DESCRIPTION OF VARIETPES. 63 
Lenoir. (#st.) 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- 
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. Roots 
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 a 
tawba, this will be an acquisition.”—Husma 
We would recommend it as a table grape as: 
ogan. (Labr.) A wildingof Ohio. On itsintro- 
a, sapposed te be a great acquisition, and recom- 
mended by the Am. Pomological Society, as promising 
well; but it oe sadly failed to meet public expectation 
3 berrie 
ee ey in flavor; vine a slender grower, 
d productive. 
Louisiana. Introduced here by that em- 
inent pionéer of Western grape culture, Fred. 
Miinch, 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 = on years 
yielded abundant and luscious f Mr. 
Miinch firmly believes that it pe of ae 
origin, and belongs to the Burgundy family. 
Mr. Fr. Hecker is just as positive that it is Eu- 
| than 
ropean, but deems it nothing else but the Clav- 
Duchy of Baden. 
hand, holds that it is a true native American, 
belonging to the southern division of the sti- 
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, an 
making a very fine wine. 
The great vigor of its luxuriant, branching 
roots, well resisting Phylloxera, besides other 
ee make us belieye—the assertions 
of eard to the contrary notwithstanding 
athiay fia Louisiana and Rulander are natives, 
of the Austivalis species 
Bunch medium size, “shouldered, compact, 
very fine; berry small, round, black; flesh with- 
out pulp, juicy, sweet and vinous; oadiey 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 Miinch 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.” 
Lydia. 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 
the Delaware. 
Lyman. (Cord.). Origin unknown. A perp 
variety, said to have been brought from 
wards of 
fifty years ago. Hardy an scmeckiehine 
