Ozark


(AEstivalis, Labrusca)



Ozark belongs to the South and to Missouri in particular. Its merits

and demerits have been threshed out by the Missouri grape-growers with

the result that its culture is somewhat increasing. It is a grape of

low quality, partly, perhaps, from over-bearing, which it habitually

does unless the fruit is thinned. The vine is healthy and a very

strong grower, but is self-sterile, which
s against it as a market

sort. In spite of self-sterility and low quality, Ozark is a promising

variety for the country south of Pennsylvania. Ozark originated with

J. Stayman, Leavenworth, Kansas, from seed of unknown source. The

variety was introduced about 1890.



Vine very vigorous, hardy, productive. Canes long, thick with thin

bloom, surface roughened; nodes enlarged, flattened; internodes

long; tendrils intermittent, usually bifid. Leaves dense, large;

upper surface light green; lower surface pale green, thinly

pubescent, cobwebby; lobes three to five; petiolar sinus deep,

narrow; serrations shallow, narrow. Flowers self-sterile or nearly

so, open late; stamens reflexed.



Fruit late, keeps well. Clusters large, long, usually with a long,

loose shoulder, very compact; pedicel short, thick, smooth; brush

long, red. Berries variable in size, dull black with abundant

bloom, persistent; skin tough with much wine-colored pigment;

flesh tender, mild; fair in quality. Seeds free, small.



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