78 Brant. 



BUBHBERG CATALOGUE. 



Brighton. 



BRIGHTON. 



.young. But the form of leaves is very varia- 

 ble, and 110 reliable distinctive character can be 

 made of them ;" a more reliable characteristic 

 is their color : that of the Brant is of a deeper 

 green with a reddish tinge, while that of the 

 Canada is a lighter green with a whitish tinge ; 

 and so are the tendrils of the latter of a paler 

 green and only two-forked, while those of the 

 Brant are darker, longer, and often doubly bi- 

 forked. The Brant has long-jointed red-wood ; 

 the Canada's wood is rather short jointed, of 

 less vigorous growth, green, brownish towards 

 the sun. The bunches of the Canada are usu- 



ally shorter and more compact ; those of the 

 Brant are not loose either, but not so very com- 

 pact as to flatten the berries. The seeds of the 

 Brant are very small, and rarely more than 

 two in a berry. Both ripen very early, and 

 give a wine of excellent quality and of very 

 handsome red color. 



Brighton. (Labr.X)- This handsome and 

 fine grape, raised by Jacob Moore, of Brighton, 

 N. York, is a cross of the Concord and Diana- 

 Hamburg. Vine hardy, a rapid and vigorous 

 grower, with medium to long-jointed shoots, 

 which ripen early ; leaves large, thick, dark 



