358 THE GRAPES OF NEW YORK. 



NECTAR. 



(Labrusca. Bourquiniana, Vinifera?) 



I. Am. Pom. 5oc. Rpt., 1883:92. 2. lb., 1885:108. 3. Ohio Hort. Sac. Rpt.. 1888-9:107. 4 



Ohio Hort. Soc. Adv. Rpt., 1890:22. 5. Biisli. Cat.. 1894:100. 6. Ohio Hort. Soc. Rpt., 1894-5:12 



7. IJel. Sta. An. Rpt., 7:134, 136. 1895. 8. Husmann, 1895:94. 9. Mass. Hatch Sta. Bui.. 37:11 



14. 1896. 10. iV. y. Sta. An. Rpt., 17:533, 548, 556, 559. 1898. 11. Am. Pom. Soc. Cat.. 1899:29 



12. Miss. Sta. Bui, 56:16. 1899. 13. Kan. Sta. But.. 110:242. 1902. 14. Rural .V. Y., 61:685 

 fig., 690. 1902. 



Black Delaware (i, 2, 5, 6, 7, g). 



There are either two varieties under the supposedly synonymous 

 names, Nectar and Black Delaware, or else this variety varies greatly in dif- 

 ferent localities. Reports from different sources give the vigor as from weak 

 to vigorous, the hardiness from hard}' to tender, the season from earlier 

 than Moore Early to later than Concord, the size of berry from small to 

 large, the productiveness from unproductive to productive to a fault. 



The Nectar vines at this Station were secured from Caywood, the 

 originator, in 1888, and from the T. S. Hubbard Company, in 1883. Vines 

 from both sources are vigorous, small-leaved, bearing medium-sized black 

 berries of good but not high quality. These vines are nearly worthless on 

 account of their susceptibility to mildew. The resemblance to Delaware 

 is not apparent. 



We have received from Massachusetts, under the name Black Dela- 

 ware, and there is described in several publications, a grape which is strik- 

 ingly like Delaware except that the color is black. It is a grape of high 

 quality, and the vine is described as being resistant to mildew. This variety 

 ma^• be worth something. The Nectar on the Station grounds is not. 

 Possibly Nectar and Rommel's Black Delaware have been confused. 



The variet\- here described was originated by Caywood. It is said 

 to lie from seed of Concord fertilized by Delaware. Nectar first became 

 known to the public about 1880 under the name Black Delaware, which 

 was afterward changed by Caywood to Nectar. It was placed on tlie grape 

 list of the American Pomological Society fruit catalog in 1899, as a recom- 

 mended variety. 



Vine medium to \-igorous, not always hardy, usually produces light crops, very 

 susceptible to attacks of mildew. Canes long, of average number, thick, surface rough- 



