Variety Tests of Grapes. 

Some of the newer varieties of grapes which have fruited in the 
Station vineyards are described below; comment is also made on 
a few older and better known grapes and references are given to 
the reports of varieties which have been noted in previous publica- 
tions of this Station. 
The botanical classification of a variety is indicated by an itali- 
cized abbreviation of the name of the species to which it belongs.* 
A hybrid is indicated by an “X” separating the names of the 
species of which it is the offspring; thus, win. X Lab. indicates a 
hybrid of vinifera fertilized by Labrusca. When it is known to 
- which of the two species the female parent belongs, this parent 
is named ‘first. 
When a hybrid is more closely related to one species than to 
any other this relationship is indicated by an “X” following 
the name of the species to which it is most closely related; thus, 
“ Tab. X” shows that the hybrid is most closely related tothe Zab- 
PUSCa Species. 
The names of the species represented in a hybrid are also 
frequently given in parentheses following the name of the hybrid; 
thus, Bailey, (Zab., Lin. vulp.) indicates that the three species 
named are represented in the parentage of this variety; Brighton, 
Lab. X (Lab., Vin.) indicates that Brighton is a hybrid of Zab- 
rusca and vinifera, with more of Labrusca than of vinifera — 
blood. . 
Synonyms are printed in italics and inclosed in parentheses. 
Adirondack. Zab.—This is an amateur grape only, said to have 
originated at Port Henry, Essex county, N. Y. Our vines are 
*The following abbreviations are used, viz.: Lab. for Labrusca, L. the wild Fox grape; y 
vulp. for vulpina, L. (riparia, of Mx.), the wild grape of the river banks; cand. for candicans_ 
Engel., the Mustang grape of Texas; cst. for wstivalis, Mx., the wild Summer grape; vin. for 
vinifera, L., the cultivated grape of Europe; Lin. for Lincecumii, Buck., the Post-oak grape of 
Texas; Bourg. for Bourquiniana, Mun., and rup. for rupestris, Scheele, the Rock or Sand 
grape of Western Mississippi Valley and Texas. 

