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ber of second-crop bunches which it produces on the laterals. 

 The following description is compiled : 



Vine very vigorous, productive ; canes spreading, few. Leaves me- 

 dium to small, very deeply five-lobed ; the younger leaves truncate at 

 base, giving them a semi-circular outline, with long, sharp teeth alter- 

 nating with very small ones ; glabrous, or nearly so, on both sides. 

 Bunches very large, short, shouldered, compact and rigid ; berries very 

 large, round, often misshapen from compression ; dull purple, lacking 

 color in the center of the bunch ; flesh firm, crisp, neutral in flavor, 

 lacking in richness ; quality rather low. Season late, keeping and 

 shipping well. 



BRIGHTON 



(Labrusca, Vinifera) 



Brighton (Plate VIII) is one of the few Labrusca- Vinifera 

 hybrids which have attained prominence in commercial vine- 

 yards. It ranks as one of the leading amateur grapes in east- 

 ern America and is among the ten or twelve chief commercial 

 sorts of this region. Its good points are : for the fruit, high 

 quality ; for the vine, vigorous growth, productiveness, adapta- 

 bility to various soils and ability to withstand fungi. Brighton 

 has two serious defects which keep it from taking higher rank 

 as a commercial variety : it deteriorates in quality very quickly 

 after maturity, so that it cannot be kept for more than a few 

 days at its best, hence cannot well be shipped to distant 

 markets ; and it is self-sterile to a more marked degree than 

 any other commonly-grown grape. Brighton is a seedling of 

 Diana Hamburg pollinated by Concord, raised by Jacob 

 Moore, Brighton, New York. The original vine fruited first 

 in 1870. 



Vine vigorous, hardy, productive, subject to mildew. Canes long, 

 numerous, light brown ; nodes enlarged, usually flattened ; internodes 

 long ; tendrils continuous, long, bifid. Leaves large, thick ; upper 

 surface dark green, dull, smooth ; lower surface pale green, pubescent ; 

 lobes three when present, terminal one acute; petiolar sinus inter- 



