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Southern Gardener^ s Practical Manual 



Delaware, Brighton, Niagara, Concord, Agawam, Ives, 

 Lindley, Catawba, Goethe, Norton's Virginia and Bril- 

 liant. 



While the Ives is one of our most reliable and pro- 

 ductive varieties, it turns black some two weeks before 

 it is ripe and is generally gathered green for this reason, 

 while if bagged and kept until thoroughly ripe it is of 

 very fine flavor. The grapes are not salable if gathered 

 as soon as they appear from their color to be ripe, nor 

 are they then edible. I have sold them readily at ten 

 cents per pound out of bags in September. The Goethe, 

 a grape of great merit, ripens irregularly on the bunch if 

 not bagged, while it is one of our most delicious varieties 

 if protected by bags until all of the berries ripen. 



The following extract from Bulletin 58, South Caro- 

 lina Experiment Station, will be of interest to those who 

 may desire to plant a larger number of varieties. 



The following varieties are well adapted to this 



section 



Moore's Early Perkins 



Early Ohio Delaware 

 Champion 



Concord Agawam 

 Ives Lutie 

 Wilder Lindley 

 I Merrimac Berekmans 

 I Carman Salem 

 T / Norton's Virginia 

 t Ives (when bagged) 



Early . . . 



Medium . 



WHITE OR YELLOW 



Diamond 



Niagara 

 Elvira 

 Empire State 



Goethe 



TffU KOTUNDIFOLIA, OB MUSCADINE TYPE 



These grapes are classified as the southern fox-grape 

 tj^pe, and often named — from one of its most popular 



