VARIETIES OF GRAPES 439 



it can be grown in home plantations in favored parts of eastern 

 America where the season is long and warm. The following 

 description is compiled from Calif ornian viticulturists : 



Vine very vigorous, very productive ; trunk large with very long 

 canes. Leaves glabrous on both sides, dark yellow-green above, 

 light below; generally three-lobed, with shallow sinuses; teeth short 

 and obtuse. Bunch large, conico-cylindrical, well filled, with her- 

 baceous peduncles ; berries oval, beautiful golden-yellow color ; 

 skin moderately thick ; flesh of rather neutral flavor ; very good. 



TAYLOR 



(Vulpina, Labrusca) 

 Bullitt 



While it is from the species to w r hich Taylor belongs that we 

 must look for our hardiest vines, nevertheless this grape and its 

 offspring, although not tender to cold, do best in southern 

 regions, as they require a long warm summer to mature prop- 

 erly. The quality of the fruit of Taylor is fair to good, the 

 flavor being sweet, pure, delicate and spicy and the flesh tender 

 and juicy; but the bunches are small and the flowers are in- 

 fertile so that the berries do not set well, making very imperfect 

 and unsightly clusters. The skin is such, also, that it cracks 

 badly, a defect seemingly transmitted to many of the seedlings of 

 the variety. The vine is strong, healthy, hardy but not very 

 productive. The original vine of Taylor was a wild seedling 

 found in the early part of the last century on the Cumberland 

 Mountains near the Kentucky-Tennessee line by a Mr. Cobb. 



Vine vigorous to rank, healthy, hardy, variable in productiveness. 

 Leaves small, attractive in color, smooth. Flowers bloom early ; 

 stamens reflexed. 



Fruit ripens about two weeks before Isabella. Clusters small 

 to medium, shouldered, loose or moderately compact. Berries small 

 to medium, roundish, pale greenish-white, sometimes tinged with 

 amber ; skin very thin ; pulp sweet, spicy ; fair to good in quality. 



