White, Green, or Yellow. 405 



tender, without pulp when ripe, quality excellent Vine hardy. 

 Ripens rather late. The Maxatawney much resembles the y*- 

 becca in flavor and general appearance, but while it is hardi/ 

 equal to the latter in quality, it is a better grower. Berks c^ , 

 Penn. 



REBECCA. Bunches nearly cylindric, compact, heavy, often shoul- 

 dered ; berries medium, oval ; color 

 light green in the shade, golden in 

 the sun, with a light bloom, some- 

 what translucent ; flesh juicy, sweet, 

 delicious. Ripens eight or ten days 

 before the Isabella, and keeps a long 

 time. Healthy, not disposed to mil- 

 dew. When fully ripe, one of the 

 finest flavored of all grapes. Mode- 

 rate grower; foliage tender. Hud- 

 son, N. Y. 



Fig. 449. Rebecca. Scuppernong. (Fox Grape or Bullet 



Grape, of the South, American Mus- 

 cadine.) This is a distinct Southern species, the Vitis vulpina. 

 Bunches very small, loose ; berries round, large ; skin thick ; 

 pulpy, juicy, sweet, strongly musky. The "White" is light 

 green ; the " Black " dark red ; the color of the tendrils corre- 

 sponding in each variety. Leaves quite small, glossy on both 

 sides. Very tender at the North. 



Taylor's Bullitt. Bunches medium, loose, with many imperfect 

 berries ; berries rather small, greenish white, of moderate quality. 

 A strong grower. Ky. 



FOREIGN GRAPES. 



CLASS I. Dark red, purple, and black. 



Aleppo. (Switzerland Grape, Striped Muscadine, Variegated Chas- 

 selas.) Bunches rather small ; berries medium, roundish ; skin 

 thin, striped with white and dark red or black ; sweet, quality 

 moderate. 



Black Barbarossa. Bunches very large, shouldered, compact ; ber- 

 ries large, black, with a thick bloom ; juicy, of fair quality. A 

 new, popular, late exotic sort. Prince Albert is probably identi- 

 cal. 



BLACK CLUSTER. (Burgundy, Black Burgundy, True Burgundy, 

 Small Black Cluster, Early Black, Black Orleans.) Bunchee 



