VARIETIES OF GRAPES 379 



cluster and berry are large and uniform, which, with the attrac- 

 tive color of the berries, make it a most handsome fruit. The 

 flavor, however, is not at all pleasing, being an unusual commin- 

 gling of sweetness arid acidity very disagreeable to most palates. 

 The quality of the fruit condemns it for table use, although it is 

 said to make a very good white wine. Nicholas Grein, Her- 

 mann, Missouri, first grew Grein Golden about 1875. 



Vine vigorous, hardy, productive. Canes long, numerous, slender, 

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

 drils intermittent, trifid or bifid. Leaves large, thick ; upper surface 

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

 lobes lacking or one to three with terminus acute ; petiolar sinus deep, 

 narrow ; basal sinus usually lacking ; lateral sinus shallow, wide, 

 obscure ; teeth deep. Flowers self-sterile, open in mid-season ; 

 stamens reflexed. 



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

 often heavily single-shouldered, loose ; pedicel with a few incon- 

 spicuous warts ; brush slender, pale green. Berries uniform in size, 

 large, round, golden yellow, glossy with thin bloom, persistent ; skin 

 very thin, tender ; flesh green, translucent, very juicy, tender, vinous ; 

 good. Seeds free, one to four, broad, plump, light brown. 



COLMAN 

 (Vinifera) 



Dodrelabi 



Gros Colman has the reputation of being the handsomest 

 black table-grape grown. It is one of the favorite hot-house 

 grapes in England and eastern America and is commonly grown 

 out of doors in California. The variety is remarkable for hav- 

 ing the largest berries of any round grape, borne in immense 

 bunches, and for the long-keeping qualities, although the tender 

 skins sometimes crack. The following description is compiled : 



Vine vigorous, healthy and productive ; wood dark brown. Leaves 

 very large, round, thick, but slightly lobed ; teeth short and blunt ; 



