LENOIR. (Sy 
en | r than Concord ; in sizeof clus- 
ter, cathe mnall: In quality it is better flavored 
and more delicate than C Concord. In color, — 
greenish-yellow, covered with white bloo 
Seeds few and small; skin thin; pulp ‘asda: : 
flavor sweet and rich, slightly vinous, and the 
foxy aroma ofits class considerably chastened 
down. —— very early in ripening, it is 
late in starting its buds in spring, and thereby 
escapes ap evil effects of late spring frosts. 
DESCRIPTION OF VARIETIES. 
yn., Black-Spanish, Jacques, etc.) 
or Jacques. 115 
Lenoir. Syn., BLACK 
SPANISH, En 
overloaded vines the bunch- 
es are loose and not shonul- 
ered ; berries small, round, 
jam some an 
ame of JACQUEZ or 
Tac ques, were age to eiseomins 
bones ‘ d evas tate the 
vineyards of south’n France, 
these few Jacques vines con- 
deep rich color, pleased very 
much the French vignerons. 
Butin vain did they apply 
to American grape-growers 
and nurseries for vines of 0s variety. Berck- 
mans nent stated ( in 1871 — he I _ — 
country. No one bias knew that the Lenoir 
and the Black Spanish, cultivated in Texas, 
were identical with the Jacques. 
After considerable research for this variety, 
WE found that G. Onderdonk, describing in his 
Catalogue the Lenoir, made the following re- 
