330 FRUIT-GROWING 



Alexander 



The Alexander deserves a place in this list 

 only because of its historical importance. It 

 is no longer grown and the planter would have 

 some difficulty in finding any vines of the vari- 

 ety to-day. It is of note as being one of the 

 first native vines to be cultivated in this 

 country and for a long time was the chief wine 

 grape of the Eastern States. Speaking of wine 

 made from this sort, Thomas Jefferson said, 

 "It is worthy of the best vineyards of France." 



It is possible that this old variety, considered 

 a pure native sort, was in reality a natural 

 hybrid between one of the native vines and 

 some of the early planted European sorts, as 

 it came up as a seedling in a section where 

 the imported sorts had been planted exten- 

 sively. The same thing may have happened in 

 many other cases and the accidental introduc- 

 tion of the foreign blood may have had more 

 influence on our modern varieties than we 

 suspect to-day. 



Barry 



Another of Rogers' hybrids that deserves 

 mention is the Barry, a cross between the 

 native vine and the Black Hamburg. It resem- 

 bles the latter parent in fruit and is one of 

 the finest grapes that can be grown in eastern 

 America. Although it ripens with Concord it 



