6^ AMEEICAN- GKAPE GROWINO 



dered ; berry small, black, with blue bloom ; skin as tliin 

 as Herbemont, no pulp, juice very dark red, sweet, and 

 rich, making a splendid deep red wine of exquisite flavor. 

 Specific gravity of must 110°. I have cultivated the vine 

 for a number of years, but had to abandon it, as it evi- 

 dently is too far north here ; in the South it must be 

 very desirable. Vine a strong, rather long- jointed 

 grower, wood brown, leaves very thin, bright green, 

 deeply lobed. 



Hermai^k. — A seedling of the Norton, grown by Mr. 

 Francis Langendoerfer, Hermann, Mo. Bunch long, 

 shouldered, moderately compact ; berry smaller than 

 Norton's, black, with blue bloom, not very juicy, but 

 very high flavored, juice not so dark, and will make a 

 fine golden Sherry wine, if properly handled. It ripens 

 later than Norton's, and as it is a strong grower and very 

 productive, is certainly worthy of extensive trial here and 

 further south. Specific gravity of must 110°. Mr. 

 Langendoerfer has grown a white seedling of it, resem- 

 bling the parent in berry and bunch, but of a transparent, 

 golden color, of which I have tried the wine, and must 

 pronounce it the most exquisite wine I ever tasted, of a pale 

 yellow color, with the Hermann flavor trebly refined. He 

 also has a white Norton's Seedling, which also makes 

 fine wine, and as these two are the first white cestivalis 

 yet produced, they promise a new departure in another 

 direction from this valuable class. Very productive, 

 healthy, and hardy at Sedalia last season. 



RuLANDER. — This is not the German grape of this 

 name, but also one of the southern cestivalis class. It 

 also makes a very fine wine, of a Sherry character, but 

 has, of late, become rather unproductive. Bunch small, 

 compact, shouldered ; berry small, brownish black, with 

 blue bloom, very sweet, and high flavored. Specific 

 gravity of must 112°. It is a stocky, short-jointed 



