Taylor

(Vulpina, Labrusca)



Bullitt



While it is from the species to which Taylor belongs that we must look

for our hardiest vines, nevertheless this grape and its offspring,

although not tender to cold, do best in southern regions, as they

require a long warm summer to mature properly. The quality of the

fruit of Taylor is fair to good, the flavor being sweet, pure,

delicate and spicy a d the flesh tender and juicy; but the bunches are

small and the flowers are infertile so that the berries do not set

well, making very imperfect and unsightly clusters. The skin is such,

also, that it cracks badly, a defect seemingly transmitted to many of

the seedlings of the variety. The vine is strong, healthy, hardy but

not very productive. The original vine of Taylor was a wild seedling

found in the early part of the last century on the Cumberland

Mountains near the Kentucky-Tennessee line by a Mr. Cobb.



Vine vigorous to rank, healthy, hardy, variable in productiveness.

Leaves small, attractive in color, smooth. Flowers bloom early;

stamens reflexed.



Fruit ripens about two weeks before Isabella. Clusters small to

medium, shouldered, loose or moderately compact. Berries small to

medium, roundish, pale greenish-white, sometimes tinged with

amber; skin very thin; pulp sweet, spicy; fair to good in quality.