DESCRIPTION OF VARIETIES. 





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Lienoir. (^E7s.) A southern grape of the 

 Herbemont class, from Lenoir Co., N. C, 

 Bunch medium, compact, shouldered; berries 

 small, round, dark-bluish purple, nearly black, 

 covered with light bloom ; flesh tender, no pulp, 

 juicy, sweet and vinous. A good variety South, 

 but too tender and too late in ripening for the 

 North. In favorable localities it will be found 

 desirable for wine and table; vine a fine grower, 

 but a tardy bearer ; foliage deeply lobed ; roots 

 tough, resisting Phylloxera, and said to succeed 

 and please in France. (See " Ohio.") 



Lindley. (Rogers' No. 9.) This grape 

 originated by hybridizing the wild Mammoth 

 grape of New England with the Golden Chasse- 

 las. Bunch long, medium, shouldered, some- 

 what loose; berries medium to large, round; 

 color quite peculiar, and distinct from any 

 other variety, rather more of a brick red than 

 Catawba color; flesh tender, sweet, with scarce- 

 ly a trace of pulp, and of high aromatic flavor. 

 It resembles the Grizzly Frontignan in appear- 

 ance of bunch, and is by some regarded as 

 fully equal to the Delaware in quality. Hoots 

 long and straight, with a smooth liber of me- 

 dium firmness ; canes slender for their length, 

 with few laterals and large, prominent buds; 

 vine of very vigorous growth, making rather 

 long-jointed wood, medium in hardness and 

 size of pith. The foliage when young is of a 

 reddish color ; the fruit ripens early, and drops 

 from the bunch ; it makes a splendid white wine. 

 Specific gravity of must 80. 



"To those desiring a substitute for the Ca- 

 tawba, this will be an acquisition." Husmann. 

 We would recommend it as a table grape only. 



Logan. (Lair.) A wilding of Ohio. On its intro- 

 duction, supposed to be a great acquisition, and recom- 

 mended by the Am. Pomological Society, as promising 

 well; but it has sadly failed to meet public expectation, 

 and is now more generally discarded than the Isabella, 

 to which it was deemed preferable. Bunches medium, 

 shouldered, compact; lerries large, oval, black; flesh 

 juicy, pulpy, insipid in flavor; vine a slender grower, 

 early and productive. 



Louisiana. Introduced here by that em- 

 inent pioneer of Western grape culture, Fred. 

 Munch, of Missouri. He received it from Mr. 

 Theard, of New Orleans, who asserts that it 

 was imported from France by his father, and 

 planted on the banks of Pontchartrain, near 

 New Orleans, where it has for thirty years 

 yielded abundant and luscious fruit. Mr. 

 Munch firmly believes that it is of European 

 origin, and belongs to the Burgundy family. 

 Mr. Fr. Hecker is just as positive that it is Eu- 



ropean, but deems it nothing else but the Clav 

 ner grape of his native country the Grand 

 Duchy of Baden. Mr. Husmann, on the other 

 hand, holds that it is a true native American, 

 belonging to the southern division of the -ZEsti- 

 valis class, of which the Herbemont and Cunn- 

 ingham may serve as types. All agree, how- 

 ever, that it is a most valuable variety, very 

 productive, yielding a most delicious fruit, and 

 making a very fine wine. 



The great vigor of its luxuriant, branching 

 roots, well resisting Phylloxera, besides other 

 characteristics, make us believe the assertions 

 of Mr. Theard to the contrary notwithstanding 

 that the Louisiana and Rulander are natives, 

 of the -ZEstivalis species. 



Bunch medium size, shouldered, compact, 

 very fine ; berry small, round, black; flesh with- 

 out pulp, juicy, sweet and vinous; quality best. 

 Vine a very good grower, very healthy and 

 more or less productive, according to position 

 and treatment; requires winter protection. 

 Roots wiry and very tough, with a hard liber; 

 canes very stout, of moderate length, short 

 jointed, and few, large laterals; wood very 

 hard, with a small pith, and firm outer bark. 



The Louisiana and Rulander (or rather, what 

 we call here Rulander,) so closely resemble each 

 other in general appearance, growth and foli- 

 age, that we are unable to distinguish them, ex- 

 cept by their fruit, which ripens in both varie- 

 ties at the same time (rather late) . Both are un- 

 doubtedly nearly related to each other; but 

 there is a difference in the juice the wine of 

 these two varieties. Louisiana makes, in our 

 estimation, the better wine of the two, in fact 

 the finest white wine, of Hock character, that 

 we have. Our friend Munch has succeeded in 

 raising some seedlings of the Louisiana, which 

 are hardy, requiring no covering in winter, and 

 promise to be very valuable. See "Humboldt," 

 " Schiller," "Uhland." 



JLydia. Originated by Mr. Carpenter, of 

 Kelley's Island, Lake Erie. Supposed to be an 

 Isabella seedling. Bunches short, compact; 

 berries large, oval, light green, with salmon tint 

 where exposed to the sun; skin thick; pulp 

 tender, sweet, of fine flavor, slightly vinous. In 

 habit of growth, the vine is not unlike the Isa- 

 bella, but is much less productive. A handsome 

 grape, of good quality, but rots and mildews in 

 unfavorable seasons; ripens a few days later 

 than the Delaware. 



layman. (Cord.). Origin unknown. A northern 

 variety, said to have been brought from Quebec up- 

 wards of fifty years ago. Hardy and productive. 



