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Herbemont. 



of various Experiments for the Production of new 

 and desirable Grapes," published by himself, that it 

 cannot be desirable to propagate so many varieties in 

 any locality. Thus the results of his long and meri- 

 torious labors will probably forever remain in obscu- 

 rity ; and while a pecuniary recompense was not, for- 

 tunately for Haskell, "by any means a matter of ne- 

 cessity" with him, it is to be regretted that the results 

 he obtained, which might have been a benefit to the 

 public and of value to this country, were thus lost. 

 The fruit committee of the Amer. Pomological Society, 

 and other authorities to whom Haskell sent some of 

 these grapes for judgment; pronounced several of ex- 

 cellent quality. 



II;ir\vood. (JEst.) Syn., Improved Warren; ob- 

 tained from Major Harwood, of Gonzales. Tex. ; simi- 

 lar to Herbemont in every respect except size of berry, 

 which is nearly double the size of that of Herbemont ; 

 it also varies in color, sometimes being no darker than 

 Diana ; ripens four or five days earlier than the Warren 

 or Herbemont. It originated in the garden of Colonel 

 Harwood, at Gonzales, Texas. This grape has short- 

 jointed heavy canes, is not as rank a grower as Herbe- 

 mont, and does not grow readily from cuttings. 



ll:ti ( ic or Jlctt ie. There are three grapes under 

 this name, or under conflicting descriptions. One 

 originated with Mrs. N. R. Haskel, Monroe, Mich.; de- 

 scribed as a bright, clear red, translucent grape ; the 

 other, introduced by E. Y. Teas, of Richmond, Ind., 

 as a large, oval, black grape " earlier, larger and bet- 

 ter than Concord and Isabella"; and another of un- 

 known origin. Bunch small ; berry black ; flesh some- 

 what pulpy ; a poor grower and bearer, but ripens early. 

 All three are here unknown. 



Herbemont. Syn: WARREN, HERBEMONT'S 

 MADEIRA, WARRENTON, NEIL GRAPE. (jEst.) 

 Origin unknown ; as early as 1798 it was pro- 

 pagated from an old vine growing on thevpian- 

 tation of Judge Huger, Columbia, 8. C. Nicho- 

 las Herbemont, an enterprising and enthusi- 

 astic cultivator of the grape, found it there, 

 and from its vigorous growth and perfect ac- 

 climation at first correctly supposed it to be a 

 native; he afterwards, in 1834, was informed 

 that it had been received from France, and 

 he believed this. But the same grape was also 

 found growing wild (?) in Warren County, Ga., 

 and is there known as the Warren grape. The 

 best authorities now class it as a member of 

 the JSstivalis family of the south a native 

 grape, truly called by Downing, "Bags of 

 Wine." One of the very best and most reli- 

 able grapes for both table and wine, especially 

 adapted for hill-sides on limestone soil. It 

 nourishes in Texas, Georgia, South Carolina, 

 and Florida, but generly only on poor hill-land 

 Should not be planted further north than the 

 Ohio and lower Missouri river, and even there 

 should be covered in winter. For those who 

 have gone to this trouble it has nearly always 

 produced a splendid crop, and has been so 



enormously productive that it richly repaid 

 the little additional labor, except where rot 

 destroyed the crops, and it may be mentioned 

 that the rot on the Herbemont and its family 

 is different from the rot which attacks the La- 

 brusca. To some of our Southern States this 

 grape will be a mine of wealth. In southern 

 Texas, where the Herbemont is a perfect suc- 

 cess, grape culture is gradually but steadily 

 extending, so that, at no distant future, vine- 

 culture will become one of the leading in- 

 dustries of its people. M. Lespiault reports : 

 " Le vin de 1'Herbemont fait en blanc est excel- 

 lent et peut rivaliser avec les vins blancs de 

 nos meilleurs crus." At the exposition of the 

 international Congress at Bordeaux, Oct., 1881, 

 M. Lepine exhibited a Herbemont vine, whose 

 two arms had forty bunches on the one and 

 sixty bunches on the other, all perfectly 

 ripened. The sight of this superb and im- 

 mensely productive sample made many con- 

 verts of former opponents of the American 

 vine. Bunches very large, long, shouldered 

 and compact ; berries small, black, with a 

 beautiful blue bloom; skin thin, flesh sweet, 

 without pulp, juicy and high-flavored ; ripens 

 late, a few days after Catawba. Hoots of me- 

 dium thicknes, with a smooth, hard liber, re- 

 sisting to the Phylloxera in France as well as 

 here. Canes stout, heavy and long ; laterals 

 well-developed. Wood hard, with a medium- 

 sized pith, and firm outer bark. Vine a very 

 vigorous grower, with the most beautiful foli- 

 age ; not subject to mildew, and but little to 

 rot ; in rich soil it is somewhat tender, makes 

 too much wood, and seems less productive, 

 while in warm and rather poor limestone soil, 

 with southern exposure, it is generally healthy, 

 and enormously productive, except in very un- 

 favorable seasons, when all half-tender va- 

 rieties fail. Werth, of Richmond, Virginia,, 

 says : I have found the most uniformly 

 abundant, healthy, and thoroughly ripened 

 crop, for successive seasons, on low, imper- 

 fectly drained , and rather compact soil. Eisen- 

 meyer, of Mascoutah, 111., finds summer prun- 

 ing, promptly performed at the close of the 

 flowering season, very effective in preventing 

 rot and in securing a fine crop of Herbemont 

 grapes. The accompanying illustration gives 

 an idea of the beauty and richness of the bunch. 

 Specific gravity of must about 90. The pure 

 juice pressed, without mashing the grapes, 

 makes a white wine, resembling delicate Rhen- 

 ish wines ; if fermented on the husks about 

 forty-eight hours, it will make a very fine pale 

 red wine. The French wine-judges at Montpel- 

 lier, pronounced it "assez agreable, rappellant. 

 le gout des vins de Pest de la France." 



