VARIETIES OF GRAPES 341 



mediate in depth and width ; lateral sinus shallow ; teeth narrow. 

 Flowers open late, self-sterile ; stamens reflexed. 



Fruit mid-season. Clusters large, long, broad, tapering, heavily 

 shouldered, loose ; pedicel thick ; brush pale green with brown tinge, 

 thick, short. Berries irregular, large, oval, light red, glossy with heavy 

 bloom, persistent, soft; skin thick, tender, adherent, astringent; 

 flesh green, transparent, tender, stringy, melting, aromatic, vinous, 

 sweet ; very good. Seeds free, one to five, broad, light brown. 



BRILLIANT 



(Labrusca, Vinifera, Bourquiniana) 



Brilliant is a cross between Lindley and Delaware. In 

 cluster and size of berry it resembles Lindley; in color and 

 quality of fruit it is about the same as Delaware, differing chiefly 

 in having more astringency in the skin. Its season is about 

 with Delaware. The grapes do not crack or shell, therefore 

 ship well, and have very good keeping qualities, especially 

 on the vine where they often hang for weeks. The vine is 

 vigorous and hardy. The defects which have kept Brilliant 

 from becoming one of the standard commercial sorts are: 

 marked susceptibility to fungi, variability in size of cluster, 

 unevenness in ripening and unproductiveness. In favorable 

 situations this variety pleases the amateur, and the commercial 

 grower often finds it profitable. The seed which produced 

 Brilliant was planted by T. V. Munson, Denison, Texas, in 

 1883 and the variety was introduced in 1887. 



Vine vigorous, hardy, rather unproductive. Canes long, numerous, 

 thick, dark brown ; nodes enlarged, flattened ; internodes long ; ten- 

 drils intermittent, long, bifid. Leaves large, thick; upper surface 

 dark green, dull, rugose ; lower surface gray-green, downy ; obscurely 

 three-lobed with terminal lobe acute ; petiolar sinus deep, narrow ; 

 basal and lateral sinuses obscure and shallow when present ; teeth 

 intermediate in depth and width. Flowers open late, self -fertile ; 

 stamens upright. 



Fruit early mid-season, keeps well. Clusters medium, blunt, 

 cylindrical, usually shouldered, compact ; pedicel short, thick with a 

 few small warts; brush short, thick, pale green with reddish tinge. 



