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hope is expressed that it will prove excellently adapted 

 to this locality. Altogether the culture of grapes prom- 

 ises to occupy an extensive and profitable field in South- 

 ern Texas. 



CHAPTER XXIX. 



T. V. MUNSON'S NEW VARIETIES. 



DENISON, TEXAS, Feb. 21, 1894. 

 PROF. GEO. HUSMANN. 



MY DEAR SIR : In accordance with your request, I 

 select from among my published and tested varieties of 

 grapes the following, which have received the commenda- 

 tion from critical disinterested parties in greater degree, 

 perhaps, than others in my numerous collection, and give 

 short, accurate descriptions of them, as requested by 

 von. They ripen in the succession here named, the first, 

 Brilliant, ripening here early in July, the last in 

 September. 



Yours truly, 



T. V. MUNSON. 



VARIETIES. (Flowers all perfect.) 



BRILLIANT. A seedling of Lindley pollinated with 

 Delaware, originated in 1883. Season of leafing out, 

 medium ; leaf large ; sheds foliage early. Flowers at 

 Denison, Texas, first week in May. Growth good; 

 healthy ; attacked by downy mildew about the same as 

 Delaware ; anthracnose none ; black rot little more than 

 Delaware. Appears to endure cold equally with Dela- 

 ware, and drouth as well as Rogers' Hybrids. Inclined 

 to overbear ; needs short pruning ; cuttings root well. 

 Size of cluster medium to large, cylindrical, often shoul- 



