88 Cunningham. 



BUSHBERG CATALOGUE. 



Cynthiana. 



THE CUNNINGHAM GRAPE. 



thickness, inclined to be wiry, straight, tough, 

 with a smooth, hard liber. The Cunningham 

 is one of the best resistants to the Phylloxera. 

 Canes not numerous, but very stout and vigor- 

 ous, often attaining a length of 30 or 40 feet 

 in one season ; wood hard with a medium 

 sized pith, and a hard, thick outer bark adher- 

 ing closely even on the ripe wood, a character- 

 istic common to all the ^Estivalis class. Ripens 

 its fruit very late, and makes one of the most 



aromatic and delightful wine?, of dark yellow 

 color. Must 95 to 112. 



Cynthiana. Syn., RED RIVER, ARKANSAS. 

 (^Est.) Received by Husmann, in 1858, from 

 William R. Prince, Flushing, Long Island, 

 N. Y. Origin, Arkansas, where it was proba- 

 bly found growing wild. It is a true ^Estivalis 

 in all its habits, and resembles Norton's Vir- 

 ginia so closely that it is impossible to distin- 

 guish the wood or leaf, although the bunch is 



