The grape which bears the name Beauty is an Aestivalis hybrid with Labrusca, one of Jacob Rommel's seedlings. It had the honor, according to the _Bushberg Catalogue_,[161] of receiving at the Exposition at Bordeaux, France, in 1880, the praise of having produced "the best American white wine on exhibition." According to the above authority Rommel stopped its propagation and dissemination because of its susceptibility to fungi. The variety is now practically lost to cultivation and was never largely grown in New York. Beauty is a cross between Delaware and Maxatawney originated by Jacob Rommel of Morrison, Missouri, over thirty years ago. Bush questions the parentage as given by Rommel and thinks it more likely Catawba and Maxatawney. Rommel's Beauty should not be confused with the Beauty of Minnesota, a grape from the State for which it was named, which has been discarded because of poor quality. Vine fairly vigorous, usually healthy and hardy, produces medium to good crops. Canes long to medium, numerous, dark reddish-brown often with a strong ashy-gray tinge, surface covered with slight blue bloom. Leaves medium to rather large, dark green; lower surface covered with considerable pubescence. Stamens upright. Fruit ripens between Delaware and Catawba, keeps and ships well. Clusters intermediate in size, strongly tapering, often not shouldered, rather compact. Berries small to medium roundish to slightly oval, dull dark red somewhat darker than Catawba, covered with a large amount of dark lilac bloom, persistent, firm. Flesh tender, slightly foxy, sweet, good to very good in quality. Chalaza very distinct. BELL. (Riparia, Labrusca, Bourquiniana, Vinifera.) =1.= _Rural N. Y._, =45=:733. 1886. _fig._ =2.= _Mich. Pom. Soc. Rpt._, =1893=:118. =3.= _Ill. Sta. Bul._, =28=:263. 1893. =4.= _Va. Sta. Bul._, =30=:106. 1893. =5.= _Ga. Sta. Bul._, =28=:290. 1895. =6.= _Tenn. Sta. Bul._, Vol. =9=:168. 1896. =7.= _Kan. Sta. Bul._, =73=:181, 182. 1897. =8.= _Tex. Sta. Bul._, =48=:1149, 1153. 1898. =9.= _Va. Sta. Bul._, =94=:142. 1898. =10.= _Am. Pom. Soc. Cat._, =1899=:31. =11.= _Ga. Sta. Bul._, =53=:40, 52, 53. 1901. _Munson's No. 21_ (1, 2, 4). WILLIE BELL (4, 9). Bell is still another of Munson's hybrids, its parents being Elvira crossed with Delaware. Its characters are chiefly those of Elvira and in particular it has the Elvira flavor, which is somewhat against it for a table grape. As to its value for wine-making there are no records though it may be assumed that it has the same value for this purpose as the Elvira, which it so greatly resembles in flavor. From its behavior here, this Station does not recommend Bell for New York.