116 Devereux. 



blshbeik; catalogue. 



Diana. 



Devereux. UEnt.) Syn., Black 

 July, Lincoln,":' JiLiE Gkai'e, 

 S H K i{ H y , Thuk.mond, Hakt. 

 TuLEY, McLean, Hu^^son (Le- 

 noir, incorrectly ; the name 

 Black July is also objection- 

 able, being used by English aui- 

 pelographs for the Ij^chia noik, 

 or Noik de Juillet, a Pineac 

 variety — Vinifera — with which the 

 Devekeux lias no resemblance.) 

 A southern grape ; belongs to the 

 same class as Herbemont and 

 Cunningham. The great French 

 botanist, M. Milardet, classifies it 

 as a Hybrid of ^Estivalis, Cinerea 

 and Yinifera. In France it is 

 considered one of the best Ameri- 

 can Vines; its wine resembling 

 some of their own wines, •' bon 

 de gout;" but producing very 

 little in quantity, comparatively. 

 "Where this varietur will succeed 

 it is one of our best wine grapes, 

 producing a white wine of ex- 

 quisite tlavor. It is somewhat 

 subject to mildew, very tender, 

 and requires covering in the win- 

 ter. North of Missouri it should 

 not be tried, but here it succeeds 

 admirably on southern slopes, 

 fertile soil, in favorable seasons; 

 never on wet, cold soils. Our 

 southern grape-growers especial- 

 ly should plant some of it. Bunch 

 long, loose, slightly shouldered; 

 hcvry black, below medium, 

 round; skin fine, tender: flesh 

 meaty, juicy, without pulp, and 

 vinous; qualitj^ best. Vine a 

 strong grower, and, when free 

 from mildew, moderately pro- 

 ductive ; wood long-jointed, pur- 

 plish-brown at first, of deeper 

 purplish-red when ripe; with bi- 

 forked, intermittent tendrils — 

 these, as also the leaf-stalk, are 

 tinged on their base with a pur- 

 plish-brown hue, like the young 

 canes; the buds are covered with 

 a russet down, unfolding with that 

 losy complexion peculiar to the 

 young downy leaves of most 

 ^Estivalis. The developed foli- 

 age is of medium size, entire (not 

 lobed), considerably wrinkled, 

 turgid, with somewhat abundant hair-tufts on 

 the lower veins. 



Diaiiiond. (Lnhr.X) See Mooke':^ Diamond. 



Diana. (Lahr.) A seedling of Catawba, 

 raised b^' Mrs. Diana Crehore, Milton, Mass. : 

 lirst exhibited in 1843, before the Massa- 

 chusetts Horticultural Society. A. S. P'uller, 

 the celebrated Horticulturist, justly remarks : 



"There is probably no one variety of grape 

 in cultivation in regard to which there is a 

 greater diversity- of opinion, and its variable- 

 ness fully warrants all that is said about it. 

 In one section it is really excellent, while in 

 others, perhaps near by it, it is worthless. 

 This difference is often observable in the 



DIANA. 



same garden, and from no apparent cause." 

 The Diana seems to do best in warm, rather 

 dry and poor soil ; gravell}^ clay or sand}' 

 loam seems best suited to its wants. Is re- 

 ported to do remarkably well iu Georgia. 

 Bunches medium, very compact, occasionally 

 shouldered; berries medium size, round, pale 

 iiEU, covered with a thin lilac bloom; llesh 

 tender, with some pulp, sweet, juicy, with a 

 musk tlavor that is very strong until the fruit 

 is fully ripe, and then often offensive to some 

 tastes. Colors its fruit earh^ but does not 

 really mature much earlier than the Catawba. 

 Vine a vigorous grower, recpiiring much 

 room and long pruning, and increases in pro- 



