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JEWEL 



LENOIR 



persistent, soft ; skin thin, adherent, faintly astringent ; 

 flesh pale green, transparent, juicy, tender, soft, sprightly, 

 sweet ; good. Seeds adherent, medium to broad, notched, 

 brown. 



JEWEL. V. cestivalis Bourquiniana X ? 

 The notable characters of Jewel are earliness 

 and high quality in fruit; also, as com- 

 pared with Delaware, its parent, the vine is 

 vigorous, healthy, and hardy. In form and 

 size of bunch and berry, Jewel closely re- 

 sembles Delaware, but the grapes are deep 

 black in color. The flesh characters and flavor 

 of the fruit are much like those of Delaware, 

 the pulp being tender yet firm, and the flavor 

 having the same rich, sprightly, vinous taste. 

 The seeds are few and small. The skin is 

 thin but tough, and the grapes ship well, keep 

 long, do not shell, and though early, hang 

 until frost. Jewel is a most excellent grape, 

 worthy the place among black grapes that 

 Delaware has among red varieties. In par- 

 ticular, it is recommended for earliness and 

 for localities in the North where standard 

 varieties do not ripen. John Burr, Leaven- 

 worth, Kansas, grew Jewel from seed planted 

 about 1874. 



Vine vigorous, healthy, hardy, productive. Canes 

 slender, light reddish-brown ; nodes enlarged, flattened ; 

 internodes short ; tendrils continuous, bind. Leaves 

 scant, thick ; lobes 3 when present with terminus acute ; 

 petiolar sinus narrow ; basal sinus usually lacking ; 

 lateral sinus shallow, wide ; teeth shallow.. Flowers 

 self-sterile, open in midseason ; stamens reflexed. Fruit 

 early. Clusters small, slender, cylindrical, single- 

 shouldered, compact ; pedicel short, slender ; brush 

 short, wine-colored. Berries medium in size, round, 

 dark purplish-black, dull with heavy bloom, persistent, 

 firm ; skin thin, tough, adherent, wine-colored pigment ; 

 flesh pale green, translucent, juicy, fine-grained, tender, 

 sprightly, vinous, sweet ; very good. Seeds adherent, 

 1-4, frequently one-sided, blunt, light brown. 



KENSINGTON. V. vinifera X V. vulpina. 

 Kensington has several very meritorious fruit- 

 and vine-characters. The vine resembles that 

 of Clinton, its Vulpina parent, in vigor, hardi- 

 ness, growth, and productiveness, but the fruit 

 has many of the characters of the European 

 parent, Buckland Sweetwater. The grapes are 

 yellowish-green, large, oval, and borne in 

 loose clusters of medium size. In quality the 

 fruit of Kensington is not equal to that of 

 Buckland Sweetwater, but is much better than 

 that of Clinton. The flesh is tender and juicy, 

 with a rich, sweet, vinous flavor. The hardiness 

 of the vine and the high quality of the fruit 

 should make Kensington a favorite green grape 

 in northern gardens. This variety was grown 

 by William Saunders, London, Ontario, between 

 1870 and 1880. 



Vine vigorous, hardy, productive. Canes long, slender, 

 light _brown ; nodes enlarged, flattened ; internodes short ; 

 tendrils persistent, intermittent or continuous, long, 

 bifid or trifid. Leaves thin ; lobej wanting or 1-3 with 

 terminus obtuse ; petiolar sinus narrow ; basal sinus 

 shallow when present; lateral sinus shallow, usually a 

 notch ; teeth deep and wide. Flowers self -fertile, open 

 early, stamens upright. Fruit midseason. Clusters 

 large, cylindrical, often heavily single-shouldered, loose, 

 frequently with many undeveloped berries ; pedicel long 

 and slender with small, inconspicuous warts ; brush 

 short, pale green. Berries variable in size, oval, 

 yellowish-green, glossy with thin bloom, persistent, firm; 

 skin thin, tough, adherent, faintly astringent; flesh 



green, transparent, juicy, tender, vinous, sweet; good. 

