Taylor. 



DESCRIPTION OF VARIETIES. 



Triumph. 181 



Taliiiau or Tolnian. (Lahr.) See Champion, 

 page 102. 



Taylor or Biillitj often called Taylor's Bullit. 

 {Riparia, accidentally crossed with Lahr.) 



The often continuous tendrils, or rather irregular al- 

 ternation of more than two leaves with tendrils, with 

 often only a third or fourtli leaf without such a ten- 

 dril— further, the more prominent Latarusca character 

 in many of the Taylor seedlings— make it almost cer- 

 tain that the Taylor is a cross between Riparia and 

 Latarusca. 



This old variety was first introduced to notice 

 by Judge Taylor, of Jericho, Henry County, Ky. 

 It is very unproductive; it seems that the vines 

 require other varieties to pollenize them, and 

 spur pruning on old wood, to make them produce 

 well. 



Samuel Miller suggests to plant the Clinton 

 among Ta}'lor to fertilize them, but we find the 

 benefits resulting from this system also insufticient 

 to balance its many inconveniences ; and yet we 

 have seen Taylor vines grown by themselves on 

 the '^ Souche " plan (trained in the shape of a 

 small weeping-willow tree, allowing the canes to 

 grow from the short top of the main trunk,) pro- 

 duce from' five to ten lbs. per vine. The hunches 

 are small but compact; herry small, white to 

 PALE AMBER, turning even to pale red, when 

 perfectly ripe, round, sweet and without pulp. 

 Skin translucent, very thin but tough. Vine a 

 very strong, rampant grower, healthy and very 

 hardy. It was largely and most successfully used, 

 in France, as grafting-stock for European vines, 

 as a protection against the Phylloxera; also in 

 California. The Duchess of Fitz-Janies has 200 

 hectares (about 500 acres) in Taylor grafted with 

 different varieties, all doing well. In some clay- 

 ish limestone soils it seems not to do as well as in 

 sandy clay, and especiall)' in cool, moist grounds. 

 Boots comparatively few, wiry and very tough, 

 with a thin, hard liber. Its wine is of good 

 body and fine flavor, resembling the celebrated 

 Riesling of the Rhine. Some very valuable and 

 promising seedlings of the Taylor have been in- 

 troduced See Elvira, Noah, Grein's Golden, Am- 

 ber, Pearl, Transparent, 3IonteJiore, 3fi&soiiri Biesl- 

 ing, Uhland, &c. See also Thomas S. Kennedy's 

 Report on Taylor's Bullit Seedlings in Am. 

 Pomological Society, Report 1883, page 133. 



Tecoma, {Lahr.) See Catawba Seedling, p. 100. 



Telegraph. {Lahr.) Syn., Christine. Raised 

 by Mr. Christine, near Westchester, Chester Co., 

 Pa., named and introduced about 186.5 by P. R. 

 Freas, editor of the Germantown Telegraph. Sam. 

 Miller, of Bluffton, once considei'ed it one of the 

 most promising early grapes, and we still con- 

 sider it as far better than Hartford. Bunch me- 

 dium, very compact, shouldered; herry medium, 

 round to oval, black with blue bloom; flesh 

 juicy, with very little pulp, spicy and of good 

 quality; ripens almost as early as Hartford. A 

 constant and reliable bearer, but often lost by rot, 

 and when the rot spares our crop, the birds 

 destroy it in preference to other varieties ripen- 

 ing at same time. Vine a healthy, vigorous 

 grower in rich soil, and verj- hardy. Deserves 

 more extensive planting in northern States, where 

 the summer season is short and rot is less destruc- 

 tive. Boots abimdant, heavy, with thick but 

 rather firm liber. Canes .stout, of average length, 

 crooked at the joint, with the usual number of 

 laterals. Wood hard with medium pith. 



Teuderpulp. {Botnnd.) See Scuppernong, p.l77. 



