Mottled. 



DESCRIPriON OF VARIETIES. 



Munson's. 159 



"Talman," and quite as early, it is recom- 

 mended to supersede these undesirable vari- 

 ties. It has been awarded first premiums at 

 maii3^ horticultural exhibitions. 



Mottled. {Labr.) Originated with Chas. Carpenter, 

 Kelly's Island. A seedling of Catawba. Earlier in ripen- 

 ing and less disposed to mildew and rot than its parent. 

 Charles Downing says: "A profuse bearer, ripening 

 with Delaware. It will hang a long time after ripe, and 

 keeps unusually well." 



Bunch medium size, very compact, slightly .shouldered ; 

 berries medium to large, round, distinctly mottled when 

 held lo the light, with ditferent shades of red or maroon 

 while ripening, but nearly a uniform dark Catawba 

 color when fully ripe. Flesh sweet, juicy, vinous; of 

 brisk, sprightly" flavor, always rather pulpy and acid 

 at the centre. Skin thick. Season late, ripening with 

 Norton's Virginia. Hangs well to the bunch, and im- 

 proves by being left long on the vine; more desirable 

 as a wine than as a table grape. Vines healthy, hardy, 

 moderately vigorous, and productive; foliage abund- 

 ant; wood short-jointed. 



We found it a poor grower and bearer. 



Mount liebanoii. (Labr.) Originated by Geoi-ge 

 Curtis, of the United Society of Mount lyebanon, Col- 

 umbia county, N. Y.; suppo-^ed to be a cross of Spanish 

 Amber and Isal)ella. Bunch larger than Northern Mus- 

 cadine; berry round, reddish. Flesh pulpy, tough, 

 though sweet, perhaps a little better than Northern 

 Muscadine. 



Moyer. {^Est.-Hijbr.) Syn., .Jokdan grape. 

 Cro-ss between Delaware and some purely native 

 variety- raised by Allen Moyer, of Ontario. Canada. 

 A small and very early red grape, resembling 

 Delaware. ^'ine a vigorous, though slender, 

 rather short-jointed grower; very liardy with 

 good foliage; neither leaf nor fruit seem subject 

 to mildew, even in seasons where other vines 

 around it are affected by this disease. Bunches 

 small shouldered, but often loose, by reason of 

 imperfect blossoms. Berries of about same size 

 as Delaware and adhere tenaciotisly to the stem. 

 Pulp very juicy, sweet and tender to the center: 

 but inferior in quality to Delaware. Eipens very 

 early; full}^ two weeks before Concord. Yet an 

 amateur grape only worthy of trial in the North. 



Geo. W. Campbell, when asked for his opinion 

 of tbis grape, said: "I can see very little to 

 recommend it beyond healthy foliage and early 

 ripening." With us it proved a slow and weak 

 grower, unproductive. 



Mrs. McLure. {Bip.-Hiibr.) One of Dr. Wylie's 

 hybrids ; a cross between Clinton and Peter Wylie. 

 5h«c/i medium, not very compact, shouldered; ber- 

 ries medium, white, very vigorous, quality good 

 as a table variety, and probably valuable also as a 

 white-wine grape. Foliage resembling Clinton, 

 growth very rampant. — Berckmans. 



Mrs. Stayman. {uEst. X '■ ) Originated by Dr. 

 J. Stajanan, of Leavenworth, Kan., produced 

 from Delaware. ('?) Mne vevy vigorous, hardy, 

 healthy and productive ; foilage strongh' Labrus- 

 ca; bunch large, compact; bemj above medium. 

 RED, tender, juicy, sprightly sweet, with some of 

 the native aroma ; quality very good ; ripens about 

 same time as Concord and does not rot nor mildew 

 on the originator's grounds; it would probably 

 succeed well where Concord does — a wide enough 

 range. 



Munson's Hybrids and Seedlings. Mr. 



T. V. Munson, of Deuisou, Texas, has pro- 

 duced man}' thousand of Hybrid and Seed- 

 ling grapes ; and after having carefulh' tested 

 them for years, in fruiting, he has determined 

 to introduce now (1894) thirty-six of these 



varieties which he considers his best. We 

 give here the names only (in alphabetical 

 order), and refer those who desire further in- 

 formation to Munson (or to us) who will, on 

 application, furnish his general catalogue : 



Admirable {V.Lim. X V- ^Jst.) 



America, p. 86 {Post- Oak y:^ Bnpestris) 



Bailey (Post-Oak X Tmtmph) 



Beacon, p. 89 (Post-Oak X Concord} 



Bell, (see Green Mountain). .(i7r/m X Belau-are} 



Big Extra (Post-Oak X Trimnph) 



Big Hope (Post-Oak X Trimnph} 



Black Herbemont (Herlmnont SeeiUimj} 



Brilliant, p. 96 (Lindlcij X Delaicare} 



Carman, p. 99 (Post-Oak X Triumph} 



Dr. Collier, p. 117 (Post-OakX Concord} 



Delicious (Post-Oak X Herbem.} 



Early Golden, page 119 (Triumph Seedliny} 



Early Wine (Post-Oak X Bupestris} 



Elvicand, p. 123 (Elvira X Mustami} 



Fern Mun.son, p. 127 (Post-Oak X Trimnph} 



Gold Coin, p. 128 (Norton X Martha} 



Governor Ross (Trimnph Sppdlini/} 



Hopkins (Post-Oak X Ci/nth.} 



Hermann Jaeger, ^. idS... (Post-Oak X ^^rbern.} 



Laussel (Post-OakX (^old Coin} 



Lindherbe (Lindley X Herbem.} 



Marguerite (Post-Oak X Herbem.} 



Muench (Neosho X Herbem.} 



Mrs. Munson (Neosho X Herbem.} 



Neva Mun.son (Neosho X Herbem.} 



Newman (Post-OakX Tnumph} 



Onderdonk (Herl)emont Seedling} 



Opal (Lindley Seedlimj} 



Oriole (Post-Oak X Devereux} 



Perry (Post-Oak X Herbem.} 



Ragan (Post-Oak X Trimnph} 



Rommel (Elvira X Triumph} 



R. W. Munson (Post-Oak x Triumph} 



W. B. Mun.son (Post-Oak 3 X Triumph} 



Vinita (Post-Oak X Herbem.} 



This list of thirty-six varieties gives a suc- 

 cession in ripening beginning with Brilliant 

 as early as Hartford, or just before Delaware, 

 for three months, ending with Neva, Fern, 

 Laussel, as late as Herbemont and Nortons. 



Prof. Munson writes us: "These varieties 

 which I have propagated and listed from 

 among my seedlings and hybrids are the cream 

 from about 40,000 grown. If as many as a 

 dozen are permanently retained, I shall feel 

 that ni}^ work has not been in vain." He 

 does not want to burden the public, or our 

 Catalogue, with the names, numbers or de- 

 scriptions of his hundreds of varieties, the 

 great majority of which he will throw away, 

 as tests may determine, to find a nameless 

 grave. Grape growers only who have seen 

 his productions in their vigorous glory, sur- 

 passing the old standards, and doing this year 

 after year, under ordinary vineyard culture, 

 those only who have tasted them, as we have, 



