The Horticulturist and journal of rural art and rural taste . wish. The leaf-stalk is moldy, of a reddish brownmidway, but green at each end. Laura Beverly, a new Canadian candi-date for favor, has foliage of a light yellowgrass green at first, becoming, when ma-ture, a dark rich sea green, light greenbeneath, with a slight yellow muddy reddish. 300 The Horticulturist. Maxatawney is at first light yellowgreen, becoming very dark rich sea green ;dull greenish yellow white red. Miles has foliage light pea green atfirst, becoming dark yellowish green, quite
The Horticulturist and journal of rural art and rural taste . wish. The leaf-stalk is moldy, of a reddish brownmidway, but green at each end. Laura Beverly, a new Canadian candi-date for favor, has foliage of a light yellowgrass green at first, becoming, when ma-ture, a dark rich sea green, light greenbeneath, with a slight yellow muddy reddish. 300 The Horticulturist. Maxatawney is at first light yellowgreen, becoming very dark rich sea green ;dull greenish yellow white red. Miles has foliage light pea green atfirst, becoming dark yellowish green, quitewhite underneath. Leaf-stalks at firstdowny green, becoming bronzed or a darkdull red. Mottled is at first a clear dark pea green, becoming at maturity quite dark,and very old leaves changing to a yellow-ish tint; underside white woolly. Leaf-stalks bronzed. The Sherman has foliage a light yel-low dark green, and green leaf-stalks dull reddish and a littlehairy. Telegraph is at first a pea green, becom-ing a dark sea green, with rough whitish. Fig. 93.—Leaf of the Iona. mold or woolly beneath. Leaf-stalkgreen. To Kalon is a yellow green, and retainsits yellow tinge at maturity; underneathslightly woolly. Leaf-stalk green. The Weekawken leaves are at first alight yellow green, and pea green at ma-turity, smooth beneath. Leaf-stalk red-dish brown. We have many more notes and drawingsof foliage ; but, as we have said, ourobject is to draw attention toward somemethod of more surely detecting varietiesby means of foliage, and the present issufficient, we hope, for the purpose. Ifthe grape-growing societies would take upthis matter and appoint committees towardits completion, and have these committees Grape Leaves. 301
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