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Morse. Noted by Prince in 1863 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 of 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.) McLiire. One of Dr. Wylie's hybrids 

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

 Society in 1S75. Vigorous, productive; foliage resembles Clinton; stamens upright; 

 bunch medium, shouldered, not very 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; 

 berrj' 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. 

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

 compact; berrj- 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 1 88 7. Very vigorous, hardy; cluster large, usually shouldered; berry below 

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



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

 pollinated by Triumph; produced by 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; berr>' medium, white; skin thin, rather tough; 

 pulp tender, juicy, sprightly, rich, sweet, ver\' 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 Munc}-. Ver}- productive, with harsh and unpleasant fruit. 



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

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

 the Isabella or Concord. 



