VARIETIES OF GRAPES 335 



Vine very vigorous, hardy, healthy, productive. Canes numerous, 

 dark brown with bloom at the nodes which are enlarged and flattened ; 

 tendrils bifid. Leaves small ; upper surface dark green, glossy, 

 smooth ; lower surface dull green, smooth ; lobes three, terminal one 

 acuminate; petiolar sinus shallow, narrow, sometimes overlapping; 

 basal sinus lacking ; lateral sinus shallow, wide. Flowers open early, 

 self-sterile ; stamens upright. 



Fruit late, keeps well, hangs long. Clusters small, slender, uniform, 

 cylindrical, single-shouldered, compact ; pedicel short, slender with a 

 few small warts; brush short, wine-colored. Berries small, round, 

 black, glossy, covered with thin bloom, hang well to pedicels, firm ; 

 skin thin, adherent, contains much wine-colored pigment, slightly 

 astringent ; flesh dark green, translucent, fine-grained, tough, vinous, 

 spicy ; fair quality. Seeds clinging, one to four, many abortive, large, 

 short and wide, plump, sharply pointed, brown. 



BAKATOR 



(Vinifera) 



This is a Hungarian wine grape but its high quality and early 

 season make it a desirable table-grape in the East. It seems to 

 be grown but little on the Pacific slope. The following descrip- 

 tion is made from fruit grown at Geneva, New York : 



Vine medium in vigor, productive. Young leaves tinged red at 

 edges, upper surface glossy ; mature leaves large, round, upper surface 

 dull, lower surface downy ; lobes five, terminal lobe acuminate ; basal 

 sinus deep, medium to narrow, closed to overlapping ; lower lateral 

 sinus deep, variable in width; upper lateral sinus deep, usually nar- 

 rows; margins dentate, teeth shallow to medium deep. Flowers 

 appear late ; stamens reflexed. 



Fruit ripens at Geneva the first or second week in October and 

 keeps well in storage ; clusters above medium in size, medium in 

 length, broad, frequently double-shouldered, tapering, medium to loose ; 

 berries medium to small, oval, light red becoming dark when fully 

 ripe, with thick bloom ; skin thin, tender, adherent to the pulp ; flesh 

 greenish, juicy, tender, melting, vinous, sweet ; quality very good. 



BARRY 



(Labrusca, Vinifera) 



Barry (Plate VII) is one of the best American black grapes, 

 resembling in berry and in flavor and keeping quality of fruit its 



