20 FRUIT CULTURE. 



QUINCES. 



In moist soils near the coast and in the moist lands of the mountain 

 valleys quinces thrive well. In fact, they can be grown in any sec- 

 tion, but their best locality is near the salt water and on land natu- 

 rally moist. Commercially they are of less importance than other 

 fruits, but in all parts of the* State a home supply can be easily 

 grown. 



CHERRIES. 



The finer sweet cherries cannot be grown to any extent in the 

 warmer parts of the State. The trees grow and are perfectly healthy, 

 but they fail to produce crops. The Morelloes and other sour cherries 

 thrive all over the State, and the finer cherries thrive in great per- 

 fection in the upper piedmont and mountain sections, and cherries 

 from the Brushy Mountains of Wilkes County have brought in the 

 Northern markets prices but little less than the California product; 

 and in that part of the State, if the crop is handled after the Cali- 

 fornia style, the cherry ought to be made a very profitable crop. 



GRAPES. 



Grapes of all the cultivated sorts thrive in North Carolina in every 

 section, and in all the warmer parts of the State the Vitis Vulpina, 

 the class of grapes to which the Scuppernong belongs, thrives in 

 greater perfection than it does in almost any other section of the 

 country. 



The varieties of the Ldbrusca and other cluster grapes, commonly 

 cultivated northward, thrive well in every section, and it has been 

 found that by grafting the European Vinifera grapes on the roots of 

 these varieties they can be grown here in the open air with success, 

 both in the mountain country and in the east. The largest commercial 

 vineyards are in the long-leaf pine section in the neighborhood of 

 Southern Pines, in Moore County. There the sandy soil seems to be 

 well suited to the grape as well as the peach, and the Delawares and 

 Niagaras grown there are unsurpassed in beauty and quality by the 

 same varieties grown elsewhere. 



Eastern North Carolina is the home of the Scuppernong and other 

 varieties of the Vulpina class of grapes. Owing to the fact that they 

 do not ship well, these grapes are almost unknown to the Northern 

 people, and, being so different in character to those they have been 

 accustomed to, it takes a Northern visitor some time to acquire a 

 liking for them. But a little experience with this class of grapes 

 soon makes the new-comer fond of eating them. It has been demon- 

 strated that the Scuppernong is the finest wine grape in America 

 to-day. The making of Scuppernong wine is on the increase as the 

 proper management of the wine is better understood. The Garrett 

 Company of Halifax County is now making many thousands of gal- 



