136 Salem. 



BUSHBERG CATALOGUE. 



Scuppernong. 



SCUPPERNONG. 



it also keeps well. Vine very vigorous and 

 healthy ; foliage large, strong, and abundant ; 

 wood of lighter color than most of the Rogers 

 grapes. The roots are of medium thickness, 

 branching, with smooth, firm liber, and have 

 more of the native character than most other 

 hybrids ; they seem to resist the Phylloxera as 

 well as most Labrusca varieties. The Salem 

 can be propagated from cuttings with remark- 

 able ease, and its vigor of growth in the shoots 

 has hardly a parallel among hybrids ; it, nev- 

 ertheless, generally fails in the valley of the 

 Mississippi and wherever mildew prevails. 



The SALEM grape was originally numbered 

 22 ; a spurious sort having been put into mar- 

 ket under that number, it was changed by the 

 originator to No. 53. But this did not help the 

 confusion, and, to make it worse, he was report- 

 ted to describe it once as of black color (Journal 

 of Hort. vol. 5, page 264), and at another time 

 as of chestnut or Catawba color, the latter 

 generally adopted as the color of the true 

 Salem. 



Schiller. One of Muench's seedlings of the 

 Louisiana. Vine hardy, a vigorous grower, healthy, 

 and productive. Fruit of a purplish-blue color, but 

 light juice ; otherwise quite similar to his Humboldt. 

 Not disseminated. 



Seneca. Very similar to Hartford, if not identical 

 with it. First exhibited at Hammondsport, N. Y., 

 in October, 1867, by R. Simpson, of Geneva, N. Y. 

 Not recommended. 



Scuppernoiifr. Syn., YELLOW MUSCADINE, 

 WHITE MUSCADINE,* BULL, BULLACE or BUL- 

 LET, ROANOKE (Vitis Rotundifolia) . This is 

 purely and exclusively a southern grape ; in 

 South Carolina, Florida, Georgia, Alabama, 

 Mississippi, and in parts of Virginia, North 

 Carolina, Tennessee, and Arkansas, it is quite 

 a favorite, producing annually large and sure 

 crops, requiring scarcely any care or labor. It 

 is entirely exempt from mildew, rot, or any of 

 the diseases so disastrous to the northern 

 species entirely exempt also from Phylloxera ; 

 but it cannot be grown north of the Carolinas, 

 Tennessee*, and Arkansas, nor even in Texas. 



G. Onderdonk, whose nurseries are farther 

 S south than any other in the United States, says 

 about the Scuppernong grape, "wehaverepeat- 

 \ >^ edly tried it, and as frequently failed." 



In California also the Scuppernong refused to 

 respond favorably. There "the vine makes a 

 good growth, blossoms abundantly in June and 

 July without setting a berry, and late in the 

 season the leaves get rusty."/. Strenzel. 



We are aware that southerners deem it 

 unjust partiality, if not an insult, to say any- 

 thing against their favorite, the Scuppernong 

 "o Divine gift," 



" Sent in the night time of sorrow and care 

 To bring back the joy that the South used to wear," 



Most heartily wishing that joy be brought back to our 

 afflicted South, we would therefore refrain from any 

 remarks in derogation of this Divine gift, and shall 

 quote none but southern authorities and cultivators 

 of the Scuppernong. 



P. J. Berckmans, of Georgia : "I could not say 

 too much in praise of the Scuppernong as a wine- 

 grape. Jt is one of those things that never fail. O/ 

 course I do not compare it with the Delaware and other 

 fine flavored grapes ; but the question is where, where 

 shall we find a grape that will give us a profit ? We 

 have it in the Scuppernong. It cannot be grown as 

 far north as Norfolk." 



J. H. Carleton, El Dorado, Ark.: "The fruit is 

 so healthy that it has never been known to make 

 anyone sick, unless he swallowed the hulls, which 

 are very indigestible. I made some Scuppernong 

 wine last year with very little sugar (lj^ Ibs. to 

 the gallon must), and although the grapes were not 

 near so ripe as they should have been, it has a fine 

 body. * * * It is called by some the 'lazy man's 

 grape.' I admit the charge,- and prize it the more on 

 that account." 



JohnR. Eakin, Washington, Ark.: "I scarcely know 

 what to say of this nondescript which is called a grape. 

 It is a coarse, tough-skinned berry, with a sweetish, 

 musky flavor. The vine takes care of itself ; does not 

 require and will not suffer pruning ; bears abundantly 

 and has no diseases. I scarcely think it a grape, but 

 still a most useful fruit sui generis, and I hope will be 

 cultivated by those who have no inclination for the 

 more troublesome, and, I must say, the more exqui- 

 site ' bunch grapes,' as it is the habit of its friends to 



* The black or purple grapes of this class are often 

 incorrectly called "Black Scuppernong." Southern hor- 

 ticulturists designate them by different names : Flowers, 

 Mish, Thomas, etc. 



