are: poor quality for table use, inability to
withstand dry soils or droughts, and nonadaptability to soils
containing much lime. The variety originated with J. H. Ricketts,
Newburgh, New York, and was first exhibited by him in 1879.

Vine very vigorous, hardy, healthy, productive. Canes numerous,
dark brown with bloom at the nodes which are enlarged and
flattened; tendrils bifid. Leaves small; upper surface dark green,
glossy, smooth; lower surface dull green, smooth; lobes three,
terminal one acuminate; petiolar sinus shallow, narrow, sometimes
overlapping; basal sinus lacking; lateral sinus shallow, wide.
Flowers open early, self-sterile; stamens upright.

Fruit late, keeps well, hangs long. Clusters small, slender,
uniform, cylindrical, single-shouldered, compact; pedicel short,
slender with a few small warts; brush short, wine-colored. Berries
small, round, black, glossy, covered with thin bloom, hang well to
pedicels, firm; skin thin, adherent, contains much wine-colored
pigment, slightly astringent; flesh dark green, translucent,
fine-grained, tough, vinous, spicy; fair quality. Seeds clinging,
one to four, many abortive, large, short and wide, plump, sharply
pointed, brown.

BAKATOR

(Vinifera)

This is a Hungarian wine grape but its high quality and early season
make it a desirable table-grape in the East. It seems to be grown but
little on the Pacific slope. The following description is made from
fruit grown at Geneva, New York:

Vine medium in vigor, productive. Young leaves tinged red at
edges, upper surface glossy; mature leaves large, round, upper
surface dull, lower surface downy; lobes five, terminal lobe
acuminate; basal sinus deep, medium to narrow, closed to
overlapping; lower lateral sinus deep, variable in width; upper
lateral sinus deep, usually narrows; margins dentate, teeth
shallow to medium deep. Flowers appear late; stamens reflexed.

Fruit ripens at Geneva the first or second week in October and
keeps well in storage; clusters above medium in size, medium in
length, broad, frequently double-shouldered, tapering, medium to
loose; berries medium to small, oval, light red becoming dark when
fully ripe, with thick bloom; skin thin, tender, adherent to the
pulp; flesh greenish, juicy, tender, melting, vinous, sweet;
quality very good.

BARRY

(Labrusca, Vinifera