Themis. (Labr.-JIi/br.) Protaataly the same as Metis 

 (q- v.), tay C. Engle, Paw Paw, Mich.: a seedlin<r of 

 Sai.kai, as are all his seedlings. Vine a strong grower, 

 hardy , product! ve ; bunch niedium, short, compact, somc- 

 tiuK's sliouldered; berries large, Catawba coloued, 

 meaty, flesli firm, of good (juality; ripens with Worden. 



Theodosia. A chance .seedling in the grounds of E. 

 S. Salisbury, Adams, N. Y., claimed tay its introducer 

 to tae an .Estivalis, taut seems a ci-oss of Labr. with Rip. 

 Bunch very compact; berries black, in size taetween 

 Delaware and Creveling, quite tart, very early, and 

 claimed to tae a good wine grape. But at a grape test 

 held at Hammondsport, the report showed for Theo- 

 dosia the lowest amount of sugar, 63»40 tay Oechsle's 

 scale, with over 11 per mill. acid. 



Theophile. {Lahr.) Produced by T. Huber, of 

 Illinois City, 111. A showy white market or table 

 grape, golden color when fully ripe. Bunch 

 medium-sized, compact; berries of size about as 

 Concord or Worden ; pulp tender, sweet. None 

 of Mr. Huber's varieties are disseminated, except 

 for testing; he writes us: "I am not cut out for 

 that business, and my vineyard is too remote from 

 railroad lines." He is a plain, honest, German 

 farmer and amateur grape-grower. 



Thurmond. See Devereux, page 116. 



To-Ealon. {Lahr.) Syn., Wyman, Spofford 

 Seedling, Carter. Originated at Lansingburg, 

 N. Y., bj- Dr. Spofford, and was at flrst supposed 

 to be identical with the Catawba. C. Downing 

 showed that it was entirely distinct and at first 

 highly recommended it for general cultivation, 

 but soon afterwards found that it drops its fruit, 

 is inclined to rot, does not ripen well, and mil- 

 dews badly, and so stated ; admitting, however, 

 that ''this grape is very fine, when you can get 

 it." Bunch medium to large, shouldered, com- 

 pact; berries varying in form from oval to oblate, 

 nearly black in color, and profusely covered with 

 bloom ; flesh sweet, buttery and luscious, without 

 foxiness in its aroma and with but little toughness 

 or acidity in its pulp. An early but a shy bearer. 



Tokay, Labr. See Catawba, page 99. 



Transparent. {Bip. X ) One of Jac. Rommel's 

 Taylor Seedlings. Bunch small, compact and 

 shouldered. Berry same size as Taylor, round, 

 pale, GREENISH-YELLOW, transparent, gray spot- 

 ted ; skin thin, no pulp, very juicy, sweet and of 

 fine flavor. Vine a very strong, rather long- 

 jointed grower, resembling its parent in leaf and 

 growth, but sets its fruit well; vine productive; 

 was supposed to be free from mildew and rot, and 

 promised to become a wine-grape of high char- 

 acter. 



Trask. (?) A chance seedling that first fruited in 

 1875. Introduced tay Peter Henderson & Co.. New York, 

 who furnished the following description: Vine not in- 

 jured by Phylloxera (no pure American grape is, taut 

 this may lie supposed to tae of European Vinifera ori- 

 gin. — Ed.), and has not been known to mildew. Leaves 

 smooth; bunches large, long, often shouldered; berries 

 medium to large, brown or bluish-black when fully 

 ripe; without pulp, tender, melting, very sweet, vinous 

 flavor: ripens before Concord. 



Triumph. Campbell's Concord Hybrid 

 No. 6. Was justly pronounced by Samuel 

 Miller, to whom Campbell confided this var- 

 iety for testing in Missouri, as one of the most 

 j)romising of all the lohite grajies. It is a 

 cross between Concord and Chasselas Mus- 

 que. (Syn., Joslyn's St. Albaxs.) It has 

 retained the vigor and general habit of foliage 

 and growth of its parent ; its fruit, however, 

 is wholly free from any vestige of coarseness 



