382 THE GRAPES OF NEW YORK. 



Vine intermediate in vigor, doubtfully hardy, variable in productiveness, some 

 seasons producing such heavy crops that the vine is weakened, and on this account a 

 somewhat uncertain bearer. Canes medium to short, intermediate in number, thick to 

 medium, dark reddish-brown; tendrils intermittent, frequently three in line, bifid to 

 trifid. Leaves not healthy, medium to small, of average thickness; upper surface 

 medium green, glossy, somewhat rugose on older leaves; lower surface pale green 

 to grayish-green, thinly pubescent. Flowers fertile, open mediimi late; stamens 

 upright. 



Fruit ripens about with Delaware, keeps and ships fairly well. Clusters medium t -> 

 below in size, intermediate in length and width, tapering to cylindrical, usually single- 

 shouldered, very compact. Berries small, roundish, pale red to attractive red when 

 properly ripened, covered with a medium amount of dark lilac bloom, persistent, firm. 

 Skin thin and tender but does not crack, contains no pigment. Flesh pale green, very 

 juicy, tender, nearly melting, fine-grained, vinous, sweet or nearly so from skin to center, 

 refreshing, very good to best in quality. The flesh characters closely resemble Dela- 

 ware. Seeds separate easily from the pulp, small, of medium length, medium to broad, 

 usually plump with slightly enlarged neck, brownish ; raphe obscure ; chalaza of average 

 size, distinctly above center, circular, obscure. 



PRENTISS. 



(Labrusca, Vinifera.) 



I. Mich. Pom. Soc. Rpt., iSyS-.^sj. 2. /&., 1879:191, 194, 320, /ig., 321. 3. Am. Pom. Soc. Cat.. 

 1881:24. 4. Am. Pom. Soc. Rpt., 1883:59, 61. 5. Mo. Hort. Soc. Rpt., 1884:343. 345. 6. ^4iii. 

 Pom. Soc. Rpt., 1885:103, 106, 144. 7. .V. 1'. Sta. An. Rpt., 9:332. iSgo. 8. III. Sta. Bui. 

 28:266. 1893. 9. Bush. Cat., 1894:171. fig. 10. Husmann, 1895:93. n. X. Y. Sta. An. Rpt., 

 17:534. 542. 545. 547. 552- 1898. 12. Mich. Sta. Bid.. 169:175. 1899. 



Prentiss is a green grape of good quality, once well known and generally 

 recommended, but now going out of cultivation. If popular preference 

 turned upon quality, we should still grow this variety, but consideration 

 must be given to other characters and in these Prentiss fails. Those who 

 have grown it in the several grape districts of New York accredit the vines 

 with about all the faults a grape can have. Thus, it is almost universally 

 considered tender to cold, lacking in vigor and being unproductive, while 

 in some localities it is looked upon as uncertain in bearing, and subject 

 to rot and mildew. On the other hand, there are vineyards in which it does 

 very well and in such it is a remarkably attractive green grape, especially 

 in form of cluster and in form and color of berry, in these respects resembling 

 the one-time favorite Rebecca though never so high in quality as that 



