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the faults of its fruit, the variety may have 

 value in regions where grape-growing is pre- 

 carious; for, in plant, it is one of the most 

 reliable grapes cultivated, the vines being 

 hardy, vigorous, productive, and free from 

 fungal diseases. Perkins is an accidental seed- 

 ling found about 1830 in the garden of Jacob 

 Perkins, Bridgewater, Massachusetts. 



Vine vigorous, hardy, healthy, productive. Canes 

 long, numerous, thick, dark brown, deepening in color 

 at the nodes, surface heavily pubescent ; nodes enlarged, 

 flattened ; internodes long ; tendrils continuous, bifid 

 or trifid. Leaves medium in size, thick ; lobes 3 ; petiolar 

 sinus deep, narrow ; serration shallow. Flowers self- 

 fertile, early ; stamens upright. Fruit early, ships well. 

 Clusters of medium size and length, broad, cylindrical, 

 often with a single shoulder, compact ; pedicel short, 

 thick, warty ; brush long, yellow. Berries large, oval, 

 pale lilac or light red with thin bloom, inclined to drop 

 from the pedicel, soft ; skin thin, tough, without pig- 

 ment ; flesh white, juicy, stringy, fine-grained, firm, 

 meaty, very foxy ; poor in quality. Seeds adherent, 

 numerous, medium in size, notched. 



PIERCE. V. Labrusca. Pierce is a bud 

 sport from Isabella, originating about 1882 

 with J. P. Pierce, Santa Clara, California. 

 The variety is rather commonly grown in the 

 Pacific states, and is about the best repre- 

 sentative of the Labrusca grapes for Cali- 

 fornia, but is scarcely known in other grape 

 regions, falling far short of other native grapes 

 in the East. 



Vines very vigorous, healthy, productive. Leaves 

 remarkably large. Fruit late, clusters large ; berries 

 large, dull, black, oval, light bloom ; skin rather thick 

 and tough ; flesh tender, juicy, sweet, strongly aromatic, 

 quality fair to good ; seeds 1 or 2, large, separating 

 readily from the flesh. 



POCKLINGTON. V. Labrusca. Before 

 the advent of Niagara, Pocklington was the 

 leading green grape. The variety has the 

 fatal fault, however, of ripening its crop late, 

 which, with some minor defects, has caused it 

 to fall below Niagara for northern grape dis- 

 tricts. Pocklington is a seedling of Concord 

 and resembles its parent in vine-characters; 

 the vines are fully equal or superior to those 

 of Concord in hardiness, but are of slower 

 growth and not quite so healthy, vigorous, nor 

 productive. In quality, the grapes are as good 

 as those of Concord or Niagara, if not better, 

 being sweet, rich, and pleasantly flavored, al- 

 though like the other grapes named, they have 

 too much foxiness for critical consumers. 

 Pocklington is not equal in quality to several 

 other grapes of its season, as lona, Jefferson, 

 Diana, Dutchess, and Catawba, but it is far 

 above the average and for this reason should 

 be retained. John Pocklington, Sandy Hill, 

 New York, grew Pocklington from seed of 

 Concord about 1870. 



Vine medium in vigor, hardy. Canes of medium 

 length, number and size, dark reddish-brown ; nodes 

 enlarged flattened ; tendrils continuous, bifid or trifid. 

 Leaves variable in size, thick; lobes 1-3 with terminus 

 acuminate; petiolar sinus deep, wide; teeth narrow. 

 Flowers self-fertile, midseason ; stamens upright. Fruit 

 late midseason, keeps and ships well. Clusters large, 

 cylindrical, often single-shouldered, compact, pedicel 

 short, thick, with a few small warts; brush short, green. 

 Berries lar-e, oblate, yellowish-green with tinge of 

 amber, with thin bloom, firm; skin with scattering 

 russet dots, thin, tender, adherent, faintly astringent; 



flesh light green with yellow tinge, translucent, juicy, 

 tough, fine-grained, slightly foxy ; good. Seeds ad- 

 herent, 1-6, of medium length and breadth. 



PURPLE CORNICHON. V. vinifera. 

 Black Cornichon. By virtue of attractive ap- 

 pearance and excellent shipping qualities of 

 the fruit, this variety takes high place among 

 the commercial grapes of California. Late 

 ripening is another quality making it desirable, 

 while its curious, long, curved berries add 

 novelty to its attractions. The fruit does not 

 take high rank in quality. The description 

 has been compiled. 



Vine very vigorous, healthy and productive ; wood 

 light brown striped with darker brown, short-jointed. 

 Leaves large, longer than wide, deeply 5-lobed ; dark 

 green above, lighter and very hairy below ; coarsely 

 toothed ; with short, thick petiole. Bunches very large, 

 loose or sometimes scraggly, borne on long peduncles ; 

 berries large, long, more or less curved, dark purple, 

 spotted, thick-skinned, borne on long pedicels ; flesh 

 firm, crisp, sweet but not rich in flavor ; quality good 

 but not high. Season late, keeps and ships well. 



REGAL. V. Labrusca X V. vinifera. Regal 

 is an offspring of Lindley, which it greatly 

 resembles. The fruit is attractive in appear- 

 ance and is high in quality. A seemingly in- 

 significant fault might make Regal undesir- 

 able in a commercial vineyard: the clusters 

 are borne so close to the wood that it is diffi- 

 cult to harvest the fruit and avoid injury to 

 the berries next to the wood. The variety is 

 worthy of extensive culture in vineyards and 

 gardens. Regal originated with W. A. Wood- 

 ward, Rockford, Illinois, in 1879. 



Vine vigorous, hardy, healthy, very productive. 

 Canes intermediate in length and size, numerous, dark 

 reddish-brown. Tendrils intermittent, bifid or trifid. 

 Leaves large. Flowers self-fertile, midseason ; stamens 

 upright. Fruit midseason, keeps well. Clusters small, 

 broad, cylindrical, usually with a short single shoulder, 

 sometimes double-shouldered, very compact. Berries 

 large, round, purplish-red with faint bloom, persistent ; 

 skin thin, tough, without pigment. Flesh pale green, 

 very juicy ; fine-grained, tender, musky ; good. Seeds 

 free, numerous, long, narrow, notched, blunt with a 

 short neck, brown. 



REQUA. V. Labrusca X V. vinifera. This 

 is one of Rogers' hybrids, which hardly equals 

 other grapes of its color and season. The 

 grapes are attractive in cluster and berry and 

 are of very good quality, but are subject to 

 rot and ripen too late for northern regions. 

 The variety was named Requa in 1869, but 

 was previously known as No. 28. 



Vine vigorous, hardy except in severe winters, medium 

 in productiveness. Canes long, thick ; tendrils cor 

 tinuous or intermittent, trifid or bifid. Leaves medium 

 in size, dark green, often thick and rugose. Flowers 

 semi-fertile, late ; stamens reflexed. Fruit late, keeps 

 long. Clusters large, cylindrical, often with a long, 

 single shoulder, compact. Berries large, oval, dark, 

 dull red covered with thin "bloom, strongly adherent; 

 flesh pale green, tender, stringy, vinous, foxy, sweet ; 

 good to very good. Seeds adherent, medium in size 

 and length, broad, blunt. 



ROMMEL. (V. vulpina X V. Labrusca)X 

 V. vinifera. Rommel is rarely cultivated in the 

 North, because the vines lack robustness, 

 hardiness, and productiveness; are susceptible 

 to the leaf-hopper; and the grapes do not at- 

 tain high quality and crack as they ripen. 



