Diana. 



DESCRIPTION OF VARIETIES. 



Dunlap. 93 



Diana. (Labr.) A seedling of 

 Catawba, raised by Mrs. Diana 

 Crehore (who still lives, at the 

 age of 87!), Milton, Mass.; first 

 exhibited in 1843, before the Mas- 

 sachusetts Horticultural Socie- 

 ty. Fuller j ustly remarks : 



"There is probably no one va- 

 riety of grape in cultivation in 

 regard to which there is a greater 

 diversity of opinion, and its vari- 

 ableness fully warrants all that 

 is said about it. In one section 

 it is really excellent, while in 

 another, perhaps near by it, it is 

 entirely worthless. This differ- 

 ence is often observable in the 

 same garden, and from no ap- 

 parent cause." 



The Diana seems to do best in 

 warm, rather dry and poor soil ; 

 gravelly clay or sandy loam 

 seems best suited to its wants. 

 Is reported to do remarkably 

 well in Georgia. Bunches me- 

 dium, very compact, occasional- 

 ly shouldered ; berries medium 

 size, round, pale red, covered 

 with a thin lilac bloom; flesh 

 tender, with some pulp, sweet, 

 juicy, with a musk flavor that 

 is very strong until the fruit is 

 fully ripe, and then often offen- 

 sive to some tastes. Colors its 

 fruit early, but does not really 

 mature much earlier than the 

 Catawba. Vine a vigorous grow- 

 er, requiring much room and 

 long pruning, and increases in 

 productiveness and good quality 

 as the vines get age ; roots few, 

 but long and thick, soft in tex- 

 ture, and with a thick liber; 



canes heavy and long, with few~laterars, alid 

 a very large pith. It is not as productive, 

 nor quite as large in bunch and berry, as its 

 parent, but some think it superior in quality ; 

 unfortunately it is just as frequently suffering 

 from mildew and rot as the Catawba. Its 

 berries hold well, and its thick skin enables it 

 to withstand changes of temperature better ; 

 hence the Diana improves by being left upon 

 the vine until after pretty severe frost. As a 

 variety for packing and keeping, it has no su- 

 perior. Eastern grape-growers claim it to 

 be valuable also for wine. Must 88-90; 

 acid 12. 



DIANA. 



Dracnt Amber. (Labr.} Originated by J. W. 

 Manning, Dracut, Mass. Vine very vigorous. 

 Regarded by us as but a slightly improved 

 wild Fox grape; very early and productive. 

 Bunch large and long, compact, often shoul- 

 dered ; berries large, round ; skin thick, of pale 

 red color, pulpy and foxy ; too foxy for our 

 taste, and should be discarded, when so many 

 better varieties can be grown. Yet some new 

 varieties, quite similar, and but very little, if 

 any better, are continually introduced. (See 

 Wyoming Red.) 



Dunlap. One of Rickett's Hybrids, a fine red 

 grape. Not disseminated. 



