Beacon. 



dp:scription of varieties. 



Beauty. 89 



BARRY. (Rogers' No. 43.) 



to large, well shouldered; bfrrij red, slightly 

 oblong; pnlp tender, juicy, sweet and sprightly; 

 ripens early, but is a good keeper and adheres 

 well to the stem. A nice red amateur grape for 

 table use. 



Beacou. (Linc.yiConc.) See Munson's Hybrids. 



BeaeonsHelci. (Labr.) Sec Clianipioii. 



Beauty. (^Est.-Hiibr.) One of Jacob Rommel's 

 seedlings; across between Delaware and Maxa- 

 tawney ; a vigorous, healthy grower; foliage 

 heavy and healthy, yet subject to sunscald; re- 

 sembling Catawba (and we suppose it to be a 

 cross between Catawba and Maxatawney with 

 Delaware) ; bunch small to medium, well filled, but 

 not too compact ; berry in size and color between 

 Catawba and Delaware, oblong, covered with 



lilac bloom; thick skinned, and will carry well: 

 ripens between Delaware and Catawba, and is of 

 very fine quality, having tender pulp ; sweet, with 

 delicate fiavor. A good table grape, making also 

 an excellent wine. In fact, a sample of "BeaiT- 

 ty " wine, at the Bordeaux Exposition, in Sep- 

 tember, 1880, was pronounced by the French 

 Commissioners " the best American white wine on 

 exhibition; having a very marked and agreeable 

 bouquet." — M. LespicmU. — In the third edition of 

 this catalogue we said: '"Its parentage justifies 

 the fear that it may be subject to mildew in local- 

 ities not exempt from this disease;*' and so it 

 proved, it was also inclined to rot in wet season; 

 so much so that honest Eommel stopped its 

 propagation and dissemination; but now, under 

 the protection of spraying with fungicides it is 

 well worth resuming its cultivation. 



