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nodes short ; tendrils continuous or intermittent, bifid or trifid. 

 Leaves small ; upper surface dark green, glossy, often rugose ; lower 

 surface pale green, very pubescent ; lobes three ; petiolar sinus narrow ; 

 teeth shallow, narrow. Flowers self -fertile, open in mid-season ; 

 stamens upright. 



Fruit very early. Clusters small, slender, tapering, usually single- 

 shouldered. Berries small, round, light green, often tinged with yellow, 

 covered with thin bloom, persistent, soft ; skin thin, adherent, faintly 

 astringent; flesh pale green, transparent, juicy, tender, soft, sprightly, 

 sweet; good. Seeds 'adherent, medium to broad, notched, brown. 



JEWEL 



(Labrusca, Bourquiniana, Vinifera) 



The notable characters of Jewel are earliness and high quality 

 in fruit ; although, as compared with Delaware, its parent, the 

 vine is vigorous, healthy and hardy. In form and size of bunch 

 and berry, Jewel closely resembles Delaware, but the grapes 

 are deep black in color. The flesh characters and flavor of the 

 fruit are much like those of Delaware, the pulp being tender 

 yet firm, and the flavor having the same rich, sprightly, vinous 

 taste found in the parent. The seeds are few and small. The 

 skin is thin but tough, and the grapes ship well, keep long, do 

 not shell, and although early, hang until frost. Jewel is a 

 most excellent grape, worthy the place among black grapes that 

 Delaware has among red varieties. In particular, it is recom- 

 mended for earliness and for localities in the North where 

 standard varieties do not ripen. John Burr, Leaven worth, 

 Kansas, grew Jewel from seed of Delaware planted about 1874. 



Vine vigorous, healthy, hardy, productive. Canes slender, light 

 reddish-brown ; nodes enlarged, flattened ; internodes short ; tendrils 

 continuous, bifid. Leaves scant, thick ; upfcer surface light green, 

 dull, rugose ; lower surface tinged with bronze, heavily pubescent ; 

 lobes three when present with terminus acute ; petiolar sinus narrow ; 

 basal sinus usually lacking ; lateral sinus shallow, wide ; teeth shallow. 

 Flowers self -sterile, open in mid-season ; stamens reflexed. 



Fruit early. Clusters small, slender, cylindrical, single-shouldered, 

 compact ; pedicel short, slender ; brush short, wine-colored. Berries 



