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Morse. Noted by Prince in i86j in a list of worthless varieties. 



Mottled. (Lab. Vin.) Carpenter's Seedling. An offspring of Catawba grown by 

 Chas. Carpenter, Kelleys Island, Ohio, about i860. Vigorous, hardy and prolific; bunch 

 medium, shouldered, compact; berries medium, round, like Catawba in color and mottled 

 with darker shades; skin thick; pulp tender, sweet, juicy, brisk and sprightly, rather 

 pulpy and acid at center. 



Mountain. One "f a list of worthless varieties mentioned by Prince in Gardener's 

 Monthly. 1863. 



Mount Lebanon. (Lab. Vin.) From George Curtis of the United Society of Shakers, 

 Mount Lebanon, Columbia County, New York; supposed to be a cross of Spanish 

 Amber and Isabella. Bunch medium; berry round, reddish; flesh pulpy, tough, sweet. 



Mrs. McLure. (Rip. Lab. Vin. Bourq.) McLure. One of Dr. Wylie's hybrids 

 from a cross between Clinton and Peter Wylie; noted by the American Pomological 

 Society in 1875. Vigorous, productive; foliage resembles Clinton; stamens upright; 

 bunch medium, shouldered, not ver\' compact; berries medium, round, white; good; 

 ripens before Catawba. 



Mrs. Munson. (Line. Bourq.) From Munson; a cross between Neosho and Herbe- 

 mont. Vigorous, hardy, very productive; clusters large, conical, shouldered, compact; 

 berry small, purple with a thin, tough skin; pulp melting, juicy, sprightly; very good; 

 ripens late. 



Mrs. Stayman. (Bourq, Lab. Vin.) A Delaware seedling; from Dr. J. Stayman. 

 Very vigorous, hardy, healthy and productive: free from rot and mildew; bunch large, 

 compact; berry above medium, red with light bloom; skin thick, tough; pulp tender, 

 juicy, sprightly, rich, sweet; very good; ripens about with Concord. 



Muench. (Line. Bourq.) Parentage, Neosho crossed with Herbemont; from Mun- 

 son. in 1887. Very vigorous, hardy; cluster large, usually shouldered; berry below 

 medium, round; skin thin, tough, dark purple; flesh tender, juicy. 



Multiple. (Bdurq. Lab. Vin.) Munson's No. 107. A seedling of Herbemont 

 pollinated by Triumph; produced bv Munson. Vigorous, self-fertile; cluster large; 

 berries medium, purple; ripens very late. 



Muncie. (Rip. Lab.) Said to be a seedling of Elvira; from Leavenworth, Kansas. 

 Described by Stayman in Missouri Horticultural Society Report, 1892, as follows: 

 " Bunch medium, compact, handsome; berry medium, white; skin thin, rather tough; 

 pulp tender, juicy, sprightly, rich, sweet, very good; vigorous, hardy, healthy and pro- 

 ductive; free from rot and mildew; ripe about with Concord." 



Muncy Black. (Lab.) Mentioned by Prince in 1830 as having been found on the 

 same farm as the Pale Red Muncy. Very productive, with harsh and unpleasant fruit. 



Munier. Noted in Gardener's Monthly, 1863. as coming from a German near Mas- 

 sillun, Ohio. Early, of excellent quality as a table grape, productive and as hardy as 

 the Isabella or Concord. 



