440 MANUAL OF AMERICAN GRAPE-GROWING 



TRIUMPH 



(Labrusca, Vinifera) 



When quality, color, shape and size of bunch and berry are 

 considered, Triumph (Plate XXVIII) is one of the finest 

 dessert grapes of America. At its best, it is a magnificent bunch 

 of golden grapes of highest quality, esteemed even in southern 

 Europe where it must compete with the best of the Viniferas. 

 In America, however, its commercial importance is curtailed by 

 the fact that the fruit requires a long season for proper develop- 

 ment. Triumph has, in general, the vine characters of the 

 Labrusca parent, Concord, especially its habit of growth, vigor, 

 productiveness and foliage characters, falling short in hardiness, 

 resistance to fungal diseases and earliness of fruit, the fruit 

 maturing with or a little later than Catawba. While the vine 

 characters of Triumph are those of Labrusca, there is scarcely a 

 suggestion of the coarseness, or of the foxy odor and taste of 

 Labrusca, and the objectionable seeds, pulp and skin of the 

 native grape give way to the far less objectionable structures of 

 Vinifera. The flesh is tender and melting and the flavor rich, 

 sweet, vinous, pure and delicate. The skins of the berries under 

 unfavorable conditions crack badly, the variety, therefore, 

 neither shipping nor keeping well. Triumph was grown soon 

 after the Civil War by George W. Campbell, Delaware, Ohio, 

 from seed of Concord fertilized by Chassalas Musque. 



Vine vigorous. Canes long, dark brown with much bloom ; nodes 

 enlarged ; tendrils intermittent, long, trifid, sometimes bifid. Leaves 

 large ; upper surface light green, dull, rugose ; lower surface grayish- 

 white, pubescent ; leaf usually not lobed with terminus obtuse ; petiolar 

 sinus deep, narrow, often closed and overlapping ; basal sinus absent ; 

 lateral sinus shallow and narrow when present ; teeth deep, wide. 

 Flowers self -fertile, late ; stamens upright. 



Fruit very late. Clusters very large, long, broad, cylindrical, 

 sometimes single-shouldered, compact ; pedicel slender, smooth ; brush 

 short, yellowish-green. Berries medium in size, oval, golden yellow, 

 glossy with heavy bloom, persistent, firm ; skin thin, inclined to crack, 



