468 THE GRAPES OF NEW YORK. 



Hawkins No. 10. From same grower as above and exhibited at the same time and 

 place. Hardy; bunch and berry small; white; sweet, very good; skin tough. 



Hearthenge. Listed with varieties of grapes under test by the United States 

 Department of Agriculture in 1863. 



Helen. Noted by Buchanan as a grape grown and exhibited by N. Longi^-orth in 

 1846. 



Helen Keller. (Lab. Vin. Aest.?) Said to be an accidental seedling from James 

 Nicholson; sent out in 1895 by P. R. De Muth, Connellsville, Pennsylvania. Very 

 vigorous, hardy, usually productive; stamens reflexed; clusters medium, usually shoul- 

 dered, loose; berries large, roundish, dark dull red with lilac bloom, persistent; juicy, 

 tender, vinous, good; skin thick, rather tender, incHned to crack. Resembles Salem in 

 appearance ; worthy of further trial. 



Helpfer. (Lab.) According to ]\Iitzky, 1893, ^rom Theophile Huber, Illinois City, 

 Illinois. l\Iedium in vigor and hardiness; bunch and berries medium, white; good. 



Henrico. Noted by Prince in his Treatise on the Vine, 1830, as a native grape found 

 in Henrico County, Virginia. Berries size of Bland; clusters half the size; pale blue or 

 purplish; sweet, agreeable. 



Henry. (Lab.) From Theophile Huber. Described by Mitzky in 1893; bunch 

 size of Concord; berry large, round, white; juicy, sweet, foxy; ripens with Concord. 



Henshaw. A native grape from Martinsburg, Virginia. Described in United 

 States Patent Office Report for 1859 as purple and of medium size. 



Herald. (Lab.) Received from G. A. Ensenberger, Bloomington, Illinois, in 1889. 

 Vigorous, productive; foliage good; stamens upright; bunch medium, compact; berry 

 large, poor in quality; ripens early. 



Herbemont Seedling. (Bourq.) Noted by Warder in 1867 as from Ohio; like its 

 parent ; very good ; promising for wine. 



Hero. (Lab.) A bud variation of Concord; introduced by Ludwig Hencke, Col- 

 linsville, lUinois; exhibited at World's Fair in 1893. Moderate in gro-w-th; apt to over- 

 bear; foliage healthy; bunch large, showy; berry very large, black; in flavor similar to 

 Concord. 



Hertia. (Lab.) A seedling from C. Engle, Paw Paw, Michigan; brought to notice 

 in 1890. Bunch medium, compact; berry large, round, purple; juicy, sweet, slightly 

 foxy; good; mid-season. 



Hettie. Husmann in the Grape Culturist for 1869 describes this variety as much 

 like Isabella, but not better. This may be the grape which Downing in 1869 describes 

 as " bunch small; berry black; flesh somewhat pulpy; a poor grower and bearer; ripens 

 early." 



Heunis. (Lab. Bourq. Vin.) A seedling of Delaware; from W. W. Jones, Douglas 

 County, Illinois, about 1870. Hardy, productive; bunch resembles Clinton in shape; 

 berry medium, white; good. 



