Black Eagle. 



DESCRIPTION OF VARIETIES. 



Black Eagle. 91 



BERTRAND. 



Black 



hill's No 

 Vlnifera. 

 Defiance, 

 quality 



Eagle. (Labr.-H)/br.) (Under- 

 8-12.) A Hybrid of Labr. and 

 Originated by same as Black 

 A fine, early table grape, of best 

 The leaf is one of the most beauti- 

 ful we know of, very firm, dark green, deep- 

 ly lobed, of the shape of the foreign. 



The vine is of verj- erect and vigorous 

 growth, healthy, yet tender, prone to rot, as 

 all other Hybrids of Labr. and Via. ; roots 



straight and smooth, almost tough, with a 

 medium liber ; canes remarkably sti-aight and 

 upright, with numerous, but small laterals; 

 wood firm with medium pith ; bunch large, 

 moderately compact; berries large, oval, 

 BLACK, with blue bloom ; flesh rich and melt- 

 ing, with little pulp. With Underhill the 

 fruit set imperfectly, but it does not show 

 that fault when pollinated from other vines 

 blossoming at same time. We consider it as 



