Neosho. 



DESCRIPTION OF VARIETIES. 



Niagara. 161 



Xeosho. (^Est.) Found si'ow- 

 iii-r wild on tlie farm of E. 

 Schoenborn, near Neosho, 

 Southwest Missouri. In 1868, 

 Hermann Jaejrer sent grafts 

 ■of this (and other varieties of 

 wild summer grapes) to that 

 uioneer of Missouri vintners, 

 Hon. I'^red. Miinch, who, find- 

 ing it to he of superior 

 iliiality, recommended it, and 

 <-alled it the " Neosho." It 

 gained in Papa Miinch's favor 

 «very year, and he loved its 

 wine to the end of his life. 



S.Miller wrote in 1873: "Tlie 

 fragrance of the Neosho grape 

 is unsurpassed by any grape 

 t hat ever tickled my olfactory 

 nerves." So also thought our 

 enthusiastic, now lamented 

 friend, Miinch; but in other 

 localities it produced unsatis- 

 factorily and tlie flavor or 

 bouquet of its wine found no 

 favor. 



Bunch and berries are of tlie 

 same size as Norton's — the 

 bunches compact, shouldered, 

 heart-shaped. The skin of 

 the berries is thin, black 

 with blue bloom, verj' dark, 



yet contains but little coloring matter and less tannin; 

 the pulp is meaty, sweet and spicy, with but little acid- 

 ity. Seeds rather large. The wood of the Neosho is ex- 

 tremely ha-d and tough: it cannot be propagated from 

 <'ut tings. The vine is a most vigorous grower when once 

 established on its own roots, or successfully grafted; 

 requires plenty of room, and prefers spur-pruning on 

 olci wood. It is so hardy that it may be said to resist all 

 tlie extremes of our changeable climate in Missouri. 

 The roots are sti-ong and wiry. The foliage is coar.se, but 

 of beautiful color— dark and glossy green — and retains 

 its freshness till frost sets in. The must, though fer- 

 mented on the husk for two days, produces a wine of a 

 beautiful greenish-yellow color, and has a peculiar 

 aroma. It ripens with Norton's Virginia. 



Neva Munson. (Neosho X Herb.) See Mun- 

 son's best grapes, p. 159. This is ripening very 

 late; hence adapted to the South only. 



t^BfewarU. {Rip.-Ifi/Or.) A hybridof Clinton and Vini- 

 fora, raised in Newark, N. .1. Vine of vigorous growtli, 

 hardv and very productive. Bunches long, loose, shoul- 

 dered; berries medium, dark, almost black, sweet, juicy 

 and vinous, of pleasant taste; but, however, promising 

 for a few years, it becomes soon disea.sed, its fruit sub- 

 ject to rot, and perishes, like its European parent. It 

 <'an not be recommended. 



BTewbnrj^Ii. {Lahr.-Hybr.) One of Ricketts' Seed- 

 lings. Not known liere. 



Xew Haven. (Lnbr.) See Concord Seedl., p. 107. 



Newman. (Linc.-IIi/br.) See Munson's Seed- 

 lings, p. 159. 



Xewport. (JEst.) Said to be a seedling from and 

 ~i mi liar to Ilerbemont. 



Niagara. (Labr. X, ) This grape ''her- 

 iilded like Niagara herself as one of the won- 

 ders of the world." with a growth of vine 

 ;uid foliage unsurpassed by any ; originated 

 in 1872 with Hoag & Clark, of Lockport, N. 

 Y., who give the following description of it: 



Vine a cross of Concord and Cassady, 

 hardy, healthy, ver^^ vigorous and very pro- 

 ductive ; wood rather long-jointed ; leaves 

 large, thick, leathery, downy, lobed, sometimes 

 double-lobed, much like Hartford. Bxach 

 medium to large, from 8 to 14 ounces in weight, 

 compact occasionally shouldered ; berrj/ large, 

 roundish, slightly inclined to oval, quite uni- 

 form in size ; skin thin but tough, p.vle grp:ex 

 at lirst, but changing to pale yellow when 

 fully ripe, with a tliin whitish bloom ; flesh 



THE NAOMI GRAPE. Reduced ^. 



soft, tender, sweet, pleasant, and in quality 

 about the same as Concord, ripening with it 

 or soon after : it has quite a foxy odor when 

 first gathered, but loses much of this when 

 fully ripe, and has then a flavor and aroma 

 much liked by those who have tasted this 

 grajje. 



Tlie proprietors of this grape jealous Ij^ 

 guarded for many years against its being 

 propagated by others, expecting that the fine 

 appearance of its fruit, at Exhibitions and on 

 the markets of great cities, would enable them 

 to introduce it on a large scale, at a high 

 price. For this pupose, and to still further 

 test this grape, the proprietors furnished vines 

 for vineyard planting on special terms, — and 

 succeeded. 