 Seeds free, 2-4, wrinkled, large, long, broad, sharp- 

 pointed, yellowish-brown. 



KING. V. Labrusca. King is similar to 

 Concord, with vine more vigorous and pro- 

 lific; time of ripening and length of season 

 the same; the clusters one-fourth larger; the 

 grapes more persistent; the pulp more tender; 

 the flavor nearly the same but more sprightly; 

 the seeds fewer in number; the wood harder 

 and of shorter joints; and the pedicels longer. 

 King was found in the Concord vineyard of 

 W. K. Munson, Grand Rapids, Michigan, in 

 1892. The vine was set for Concord and is 

 supposed to be a sport of that variety. 



Vine vigorous, hardy, productive. Canes large, dark 

 reddish-brown ; nodes enlarged, slightly flattened ; inter- 

 nodes short ; tendrils continuous or intermittent, trifid 

 or bifid. Leaves unusually large, thick ; lobes 3 when 

 present, terminal one acute ; teeth shallow, narrow. 

 Flowers self-fertile, open in midseason ; stamens up- 

 right. Fruit midseason, keeps well. Clusters large, 

 long, broad, irregularly tapering, usually single- 

 shouldered, compact. Berries large, round, black with 

 thin bloom, persistent, firm ; skin thick, tough, adherent, 

 astringent ; flesh pale green, very juicy, tough, stringy 

 and with some foxiness ; good. Seeds adherent, few, 

 large, short, broad, lightly notched if at all, blunt, 

 plump, light brown. 



LADY. V. Labrusca X V. vinijera. The 

 vine of Lady is much like that of Concord, 

 its parent, although not quite so vigorous nor 

 productive, but ripens its fruit fully two weeks 

 ea/lier. The fruit is much superior in quality 

 to that of Concord, being richer, sweeter, and 

 less foxy. The grapes hang on the vines well, 

 but deteriorate rapidly after picking. The 

 foliage is dense and of a deep glossy green, 

 neither scalding under a hot sun nor freezing 

 until heavy frosts, and makes it an attrac- 

 tive ornament in the garden. Lady is de- 

 servedly popular as a grape for the amateur, 

 and should be planted for nearby markets. 

 It succeeds wherever Concord is grown, and 

 because of its early ripening, is especially 

 adapted to northern latitudes where Concord 

 does not always mature. Although the fruit 

 ripens early, the buds start late, often escap- 

 ing late spring frosts. When Lady was first 

 heard of, it was in the hands of a Mr. Imlay, 

 Muskingum County, Ohio, about 1874. 



Vine vigorous, hardy, medium in productiveness 

 healthy. Canes short, slender, dark reddish-brown 

 nodes flattened ; internodes short ; tendrils intermittent 

 bifid or trifid. Leaves medium in size ; lobes 1-5 wit! 

 terminal one acuminate ; petiolar sinus shallow, wide 

 lateral sinus variable in depth and width ; teeth shallow 

 Flowers self-fertile, open in midseason ; stamens upright. 

 Fruit early, does not keep well. Clusters small, short, 

 slender, cylindrical, sometimes single-shouldered, com- 

 pact ; pedicel thick, smooth ; brush slender, long, 

 greenish-white. Berries large, round, light green, often 

 with a tinge of yellow, glossy with thin bloom, per- 

 sistent, firm ; skin covered with small, scattering, dark 

 dots, thin, tender, adherent, astringent ; flesh greenish- 

 white, translucent, juicy, tender, aromatic ; very good. 

 Seeds free, few, broad, light brown. 



LENOIR. V. asstivalis Bourquiniana. Ala- 

 bama. Black El Paso. Black July. Black Span- 

 ish. Burgundy. Cigar Box Grape. Devereaux. 

 Jacques. Ohio. Lenoir is a tender southern 

 grape which has been used largely in France 

 and California as a resistant stock and a direct 



