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 roots are of medium thickness, 
branching , With smooth, firm liber, and have 
more of the native ch t 
among hybrids; it, nev- 
ertheless, Piatt fails in the valley ¢ of ¢ 
numbered 
22; aspurious sort having —s put into mar- 
ket under that number, it w. by th 
originator to No. 53. But this did not sd the 
to make it worse, he was report- 
ion, an 
ted to describe it once as of black color (Journal 
another time 
of Hort. vol. 5, page 264), and at 
as of chestnut or Catawba color, the latter 
ati adopted as the color of the — 
Schiller. One of Muench’s seedlings of "= 
Louisiana. Vine hardy, @ Vigorous grower, health: 
ae Fruit of of « purplnh-blne color, olor, ba 
= ==>. otherwise quite similar to his i 
Not disseminated. 
Secu uppernong. Syn., YELLOW MuscaDINE, 
ae HITE MuscaDINeE,* 
N 
n 
South Carolina, Florida, Georgia, Alabama, 
Mississippi, and in parts of Virginia 
Carolina, Tennessee, and Arkansas, it is quite 
a favorite, producing annually large oa sure 
crops, requiring scarcely any care or labor. It 
is entirely exempt from mildew, rot, or any of 
’ the diseases so disastrous -: the northern 
species—entirely Phylloxera ; 
but it cannot be grown north of the Carolinas, 
Tennessee, and Ar , noreven in Texas. 
G. Onderdonk, whose nurseries are farther 
uth than any other in the United States, says 
about the Scuppernong grape, ‘‘we have repeat- 
edly tried it, and as fequentiy failed.’’ 
I 4talif; th + 
respond pa There ve ‘the vine makes a 
good growth, blossoms abundantly in June and 
July without setting a othe and late in the 
seo partiality, if not an ins 
against their favorite, the Scuppernong— 
“a Divine gift,” 
oe “Sent In the night time of sorrow and care 
wear, 
: + t 2 * : 
Most heartil our 
afflicted ry we would t therefore refrain from an 
remarks derogation of this Divine gift, and sh shall 
quote none but southern authorities and cultivators 
of the —— 
Berckmans, of Georgia: “I could not say 
course I do not compare it with the Delaware and other 
jine ae grapes ; but the question is—where, where 
a grape will give us a profit? ty 
Pa: it in the Seuppernong. It cannot be grown 
far north as Norfolk.” 
J. H. Carleton, El Dorado, Ark.: ‘+The fruit is 
are pangs foaihpeatitiles, I made so 
last year very little sugar (1}¢ Ibs. to 
the the gallon must), and although the gra 
bedy. called by som: 
ie I = the charge, and sacha ee the more on 
John R. Eakin, Washington, Ark.: “I scarcely know 
It is a coarse, tough | berry, wi eetish, 
musky flavor. The vine takes care of itself; does not 
require not suffer ing ; bears abundantly 
ss Semeea. 
i with it. 
Houltarists designate them 
. MAS, tc, 
- more troublesome, nd, I must say, the more exqui- 
_ site ‘ bunch grapes,’ as it is the habit of its ‘simada to 
* The black or purple of this class are often 
a Southers bor 
them by different names: Flowers, 
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