448 MANUAL OF AMERICAN GRAPE-GROWING 



WYOMING 



(Labrusca) 

 Hopkins Early Red, Wilmington Red, Wyoming Red 



Such value as Wyoming (Plate XXXII) possesses lies in the 

 hardiness, productiveness and healthiness of the vine. The ap- 

 pearance of the fruit is very good, the bunches are well formed 

 and composed of rich amber-colored berries of medium size. 

 The quality, however, is poor, being that of the wild Labrusca 

 in foxiness of flavor and in flesh characters. It is not nearly as 

 valuable as some other of the red Labruscas hitherto described 

 and can hardly be recommended either for the garden or the 

 vineyard. Wyoming was introduced by S. J. Parker of Ithaca, 

 New York, who states that it came from Pennsylvania in 1861. 



Vine vigorous, hardy, healthy, productive. Canes numerous, 

 slender, dark reddish-brown covered with blue bloom ; nodes enlarged, 

 frequently flattened; tendrils continuous, short, bifid. Leaves of 

 average size and thickness ; upper surface light green, dull, smooth ; 

 lower surface dull green with tinge of bronze, pubescent ; lobes one to 

 three with terminus acute ; petiolar sinus shallow, wide ; basal sinus 

 usually wanting ; lateral sinus shallow and wide when present ; teeth 

 shallow. Flowers sterile, mid-season ; stamens reflexed. 



Fruit early, keeps well. Clusters slender, cylindrical, compact; 

 pedicel short, slender with small warts ; brush slender, pale green 

 with brown tinge. Berries medium, round, rich amber red with thin 

 bloom, persistent, firm; skin tender, adherent, astringent; flesh pale 

 green, translucent, juicy, tough, solid, strongly foxy, vinous ; poor in 

 quality. Seeds adherent, one to three, slightly notched, light brown. 



