Victoria. 



DESCRIPTION OF VARIETIES. 



Walter. 185 



Tictoria, Ray's. (Lahr.) 

 This variety has been in- 

 troduced (1872) by M. M. 

 Samuels, of Clinton, Ky., 

 who describes it as fol- 

 lows: "Bioiches a,nd herries 

 medium size, round, light 

 AMBER color; skin thin; 

 pulp tender, sweet and 

 highly flavored ; vine 

 healthy, an abundant 

 bearer, and a good but not 

 rampant grower." This 

 grape has been tested for 

 a number of years in dif- 

 ferent parts of the South; 

 it ripens there about the 

 middle of August, and has 

 been pronounced by some 

 an excellent table grape. 



It resembles Venango, 

 and belongs to the same 

 form of Labrusca as that 

 variety and Perkins. 



Vinita. (Linc.y^Hei-bem.') 

 See Munson's best Hybrid 

 Grapes, page 159. 



Vlvle'8 Hybrid, produced 

 by M. Vivie in France, and by 

 some called Vivie's Hartford; 

 said to be of very vigorous 

 growth, very productive, and 

 its grape of good quality, 

 making a very good wine. 



Walter. (uEst.XLabr.) 

 Raised by that enthusi- 

 astic horticulturist, the late 

 A. J. Caywood, of Pough- 

 keepsie, N. Y., crossing 

 the Delaware with the 

 Diana. From the many 

 premiums awarded to this 

 grape, from the favorable 

 reports by all who have 

 seen or tested it for wine, 

 it might claim to be a 

 first-class grape. It labors 

 under the disadvantage of 

 having been represented 

 as the climax of perfec- 

 tion by its originator, who 

 honestly believed all he 

 claimed for his seedling, 

 and had distributed the 

 same with great liberality 

 and disinterestedness. The 

 opinions on its true merits 

 and adaptability for gen- 

 eral cultivation widely dif- 

 fer according to localities. In those where vines 

 are much subject to mildew, the Walter cannot 

 flourish, it drops its foliage, and is far from 

 desirable; but in favorable localities, especially 

 ichere the Delaware succeeds well, there the Walter 

 also proves a fair grower and a good bearer. 



An eminent viticulturist of New York wrote us 

 this year (1894) : ''The Walter chances to be one 

 of my most reliable croppers; and certainly no 

 grape excels it in aroma and flavor.'" But such 

 grapes are rarely the most reliable ! 



In general appearance the characters of both 

 parents, the Diana and Delaware, are discernible. 

 The bunch and berr;/ are in shape and color simi- 

 lar to Delaware. The illustration was made after 



THE WALTER fGRAPE. 



a perfect bunch, exhibited by the originator, (re- 

 duced in size). Flesh tender, rich and sweet, with 

 an agreeable spicy flavor, strongly reminding one 

 of the Diana. The fruit is possessed of a most 

 exquisite and delicate aroma, and a bouquet 

 equaled by few other American grapes. Quality 

 best, both for table and for wine. Ripens early, 

 about the same time as Delaware. Vine, in mod- 

 erately rich sandy soil, where free from mildew, 

 a very fair grower, with dark-brown short-jointed 

 wood ; large tough leaves, green on the upper 

 and lower surface, not perceiitibly woolly. Must 

 about 100°; acid 5 to 8 per mill. 



Seedlings of Walter, produced by the late A. J. 

 Caywood, are -'MabeV and ^'Pokeepsie Bed,"' q. v. 



