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THE GRAPES OF NEW YORK. 



very hardy, productive; bunch and berry as large as Concord, yellowish with reddish 

 tinge; quality and flavor s-milar to Catawba; cracks when ripe; season with Delaware. 



James Seedling. (Lab. Vin.) From J. H*. James, Urbana, Ohio. Resembles 

 Catawba but is hardier and healthier. 



Jane Wylie. (Rip. Vin. Lab.) Janie Wylie. A hybrid between Clinton and a 

 foreign grape; from Dr. A. P. Wylie, Chester, South Carolina, about 1870. Vigorous, 

 productive; bunch large, shouldered; berry large, globular to oval, dark red with thick 

 bloom; pulp firm, meaty, juicy, sweet, rich, vinous; skin thick, tender; early. 



Jelly. Exhibited before the American Pomological Society in 1856 and described 

 by William G. Waring of Pennsylvania as "extremely productive, good; especially 

 valuable for culinary use. Very good when dried." 



Jemina. (Rip. Lab.) A seedling of Elvira crossed with an unknown variety; 

 from D. S. Marvin, Watertown, New York, about 1891. Vigorous, hardy, healthy; 

 bunch short, compact; berry medium, black, delicious; skin thin, liable to crack; much 

 earlier than Elvira. 



Jennie May. (Lab.) Mitzky, in 1893, states that this variety is a Concord seed- 

 ling grown by John Laws, Geneva, New York. Apparently identical with Concord. 



Jennings. (Lab.) A native grape from Lexington, Massachusetts, noted in Maga- 

 zine of Horticulture for i860. Hardy, productive, free from mildew; bunch medium; 

 berries black; pulpy, foxy; ripens very early. 



Jessie. (Lab. Bourq. Vin.) A seedling of a cross between Delaware and Diana; 

 received by the Gardener's Monthly in 1879, from F. W. Loudon, Janesville, Wisconsin. 

 Described as looking like Diana but of better flavor. 



Jeter. (Rot.) Described in South Carolina Station Bulletin No. 132. Vigorous, 

 very productive; bunches contain three to eight large, brownish-black berries; skin thick, 

 very tough; pulp tender, juicy; quality good; ripens about August 25th. 



Joen. Noted by Prince in Gardener's Monthly for 1863 as a worthless variety. 



John Burr. (Lab.) Noted by Mitzky, in 1893, as " a Concord seedHng grown by 

 the late John Burr, of Leavenworth, Kansas." 



Johnson. A South Carohna seedling. Mentioned in the American Pomological 

 Society catalogs for 1875 ^'^'^ 1881. 



Jolly. A Pennsylvania grape noted by Waring in 1851. 



Joly. (Champ.) A wild vine of Vitis champini secured by Munson from Lam- 

 pasas County, Texas. Stamens reflexed; cluster small; berry medium, black; ripens 

 early. 



Jonathan. Noted by S. J. Parker of Ithaca, New York, in the United States Patent 

 Office Report for 1861 as a grape that " grew well and ripened its wood." 



Joplin's Peaks of Otter. A native grape of the Blue Ridge Mountains, Virginia, 

 from J. Joplin. Noted in Gardener's Monthly for 1869 as having been in cultivation 

 for thirty-five years. Very vigorous, very productive, healthy; fine wine grape. 



