238 REPORT ON THE No. 33 



JANESVILLB. 



Valuable only in the colder sections. 



ORIGIN: Hartford x Clinton. 



VIXF:: hardy; vigorous; productive. 



BUNCH: medium; short; compact; shouldered. 



BERRY: size, medium; black; skin, thick; slight blue bloom. 



FLESH: pulpy; color, greenish; flavor, vinous. 



QUALITY: dessert, poor. 



VALUE: market, second class. 



.SEASON: early. 



JESSICA. 



An excellent dessert grape for the amateur's garden. 



ORIGIN: Canada; a seedling raised by W. H. Read, of Port Dalhousie, introduced 

 l>y Mr. D. W. Beadle, of St. Catharines, and first described in the Canadian Horticul- 

 turist for 'February, 1884. 



VINE: fairly vigorous, hardy and healthy. 



BUNCH, shouldered, compact. 



BERRY: medium; color, yellowish green to white; skin, thin; pulp, tender, juicy; 

 flavor, sprightly, aromatic, sweet and very agreeable, free from foxiness. 



QUALITY: very good for dessert. 



VALUE: market, too small; home uses very good. 



SEASON: early. 



ADAPTATION: general. 



LADY. 



A fine early sweet grape for the home garden; not desirable for the commercial 

 vineyard. 



ORIGIN : a pure Concord seedling, introduced by G. W. Campbell, of Ohio, in 1874. 



VINE: fairly vigorous; slender; healthy; fairly productive. 



BUNCH: medium in size; oblong; slightly shouldered. 



BERRY: medium to large; round; greenish yellow, with white thin bloom. 



FLESH: pulp, tender, juicy; flavor, vinous, sweet, slightly aromatic. 



QUALITY: dessert, good. 



VALUE: market, second class. 



SEASON: early to medium. 



LINDLEY. (Rogers' 9.) 



A favorite red grape for both domestic and commercial purposes. Of late, however, 

 the vine has been somewhat disappointing in productiveness. 



ORIGIN: Massachusetts, by E. S. Rogers; hybrid, between Wild Mammoth grape of 

 United States and Golden Chasselas. 



VINE: vigorous; healthy, fairly productive. 



BUNCH: medium in size; rather long; shouldered; loose. 



BERRY: medium to large; color, almost brick red. 



FLESH: tender, separating freely from seeds; flavor, sweet, rich, aromatic. 



QUALITY: very good for domestic or commercial purposes. 



VALUE: market, first class. 



SEASON: a few days in advance of Concord. Keeps easily until January. 



