trifid to bifid. 



Leaf-buds medium in size, short, thick, obtuse to conical, open in mid-season. 

 Young leaves slightly tinged on under side only with faint brownish-carmine. Leaves 

 large, thick to medium ; upper surface dark green, glossy, nearly smooth ; lower surface 

 pale green, thinly pubescent; veins distinct; lobes usually five with terminal lobe 

 acuminate; petiolar sinus deep, narrow to medium; basal sinus shallow and wide; lateral 

 sinus deep, above average width; teeth deep to medium, wide. Flowers fertile to semi- 

 fertile, open in mid-season; stamens upright. 



Fruit usually ripens later than Concord and a little before Catawba, does not keep 

 nor ship well. Clusters variable in size, medium to short, of average width, sometimes 

 cylindrical, frequently single-shouldered, variable in compactness; peduncle medium to 

 long, slender; pedicel above average length, covered with few small warts; brush green 

 with tinge of yellow. Berries intermediate in size, roundish to oval, pale or yellowish- 

 green changing to light red or with tinge of pink when fully ripe, not glossy, covered 

 with thin gray bloom, persistent, firm. Skin sprinkled with small brown dots, thin, 

 tough, adheres to the pulp, contains no pigment, slightly astringent. Flesh pale green, 

 translucent, moderately juicy, tender, fine-grained, lacking somewhat in aroma, sweet 

 at skin to agreeably tart at center, mild, of fair quality. Seeds adherent, one to four, 

 average two, with surface somewhat roughened, intermediate in size and breadth, 

 medium to long, not blunt, dark brown; raphe obscure; chalaza of fair size, above 

 center, ovate, very distinct. 



MONROE. 



(Labrusca, Bourquiniana?) 



I. Gar. Mon., 22:176. 1880. 2. Am. Pom. Soc. Rpt.. 1881:40, 43. 3. Bush. Cat.. 1883:123. 

 4. N. Y. Sta. An. Rpt., 9:327. 1890. 5. Bush. Cat.. 1894:156. 6. Va. Sta. Bui. 94:135. iSgS. 

 7. N. Y. Sta. An. Rpt.. 17:533, 546, 547, 552. 1898. 8. Mich. Sta. Bui., 169:173. 1S99. 



It is now about thirty years since Monroe was offered to the grape- 

 growers of this State, and as a New York seedling, yet it can now scarcely 

 be found under cultivation. It has failed because it is lacking in quality 

 and because its vine characters are not sufficiently good to attract either 

 the commercial or the amateur grape-grower. 



This variety was raised by EUwanger & Barry of Rochester. Xew 

 York, from mixed seed of Delaware, Diana, Concord, and Rebecca, and 

 was first fruited in 1867. Patrick Barry at one time stated that it was a 

 cross of Delaware and Concord. Tliis, wliile evidently a surmise, appears 

 quite ]irobable. It was tested hv tlie originators for man\- \-ears and was 



