CHAPTER XX. 



GRAPE GROWING IN CENTRAL OHIO. 



GBOKGE W. CAMPBELL,. 



What I have to put on record in regard to this topic 

 will be founded mainly upon my own experience, in this, 

 a locality which is not specially adapted to grape grow- 

 ing. Frosts late in the spring often injure and some- 

 times destroy the grape crop, about the time of bloom- 

 ing, while early autumn frosts render the cultivation of 

 late ripening sorts unprofitable. I have not been able to 

 ripen the Catawba in full, open exposure in thirty years, 

 so my experience, it will be seen, has not been with late 

 ripening sorts. 



A few words as to the behavior and character sustained 

 during the past twelve years by those mentioned in your 

 former edition, may not be without value to those wish- 

 ing to plant in localities similar to mine. 



The LADY grape has fairly sustained its character, is 

 hardy, healthy, productive, and still among the best 

 early ripening white Concord seedlings. It ripens here 

 from the middle to the last of August, about ten days 

 earlier than Concord. In quality is good, color a light 

 greenish yellow, skin thin, pulp tender, seeds few and 

 small, flavor rich, sweet and slightly vinous. Berries a 

 shade larger than Concord, clusters smaller. Desirable 

 for near-by markets. 



MARTHA has measurably given place to newer and 

 better varieties. 



WORDEN has steadily increased in favor as a popular 

 grape. In many places it is regarded as superior to Con- 



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