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appearance and taste of berry, the variety resembles Black 

 Hamburg. The vine is usually vigorous and, considering its 

 parentage, is very hardy. The foliage is thick and luxuriant 

 but subject to mildew. Vigor of vine, beauty of foliage and 

 the quality of the fruit make the variety desirable for the 

 amateur. It needs a long-maturing season. August Giant 

 was grown by N. B. White, Norwood, Massachusetts, in 1861, 

 from seed of an early, large-berried, red Labrusca pollinated 

 by Black Hamburg. 



Vine very vigorous, hardy, subject to mildew. Canes long, nu- 

 merous, thick, dark brown ; nodes enlarged, flattened ; internodes 

 short ; tendrils continuous, long, bifid or trifid. Leaves large, thick ; 

 upper surface dark green, glossy, smooth ; lower surface pale green 

 or bronzed, pubescent ; lobes three, terminal one acute ; petiolar sinus 

 deep, narrow, frequently closed and overlapping ; lateral sinus shallow 

 or a notch ; teeth shallow, narrow. Flowers open in mid-season, 

 self -sterile ; stamens reflexed. 



Fruit mid-season, keeps well. Clusters of average size, short, broad, 

 irregularly tapering, single-shouldered, loose ; pedicel long, thick 

 with large warts ; brush short, thick, green or with brown tinge. 

 Berries large, oval, purplish-red or black, dull with thick bloom, firm ; 

 skin tough, adherent, astringent; flesh green, translucent, tough, 

 stringy; good. Seeds adherent, one to four, large, blunt, light 

 brown. 



BACCHUS 



(Vulpina, Labrusca) 



Bacchus is an offspring of Clinton which it resembles in vine 

 and leaf characters, but surpasses in quality of fruit and in 

 productiveness of vine. The special points of merit of the 

 variety are : resistance to cold, resistance to phylloxera, free- 

 dom from fungi and insects, productiveness, ease of multipli- 

 cation and capacity to bear grafts. Its limitations are : poor 

 quality for table use, inability to withstand dry soils or droughts, 

 and nonadaptability to soils containing much lime. The 

 variety originated with J. H. Ricketts, Newburgh, New York, 

 and was first exhibited by him in 1879. 



