Othello


(Vinifera, Vulpina, Labrusca)



Arnold's Hybrid, Canadian Hamburg, Canadian Hybrid



In France, Othello does remarkably well as a direct producer and is

used also for a resistant stock. While most of its characters are

spoken of in the superlative by the French, in America the variety is

not so highly esteemed because of susceptibility to fungi. Moreover,

the fruit matures so late that it could
ever become a valuable

variety for the North. It is in no sense a table-grape but makes a

well-colored, pleasant wine. Charles Arnold, Paris, Ontario, grew

Othello from seed of Clinton fertilized by Black Hamburg and planted

in 1859.



Vine vigorous, hardy, productive. Canes long, brown; nodes

enlarged, flattened; tendrils continuous, sometimes intermittent,

bifid or trifid. Leaves of average size; upper surface light

green, dull and smooth; lower surface pale green, pubescent; lobes

three to five with terminal lobe acute; petiolar sinus deep, very

narrow, frequently closed and overlapping; basal sinus shallow,

narrow; lateral sinus deep; teeth deep, wide; stamens upright.



Fruit late, keeps fairly well. Clusters large, long, broad,

tapering, frequently with a loose single shoulder, compact;

pedicel long, slender with numerous small warts; brush short,

wine-colored. Berries large, oval, black, glossy with abundant

bloom, very persistent; skin thin, tough, adherent with red

pigment; flesh dark green, very juicy, fine-grained, tough,

sprightly; low in quality. Seeds free, one to three, neck

sometimes swollen, brown.



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