44© THE GRAPES OF NEW YORK. 



Bishop. (Lab. Vin.) A chance seedling from D. Bishop, Leavenworth, Kansas, 

 about 1905. A supposed offspring of Brighton fertilized by Diamond. Fruit much like 

 Diamond in color and size but less compact; ripens with Winchell. 



Bismarck. (Lab. Vin.) A seedling of Brighton; produced by F. E. L. Rautenberg, 

 of Lincoln, Illinois. Almost a reproduction of its parent except that it is hardier. 



Bismarck. (Lab.?) A chance seedling from Fred Roenbeck, Bayonne, New 

 Jersey. Healthy, vigorous, productive; bunch large; berries large, black, agreeable 

 aroma. 



Black Bear. Mentioned in Texas Station Bulletin No. ^8, 1898, as " hardly 

 desirable "; bunch oblong, loose; berries size of Lenoir, black with blue bloom; acid 

 but rather pleasant; self-sterile; ripens mid-season. 



Black Claret. (Lab.) Noted by W. R. Prince in 1863 as a worthless Labrusca. 



Black Cluster. A very hardy, very productive, black, medium-sized native raised 

 at an early day in the Northwest. 



Black Delaware. (Lab. Bourq. Vin.) A seedling of Delaware raised by Rommel 

 of Missouri over thirty years ago. Fruit resembles Delaware very closely except for the 

 color which is black. Vine mildews in some neighborhoods. 



Black Heart. (Vin. Rip. Lab.) Parentage, Marion crossed with Black Ham- 

 burg; originated by N. B. White of Norwood, Massachusetts; exhibited at the Massa- 

 chusetts Horticultural Society in 1872. Berr\' medium; sweet and juicy. 



Black Herbemont. (Bourq. Aest.? Lab.?) Either a Herbemont seedling or 

 Herbemont crossed with Norton; from Munson, in 1893. Vigorous, productive, 

 healthy; stamens upright; clusters large, loose; berry small, black; poor quality; ripens 

 late. 



Black King. (Rip. Lab.?) First noticed by Prince in 1863, who describes it as an 

 early, small, good table and wine grape. Fuller received the variety from Bucks County, 

 Pennsylvania, and in Record of Horticulture for 1868 he writes: " Said to be a fox grape; 

 but the specimen vines we received from a very reliable source, have persisted in bear- 

 ing Clinton grapes." 



Black Madeira. (Vin. Rip. Lab.) Madeira. Parentage, Marion crossed with 

 Black Hamburg; originated by N. B. White; exhibited before the Massachusetts 

 Horticultural Society in 1873. Large, open bunch; berry very small; sprightly flavor; 

 good. 



Black Rose. (Lab. Vin.) Parentage, Concord crossed with Salem; raised by 

 Rautenberg, of Lincoln, Illinois, in 1884. Vine resembles Concord, hardy, subject to 

 mildew ; bunch similar to Concord ; berries large, black ; of fine flavor. 



Black September. (Rip.?) Given in the United States Patent Office Report for 

 i860 as a small, juicy, unproductive native grape under test by the Department of 

 Agriculture. 



