Vine medium to vigorous, hardy, productive in most locations. Canes medium to short, not very numerous, of average thickness, brownish or with a slight reddish tinge; nodes slightly enlarged, not flattened; internodes medium to short; diaphragm intermediate in thickness; pith of medium size; shoots pubescent; tendrils intermittent, bifid. Leaf-buds small, short, pointed to conical, open in mid-season. Young leaves tinged on lower side and along the edges with red. Leaves of average size, thick; upper surface light green, dull, nearly smooth; lower surface light bronze, downy; veins distinct; lobes usually three in number, indistinct; petiolar sinus very shallow; teeth shallow, of mean width. Flowers fertile, open early to somewhat late; stamens upright. Fruit usually ripens slightly earlier than Niagara, keeps well. Clusters variable in size, medium to short, rather broad, somewhat blunt, cylindrical to slightly tapering, often single-shouldered, compact; peduncle short to medium, moderately thick; pedicel short and thick, covered with a few, inconspicuous warts, wide at point of attachment to berry; brush slender, of average length, pale green. Berries above medium to medium size, roundish to strongly ovate on account of compactness, green with tinge of yellow on riper berries but less yellow than Niagara, glossy, covered with thin gray bloom, persistent, rather firm. Skin thin, toughish, adheres somewhat to the pulp, contains no pigment, astringent. Flesh pale green, rather transparent, juicy, tender, inclined to melting, fine-grained, slightly aromatic, sprightly, nearly sweet next the skin to agreeably tart at center, quality very good. Seeds separate easily from the pulp, one to four, average two or three, intermediate in size, rather broad and long, moderately sharp-pointed, yellowish-brown; raphe shows as a narrow obscure groove; chalaza small, slightly above center, oval, rather obscure. DIANA. (Labrusca, Vinifera, Aestivalis?) =1.= _Mag. Hort._, =10=:242. 1844. =2.= _Horticulturist_, =4=:224, 535. 1849. =3.= _Mag. Hort._, =16=:28, 306, 546. 1850. =4.= _Am. Pom. Soc. Cat._, =1854.= =5.= _Mag. Hort._, =27=:6, 262, 490, 523, 531. 1861. =6.= _My Vineyard at Lakeview_, =1866=:78. =7.= _N. Y. Ag. Soc. Rpt._, =1866=:803, 881. =8.= _Horticulturist_, =22=:356. 1867. =9.= _Am. Jour. Hort._, =5=:15, 297. 1869. =10.= _Mich. Pom. Soc. Rpt._, =1873=:60. =11.= _Am. Pom. Soc. Rpt._, =1881=:37, 119, 123, 136, 153. =12.= _Mass. Hort. Soc. Rpt._, Pt. =1=:96. 1883. =13.= _Bush. Cat._, =1883=:93. _fig._ =14.= _N. Y. Sta. An. Rpt._, =17=:540, 543, 544, 545, 547, 554. 1898. =15.= _Va. Sta. Bul._, =94=:137. 1898. =16.= _Mo. Sta. Bul._, =46=:38, 43, 45. 1899. =17.= _Rural N. Y._, =61=:719, _fig._, 722. 1902. [Illustration: DIANA]