VARIETIES OF GRAPES 441 



adherent, without pigment, slightly astringent ; flesh light green, 

 translucent, juicy, fine-grained, tender, vinous ; good to very good. 

 Seeds free, one to five, small, brown. 



ULSTER 

 (Labrusca, Vinifera) 



The vines of Ulster set too much fruit in spite of efforts to 

 control the crop by pruning; two undesirable results follow, 

 the bunches are small and the vines, lacking vigor at best, fail 

 to recover from the overfruitfulness. These defects keep the 

 variety from becoming of importance commercially or even a 

 favorite as a garden grape. The quality of the fruit is very 

 good, being much like that of Catawba, and under favorable 

 conditions it is an attractive green with a red tinge. The 

 fruit keeps well when the variety is grown under conditions 

 suited to it. Ulster originated with A. J. Caywood, Marlboro, 

 New York, and was introduced by him about 1885. Its 

 parents are said to be Catawba pollinated by a wild ^Esti- 

 valis. Both vine and fruit show traces of Labrusca and 

 Vinifera, but the ^Estivalis characters, if present, are not 

 apparent. 



Vine hardy, productive, overbears. Canes short, slender, dark 

 brown, surface roughened and covered with faint pubescence ; nodes 

 enlarged and flattened ; internodes short ; tendrils intermittent, bifid, 

 dehisce early. Leaves small, thick; upper surface light green, glossy, 

 smooth ; lower surface grayish-white, pubescent ; leaf usually not lobed 

 with terminus acute ; petiolar sinus medium to wide ; basal sinus 

 absent ; lateral sinus a notch when present ; teeth shallow, wide. 

 Flowers self -fertile, early ; stamens upright. 



Fruit late mid-season. Clusters long, -cylindrical, often single- 

 shouldered, compact ; pedicel slender, with numerous warts ; brush 

 short, yellowish-green. Berries medium in size, round, dark dull red 

 with thin bloom, persistent ; skin thick, tough, adherent, astringent ; 

 flesh pale green, translucent, juicy, tender, fine-grained, faintly aro- 

 matic, slightly foxy ; good to very good. Seeds free, one to six, 

 medium in size, plump, brown. 



