=1.= _Mass. Hort. Soc. Rpt._, =1868=:10. (No name given.) =2.= _Ohio Hort. Soc. Rpt._, =1875-6=:22. =3.= _Ib._, =1876-7=:32. =4.= Bush. Cat., =1883=:75. _fig._ =5.= _N. Y. Sta. An. Rpt._, =12=:618. 1893. =6.= _Tenn. Sta. Bul._, Vol. =9=:168. 1896. =7.= _N. Y. Sta. An. Rpt._, =17=:527, 548, 553, 559. 1898. =8.= _Tex. Sta. Bul._, =48=:1149, 1153. 1898. =9.= _Mo. Sta. Bul._, =46=:37, 42, 44, 46, 48, 76. 1899. =10.= _N. Y. Sta. An. Rpt._, =18=:370, 386, 396. 1899. =11.= _Kan. Sta. Bul._, =110=:240. 1902. _Underhill's 8-12_ (4). Black Eagle is a full brother of Black Defiance which it much resembles but surpasses for New York because it is fully three weeks earlier in ripening. On our grounds its season is about with Concord. The quality of Black Eagle is of the best, but the vine lacks in vigor, hardiness and productiveness and the fruit is susceptible to black-rot. As the color-plate shows, bunch and berry are large and attractive; bunches weighing nearly two pounds have been grown for exhibition purposes and probably there are few if any showier hybrid grapes than this when at its best. The leaf is that of _Vitis vinifera_, deeply lobed, of a beautiful green, and with firm texture, making with thrifty vines one of the most attractive grape plants to be found in our vineyards. The variety is self-sterile. Black Eagle has wholly failed as a commercial variety and its several weaknesses will prevent amateurs from growing it largely, yet it is far too good a grape to give up altogether and lovers of grapes should keep it in cultivation. The variety originated with Stephen W. Underhill, Croton-on-Hudson, New York, from seed of Concord pollinated by Black Prince. It first fruited in 1866. The variety was sent out by Underhill for testing and was introduced without the originator's consent. Vine medium to vigorous, not always hardy, not productive. Canes rather rough, medium to long, of average number, thick, approaching dark reddish-brown, covered with slight blue bloom; nodes strongly enlarged, slightly flattened; internodes above medium length; diaphragm thick; pith of average size; shoots pubescent; tendrils continuous, long, bifid to trifid.