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are loose, but the berries are well-formed, of uniform size and an 

 attractive dark red color. The flesh is firm, fine-grained, juicy, 

 tender with a peculiarly rich aromatic flavor. The skin is 

 thick and tough but is not objectionable in fruit fully ripe. 

 The fruit keeps and ships well, and the berries neither crack 

 nor shatter. The vine is vigorous, hardy for a Vinifera 

 hybrid, healthy but, as with most of its kind, susceptible to 

 mildew. The chief defects of Lindley are self-sterility, preca- 

 riousness in bearing and lack of adaptation to many soils. 

 Lindley is a general favorite in the garden. In 1869 Rogers 

 gave this grape its name in honor of John Lindley, the English 

 botanist. 



Vine vigorous, usually hardy, susceptible to mildew. Canes very 

 long, dark reddish-brown with thin bloom ; nodes enlarged, usually 

 flattened ; internodes long, thick ; tendrils continuous, long, bifid or 

 trifid. Leaves large, thick ; upper surface light green, dull, slightly 

 rugose ; lower surface grayish-white, pubescent ; obscurely three-lobed 

 with terminus acute ; petiolar sinus deep, narrow, often closed and 

 overlapping ; teeth shallow. Flowers self -sterile, open in mid-season ; 

 stamens reflexed. 



Fruit mid-season, keeps and ships well. Clusters long, broad, 

 cylindrical, frequently single-shouldered, the shoulder being connected 

 to the bunch by a long stem, loose ; pedicel short, slender, smooth ; 

 brush short, pale green. Berries large, round-oval, dark-red with 

 faint bloom ; skin tough, adherent, unpigmented, strongly astringent ; 

 flesh pale green, translucent, juicy, fine-grained, tender, vinous; 

 good to best. Seeds adherent, two to five, notched, brown. 



LUCILE 



(Labrusca) 



In vigor, health, hardiness and productiveness, Lucile (Plate 

 XXII) is not surpassed by any native gra*pe. Unfortunately, 

 the fruit characters are not so desirable. The size, form and 

 color of bunches and berries are good, making a very attractive 

 fruit, but the grapes have an obnoxious, foxy taste and odor and 

 are pulpy and seedy. Lucile is earlier than Concord, the crop 



