PART III 



SMALL FRUITS 



Grapes, strawberries and raspberries should have a 

 pUice in every southern garden, and the currant and 

 gooseberry in the elevated or mountain regions. The fig 

 should have a place in all gardens in the middle and 

 lower cotton belt. 



THE GRAPE 



This is one of the most satisfactory, most wholesome, 

 most easily grown and most certain of our southern 

 fruits. 



In fifty years of observation in different parts of the 

 South, I have known the destruction of but one crop 

 by frost. A full crop may be gathered the third year 

 after planting, and the vines, under intelligent treat- 

 ment, will continue in profitable bearing for twentj^ 

 years. 



There are two general types of grapes in cultivation 

 in the South — one derived from the northern fox -grape 

 and the other from the southern fox -grape, or musca- 

 dine. These require different treatment in pruning and 

 training. A large majority of our cultivated varieties 

 belong to the Labrusca type and its hyhrids, represented 

 by Concord, Delaware, Agawam, etc. While we cultivate 



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