Black Hawk. 



DESCRIPTION OF VARIETIES. 



Boadkea. 93 



BLick Hawk. (Lahr.) A seedling from the 

 Concord, niised by Samuel Miller. Bunch large, 

 rather loose, berry large, black, round, juicy, 

 sweet ; pulp very tender ; ripens full as early as 

 the Concord, and seems to be healthy and hardy. 

 We find it sometimes a little earlier than Con- 

 cord. It has the remarkable peculiarity that its 

 leaf is of so dark a green as to appear almost 

 black. 



Black Herbeiuont. (^A'.s<.) See Munson'sSeedl. 



Black's Iinperial. {Labr. x) Originated by 

 Dr. J. Staynian, from Duchess. Vine vigorous, 

 hardy and productive; but somewhat subject to 

 rot and mildew in unfavorable seasons; Bunch 

 large, shouldered compact; handsome : berry above 

 medium, BLACK ; meat tender, juicy rich, spicy, 

 sprightly sweet, vinous, quality best; ripens with 

 Concord, will hang on the vines loyg after ripened. 



Black July. {jEst.) See Devereux. 



Black King'. (Labr.) A hardy and vigoi-ous early 

 grape, of medium size; sweet but foxy.— Strong. 



Black Muscadine. (liotun.) See Flowers. 



Black Pearl. (Rij)-) Syn. Schraidt's 

 Seedlixo. Originator, Caspar Schraidt of 

 Put-in-Ba}^ O. Probably from seed of Clin- 

 ton. Vine, a vigorous, healthy grower, simi- 

 lar in appearance of growth and foliage to 

 Elvira and Noah. It succeeds admirably on 

 the islands and shores of Lake Erie, where it 

 is very productive. In our heavier clay soils 

 and warmer climate it is less satisfactory 

 both in quality and productiveness ; the 

 bunch is not as large and handsome as on 

 the islands and on the lake shore, where it 

 far surpasses the Clinton in appearance, and 

 makes a valuable dark- red vine. 



Dr. Warder considered it "'an exceedingly 

 promising grape of the Clinton class." 

 (Am. Pom. Society, 1877). So did w^e also 

 consider it, after examining it for several 

 seasons, and admiring its luxurious, healthy 

 growth ; we secured from Mr. Schraidt a 

 thousand cuttings and disseminated this 

 variety in 1877, wath his consent, under the 

 name of Black Pearl. (He first intended to 

 call it "yS'c//?TMdf.s Burgundy," and claimed 

 it to be a seedling from the Delaware). Geo. 

 W. Campbell of Ohio, who had opportunities 

 to observe tliis grape in his own State, says : 

 " It is a strong growing and very productive 

 vine, and is probably a valuable addition to 

 the limited number of red-wine grapes." 

 And as such only we recommend it for cer- 

 tain localities. 



In August, 1882, a season of unparalled 

 destruction through mildew and rot in the 

 Mississippi Valley region, E. Baxter, of Nau- 

 voo, reports the Black Pearl grape as excep- 

 tionably fine, leaf extra good. A. Wehrle of 

 Middle Bass, the leading wine producer of 

 Ohio, wrote to us that he finds this wine- 

 grape unsurpassed in color; must of good 



saccharine weight and proper degree of 

 acidity ; but adds : "It suffers with us some- 

 times during the flowering season, otherwise 

 it is a most valuable grape, and pays well to 

 the producer." 



J. G. Burrow of Fishkill, N. Y., one of our 

 oldest and most eminent vineyardists, says : 

 "I received the Black Pearl from you some 

 fourteen years ago ; it has proved very satis- 

 factory with me, never having lost a crop in 

 all this time. Its wine I consider very valu- 

 able ; it is remarkably dense in body and 

 color." 



Black Rose. (Labr.-JIybr.) A cross between 

 Concord, /. and Salem, m. raised by Rautenberg 

 of Lincoln, Ills., in 18S4. Resembles Concord in 

 general appearance, is as hardy, ripens at the 

 same time or a little later. Bunch like Concord, 

 sometimes shouldered : berries large, black and 

 of tlue flavor; has been pronounced by good 

 judges to be equal to the "■Einnelan'''' in quality; 

 but, though not free from mildew, ripens its fruit 

 better than Eumelan even in a bad season ; is well 

 recommended as an amature variety, and in some 

 localities as valuable for wine. 



Black Spanish. (yEs<.) See Lenoir. 



Bland. (Labr. T) Syn.: Bland's Virginia, Bland's 

 Madeira, Bland's Pale Red, Powell. It is said to 

 have been found on the eastern shore of Virginia, Ijy 

 Col. Bland, of that State, who presented scions to Bar- 

 tram, the botanist, by whom it was first cultivated. 

 Bunches rather Ions, loose, and often with small, imper- 

 fect berries; berries i-ound, on long stall<s, lianging 

 rather thinly; skin thin, at first pale green, 1)ut pale 

 RED when ripe; flesh slightly pulpy, of a pleasant, 

 sprightly, delicate flavor, and with little or no musk 

 scent, but a slight astringency; ripens late; foliage 

 lighter green than that of Catawba, smoother and more 

 delicate. This vine is quite difficult of propagation by 

 cuttings. The above description of this old variety is 

 from" Donming's Fruits of America." The Bland did 

 not succeed or ripen well in the North, and has been 

 lost and abandoned South. 



Blood's Black, (Labr.) Bunch medium, compact; 

 berry medium, round, black, somewhat harsh and foxy, 

 but sweet. Very early and productive. (Resembling 

 Mary Ann, and has often been confounded with it.) 



Bloom. See Creveling. 



Bine Dyer. (Rip.) Bunch medium; berries small, 

 BLACK, vei'y dark juice; promises well for wine.— .Hms- 

 mann. (One of many unfulfilled promises I) 



Bine Favorite, (^s^) A Southern grape. Af.erMil- 

 lardet an .l^stivalis hybrid with Cinerea and Vinifera. 

 Vine vigorous, productive; fewjic/t above medium; berries 

 mediuiji, round, blue black, sweet, vinous; much col- 

 oring matter; ripe South in Septemlier (does not ripen 

 well North); said to be esteemed for wine making. — 

 Dotvninq. Unproductive South al.so. 



Bine Imperial. {Labr.) Origin uncertain. Vine vig- 

 orous, free f lom mildew, not productive. Bunches med- 

 ium, sliort; berry large, round, black; flesh with a hard, 

 acid center or pulp; ripens with Hartford. Inferior.— 

 Doirnina. 



Boadicea. (Labr.-Hybr.) Copley's cross of 

 Telegraph with Black Hamburg. Produced by 

 Chas. 8. Copley, of Stapleton, N. Y.. whose hy- 

 brids have been exhibited and much admired, 

 about 1875-1880 already, but not disseminated. 

 Vine rather a weak grower — probably in conse- 

 quence of having been allowed to overbear, which 

 it is inclined to do, and needs thinning out of 

 bunches — leaves dark green, lighter on under 

 side, three to five lobed, varying in shape, some 



