Red Eagle


(Labrusca, Vinifera)



Red Eagle is a pure-bred seedling of Black Eagle which it resembles in

all characters except color of fruit. Vine and fruit exhibit the

characters found in Rogers' hybrids. It takes high rank as a grape of

quality and can be recommended for the garden. The variety originated

with T. V. Munson, Denison, Texas, and was sent out in 1888.



Vine medium in vigor and hardine
s, productive. Canes few,

slender, dark brown with heavy bloom; nodes prominent, flattened;

tendrils continuous or intermittent, long, bifid. Leaves thick;

upper surface light green, dull, rugose; lower surface

grayish-green, pubescent; lobes three to five with terminus

obtuse; petiolar sinus deep, narrow, sometimes closed and

overlapping; basal sinus wide; lateral sinus deep, wide; teeth

deep, wide. Flowers semi-fertile, late; stamens upright.



Fruit early mid-season, keeps well. Clusters small, broad,

tapering, single-shouldered, sometimes double-shouldered, loose

with many abortive berries; pedicel very long, slender; brush

green with brown tinge. Berries variable in size, round, light to

very dark red with heavy bloom, persistent, soft; skin thick,

tender, adherent with some red pigment; flesh green, transparent,

juicy, very tender, melting, slightly foxy, tart; very good. Seeds

free, one to five, large, long, blunt, light brown.



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