VARIETIES OF GRAPES 381 



HAYES 



(Labrusca, Vinifera) 



In 1880, the Massachusetts Horticultural Society awarded 

 a certificate of merit to Hayes for high quality in fruit. This 

 brought it prominently before grape-growers and for a time 

 it was popular, but when better known several defects became 

 apparent. The vine is hardy and vigorous, but the growth is 

 slow and the variety is a shy bearer. Both bunches and berries 

 are small, and the crop ripens at a time, a week or ten days 

 earlier than Concord, when there are many other good green 

 grapes. Excellent though it is in quality, the variety is hardly 

 worth a place in any vineyard. John B. Moore, Concord, 

 Massachusetts, is the originator of Hayes. It is a seedling of 

 Concord out of the same lot of seedlings as Moore Early. It 

 was first fruited in 1872. 



Vine variable in vigor and productiveness, hardy and healthy. 

 Canes numerous, slender ; nodes enlarged, flattened ; internodes short ; 

 tendrils intermittent, bind or trifid. Leaves uniform in size ; upper 

 surface dark green ; lower surface pubescent ; lobes one to three ; 

 teeth shallow, small. Flowers almost self-sterile, open medium late ; 

 stamens upright. 



Fruit early, keeps well. Clusters variable in size and length, 

 often single-shouldered ; pedicel long, slender ; brush small, pale 

 green. Berries medium in size, round, greenish-yellow, covered with 

 thin bloom, persistent ; skin thin, tender with a few small reddish- 

 brown dots ; flesh fine-grained, tender, vinous, sweet at the skin, 

 agreeably tart at center, mild ; good. Seeds few, of average size, 

 short, plump, brown. 



HEADLIGHT 



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(Vinifera, Labrusca, Bourquiniana) 



Headlight is more desirable for southern than for northern 

 vineyards, yet it is worthy of trial in the North. Its meritorious 

 characters are : productiveness, outyielding Delaware, with 



