Lindley


(Labrusca, Vinifera)



By common consent, Lindley (Plate XXII) is the best of the red grapes

originated by Rogers in his crosses between Labrusca and Vinifera. The

bunches are of only medium size and are loose, but the berries are

well-formed, of uniform size and an attractive dark red color. The

flesh is firm, fine-grained, juicy, tender with a peculiarly rich

aromatic flavor. The skin is thick and tough b
t is not objectionable

in fruit fully ripe. The fruit keeps and ships well, and the berries

neither crack nor shatter. The vine is vigorous, hardy for a Vinifera

hybrid, healthy but, as with most of its kind, susceptible to mildew.

The chief defects of Lindley are self-sterility, precariousness in

bearing and lack of adaptation to many soils. Lindley is a general

favorite in the garden. In 1869 Rogers gave this grape its name in

honor of John Lindley, the English botanist.



Vine vigorous, usually hardy, susceptible to mildew. Canes very

long, dark reddish-brown with thin bloom; nodes enlarged, usually

flattened; internodes long, thick; tendrils continuous, long,

bifid or trifid. Leaves large, thick; upper surface light green,

dull, slightly rugose; lower surface grayish-white, pubescent;

obscurely three-lobed with terminus acute; petiolar sinus deep,

narrow, often closed and overlapping; teeth shallow. Flowers

self-sterile, open in mid-season; stamens reflexed.



Fruit mid-season, keeps and ships well. Clusters long, broad,

cylindrical, frequently single-shouldered, the shoulder being

connected to the bunch by a long stem, loose; pedicel short,

slender, smooth; brush short, pale green. Berries large,

round-oval, dark-red with faint bloom; skin tough, adherent,

unpigmented, strongly astringent; flesh pale green, translucent,

juicy, fine-grained, tender, vinous; good to best. Seeds adherent,

two to five, notched, brown.



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