THE GRAPES OF NEW YORK. 377 



PEABODY. 

 (Riparia, Labrusca, Vinifera.) 

 I. Bush. Cat.. 1883:120. 2. Am. Pom. Soc. Rpt., 1883:92. 3. Mass. Hatch Sla. An. Rpt.. 

 6:22. iSo^i- 4. Va. Sta. Bui., 30:108. 1893. 5. Can. Cen. Exp. Farms Rpt., 1894:139. 6. 

 Mith. Sta. Bui., 169:174. 1S99. 7. lb.. 194:58. 1901. 



Peabody is a comparatively unimportant offspring of Clinton produced 

 by Ricketts. The grapes are too small for dessert purposes and their value 

 for wine seems not to have been determined though from its parentage it 

 would be called a wine grape. In general appearance Peabody resembles 

 Ricketts' Advance but is later, not so strong a grower, nor so prolific nor 

 hardv. It appears to do better in the northern tier of states or in Canada 

 than farther south. 



This variety is supposed to be a seedling of Clinton grown by J. H. 

 Ricketts about 1870 and introduced in 1882. The fruit is distinctly dif- 

 ferent in several characters from Clinton or other seedlings of that variety 

 suggesting that Peabody is not a pure-bred seedling. 



Vine vigorous, hardy, produces medium crops. Canes long, numerous, often 

 thick, light brown with ash-gray tinge, considerably darker at nodes, covered with thin 

 blue bloom; tendrils intermittent, bifid to trifid. Leaves medium to above in size, dark 

 green, thin, lower surface pale green, nearly glabrous. Flowers semi-fertile, open in 

 mid-season ; stamens upright. Fruit ripens rather early, keeps well. Clusters large 

 to medium, medium to long, usually with a fair-sized shoulder connected to the bunch 

 by a long stem, compact to medium. Berries intermediate in size, distinctly oval to 

 roundish, black, glossy, covered with abundant blue bloom, persistent. Skin thick, 

 tough, not astringent. Flesh ver>' juicy, tender, vinous, spicy, agreeably sweet at skin 

 to tart at center, good in quality. Seeds usually separate from the pulp easily when 

 fully mature, intermediate in size, broad; raphe sometimes shows as a partially sub- 

 merged cord in the bottom of a rather wide, deep groove; chalaza distinctly above 

 center, often roughened. 



PERFECTION. 

 (Labrusca, Bourquiniana, Vinifera.) 



1. Mo. Hort. Soc. Rpt.. 1889:372. 2. lb., 1892:268. 3. Bush. Cat.. 1894:108. 4. Va. Sla. 

 Bui., 94:138. 1898. 5. Ga. Sta. Bid., 53:48. 1901. 



Perfection is a seedling of Delaware, which it greatly resembles but 

 does not equal in New York, being hardly as high in quality, does not keep 

 as well, shrivels before ripening, and shells badly. In its vine characters 



