482 THE GRAPES OF NEW YORK. 



Looney Seedling. (Lab.) From C. S. Looney, Cowan, Tennessee, about igo2. 

 Cluster small, shouldered, blunt at end, loose; berry large, round, thick blue bloom over 

 black; skin thin, tender; sweet, slightly foxy;*good; ripens early. Resembles Concord. 



Lorain. From Lorain, Ohio, about 1865. Cluster medium; berry large, amber- 

 yellow; sweet; good. 



Loretto. (Lab.) Qtieen Loretto. From Tennessee. Berry medium, round, white; 

 good; mid-season. 



Loudon Seedling. (Lab. Vin. Bourq.) A seedling of Delaware and Diana; 

 from F. W. Loudon, Janesville, Wisconsin. Resembles Diana in bunch, berry and 

 flavor. 



Louisa. (Lab. Vin.) Grown by Samuel Miller, Calmdale, Pennsylvania. Vigorous, 

 hardv; cluster compact, occasionally shouldered; berry round, oval, black with blue 

 bloom; flavor resembles Isabella; ripens early. 



Louise. (Lab. Vin.) Given by Mitzky as a seedling from New Jersey. Vigorous; 

 bunch large, compact ; berries large, white ; juicy, sweet ; verj^ good. 



Louisville. Noted in a list of supposed hardy grapes in United States Department 

 of Agriculture Report for 1863. 



Lowell Globe. Noted in a list of worthless varieties in Gardener's Monthly in 

 1863. 



Lucky. (Line.) An undescribed variety used by Munson as a parent in a number 

 of crosses. 



Lucy Winton. Noted in the Gardener's Month'y for 1861 as being equal in quality 

 to Isabella and four weeks earlier. 



Luders. (Rip) A wild male vine of Vitis riparia secured from near Madison, 

 Wisconsin, by Munson. 



Luffborough. (Lab. Vin.?) Found near Georgetown, District of Columbia, before 

 1828. Berries large, deep purple; juice sweet, foxy. Recommended by John Adlum 

 for wine and cited in a list of worthless varieties in Gardener's Monthly, 1863. 



Lugawana. Noted in the Ontario Fruit Growers' Association Report for 1887 in a 

 list of varieties ripening late. 



Lukfata. (Champ. Lab.) A seedling of Moore Early crossed with \'itis champiui; 

 from Munson. Vigorous, hardy; cluster medium, ovate, compact; berries globular, 

 large, black, persistent; juicy, very sweet and agreeable; good; early; stamens reflcxed. 



Luckyne. (Line. Bourq.) Parents, Lucky crossed with Sweety; from Munson in 

 1897. Stamens erect; cluster large; berr\^ medium, black; ripens late. 



Lulie. (Lab. Vin.) A seedling of Telegraph crossed with Black Hamburg; from 

 C. J. Copley, Stapleton, New York. Hardy, healthy and productive; cluster large; 

 berry very large, black with a fine bloom; good. Awarded a medal at the World's Fair, 

 Chicago, 1893. 



Luna. (Lab.) From William M. Marine. A large, hardy, white grape. 



