Janesville

(Labrusca, Vulpina)



Endowed with a constitution enabling it to withstand cold to which

most other grapes succumb, Janesville has made a place for itself in

far northern localities. Moreover, the grapes ripen early, being about

the first to color although they are not ripe until some time after

coloring. The vine also is healthy, vigorous and productive. The

fruit, however, is worthless when better sorts c n be grown. The

clusters and berries are small, the grapes are pulpy, tough, seedy,

have a thick skin and a disagreeable acid taste. Janesville was grown

by F. W. Loudon, Janesville, Wisconsin, from chance seed planted in

1858.



Vine vigorous, hardy, healthy, productive. Canes spiny, numerous,

dark brown; nodes flattened; internodes long; tendrils

intermittent or continuous, long, bifid or trifid. Leaves small,

thin; upper surface glossy, smooth; lower surface pale green,

lightly pubescent; leaf usually not lobed with terminus acute;

petiolar sinus narrow, often closed and overlapping; basal and

lateral sinuses lacking; teeth shallow. Flowers self-fertile, open

very early; stamens upright.



Fruit early, keeps well. Clusters small, short, cylindrical,

usually single-shouldered, compact; pedicel short, slender,

covered with small, scattering warts; brush dark wine color.

Berries round, dull black with heavy bloom, persistent, firm; skin

thick, tough, adherent with dark wine-colored pigment, astringent;

flesh pale reddish-green, translucent, juicy, tough, coarse,

vinous, acid; fair in quality. Seeds adherent, one to six, large,

broad, angular, blunt, dark brown.