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ened, dark reddish-brown: nodes enlarged, flattened: intemodes variable in length, of 

 medium thickness; pith intermediate in size: shoots pubescent: tendrils intermittent to 

 continuous, long, trifid. 



Leaf-buds medium to above in size, short and thick, open in mid-season. Young 

 leaves faintly tinged on under side and along margin of upper side with rose-carmine. 

 Leaves small to medium, thick: upper surface dark green, rugose, often heavily wrinkled : 

 lower surface dull whitish or light gray, strongly pubescent ; veins distinct ; lobes three 

 to five with terminus obtuse to acute: petiolar sinus medium in depth, wide: basal sinus 

 shallow and open when present; lateral sinus medium to deep, often wide; teeth ven.- 

 shallow, medium to narrow. Flowers partly self-fertile, open moderately late; stamens 

 upright. 



Fruit ripens about with Concord, does not keep long in good condition. Clusters 

 intermediate in size, length, and thickness, irregularly cylindrical to tapering, often 

 single-shouldered but sometimes double-shouldered, medium to compact; peduncle 

 variable in length, slender to medium: pedicel medium to short, slender, smooth; brush 

 yellowish-green. Berries intermediate in size, roundish, dark purplish-black, dull, 

 covered with heavy blue bloom, not ver\- persistent, soft. Skin of average thickness, 

 medium to somewhat thin, adheres considerably to the pulp, with wine-colored pigment, 

 slightly astringent. Flesh pale yellowish-green, translucent, juicy, tough, fine-grained, 

 vinous, sweet next the skin but quite acid at the center, good to ver>' good in quality. 

 Seeds rather adherent, one to four, usually three, intermediate in size, medium to long, 

 brownish; raphe obscure; chalaza of average size, much depressed, strongly above center, 

 circular, obscure. 



NIAGARA. 



(Labrusca, Vinifera.) 



I. Mass. Hart. Soc. Rpt.. i879:i6r. 2. Mich. Pom. Soc. Rpt.. 1879:194, 323. fig. 3. Mass. 

 Hon. Soc. Rpt., 1880:240, 254. 4. .V. /. Hort. Soc. Rpt.. i88i:q. 5. Am. Pom. Soc. Rpt.. 1881:46. 

 6. Btish. Cat., 1883:124. 7- Am. Pom. Soc. Cat.. 1885:26. 8. Minn. Hort. Soc. Rpt.. 1886:134, 

 136. 9. Mo. Hort. Soc. Rpt.. 1889:370. 10. Rural X. Y.. 48:18, 19. 1889. figs. ii. Kan. 

 Sta. Bui., 14:90. 1890. 12. Minn. Hort. Soc. Rpt., 1891:220. 13. Rural \. Y., 50:66, 230. 1891. 

 14. 111. Sta. Bui., 28:263. 1893. 15. Bush. Cat., 1894:161. 16. X. Y. Sta. An. Rpt., 15:430, 431, 

 43^. 433- '896. 17. lb., I7:33.i. 547. 552- '898. 18. Mo. Sta. Bui., 46:40, 44, 43. 1899. 19. 

 Mich. Sta. Bill., itg-.ty^. 1899. 20. .4/a. S/a. Bi(/.. 110:70, 87. 1900. 21. X. C. Sta. Bui, 187:60. 

 1003. 22. Mich. Hort. Soc. Rpt., 1903:30. 



Niagara is the leading American green grape, holding the rank among 

 grapes of this color that Concord does among the black varieties. It is, 

 however, a less valuable grape than Concord, and all in all, it is doubtful 

 if it should be ranked much if any higher than several others of the green 

 grapes with which it must compete. Much of the popularity of Niagara 



