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THE GARDEN MAGAZINE 



September, 1914 



gardens, and increased to ten feet where 

 there is unlimited space. 



The amount of grapes that an average 

 family will use will be about one hundred 

 pounds, and this quantity can be grown on 

 about eight vines. If you wish to count the 

 quantity by bunches, each good vine should 

 produce from thirty to eighty of them every 

 season. Eight vines can be grown about 

 the corners and edges of an eighth-acre fruit 

 garden without taking much space from 

 other fruits. In a larger garden, say of a 

 half acre or an acre, where the family 

 likely will give away or sell more fruit than 

 it uses, plant more vines. Twenty vines 

 should produce 250 pounds of grapes. 

 This is a large quantity when it comes to 

 eating them, even over a four month period. 



There are grape varieties that reach 

 perfection in every part of America and you 

 should select carefully from the hundreds of 

 varieties available the half dozen or less that 

 will grow best in your garden and yield the 

 biggest crops. You should select varieties 

 also on your own preferences, on the colors 

 you like best, on ripening dates, and above 

 all, on high quality. There is little excuse 

 for planting a low quality variety when a 

 high quality one will thrive just as well in 

 your garden. 



The varieties in the following table are 

 selected because they succeed in the sections 

 designated, and because they, in general, are 

 superior to all others. They are grapes 



suited for eating, not wine making, unless 

 that is incidental. A garden is too small 

 to grow enough grapes to make any wine 

 worth the trouble. Any of these varieties 

 are good, but for planting in your garden I 

 recommend that you select from the list 

 those credited with the highest quality. 



Some of the varieties are noted for long 

 keeping qualities. Among these are Salem, 

 Vergennes, Agawam, Brighton, Wilder, 

 Catawba, Lindley, Herbert, and Goethe. 

 The varieties described as having pulpy 

 flesh are better than the tender, juicy sorts 

 for cooking into preserves and butters. 

 For eating raw the juicy sorts usually are 

 most liked. In selecting varieties take a 

 thought as to whether you likely will culti- 

 vate and feed and spray your fruit garden 

 as it should be. If you will, you need 

 have no fear of planting the finest possible 

 varieties. But if you have doubts about 

 the care your garden will receive, it might 

 be wise to choose such varieties of grapes 

 as Concord and Moore's Early and Niagara, 

 which are known to yield well even when 

 left pretty much to " hoe their own row." 



It may be asked why, when high quality 

 sorts are so desirable in the home gar- 

 den, the list includes Concord, Moore's 

 Early, Niagara, and other varieties that are 

 marked poor or only fair in quality. The 

 reasons are that in the far South these, with 

 two or three only of the high grade varieties, 

 are the only ones that succeed, and that in 



VARIETIES THAT THRIVE, IN GENERAL, FROM TEXAS TO NEW BRUNSWICK. AND THAT BEAR 



WELL WITH LEAST CARE 



NAME 



color 



FLAVOR 



FLESH . 



GENERAL 

 QUALITY 



RIPE 



REMARKS 



Delaware 



Red 



Sugary, 

 musky 



Juicy, tender 



Very best 



Midseason 



With rich soil and good 

 care a heavy cropper 



Brighton 



Red 



Sweet 



Juicy, tender 



Very fine 



Midseason 



Best south of Vermont 



Diamond 



White 



Fine 



Juicy, tender 



Very fine 



Midseason 



Productive, healthy and 

 vigorous 



Niagara 



White 



High, musky 



Melting pulp 



Fair 



Midseason 



Sure to grow and bear 



Worden 



Black 



Rich 



Coarse 



Fair 



Early 



Better than Concord 



Moore's Early 



Black 



Fair 



Pulpy 



Poor 



Very early 



Productive on rich soil; 

 best south of Vermont 



Concord 



Black 



Sweet 



Pulpy 



Poor 



Midseason 



Sure to grow and yield 



VARIETIES THAT IN GENERAL ARE SUITED TO CONDITIONS PREVAILING FROM TENNESSEE 

 TO VERMONT. SOME REQUIRE SPECIAL ATTENTION TO YIELD WELL 



NAME 



COLOR 



FLAVOR 



FLESH 



GENERAL 

 QUALITY 



RIPE 



REMARKS 



LlNDLEY 



Red 



Rich, aromatic 



Tender pulp 



Splendid 



Midseason 



Unusual and good flavor 



Agawam 



Red 



Rich, aromatic 



Tender, juicy 



Very good 



Very late 



Splendid under good 

 conditions 



Vergennes 



Red 



Sweet 



Juicy pulp 



Fine 



Midseason 



Satisfactory bearer 



Campbell's Early 



Black 



Sweet 



Coarse 



Good 



Very early 



Don't plant north of Pa. 



Salem 



Red 



Rich 



Tender pulp 



Good 



Midseason 



Dependable bearer 



Eclipse 



Black 



Sweet, rich 



Tender, juicy 



Good 



Early 



Heavy bearer 



Banner 



Red 



Sweet, rich 



Tender pulp 



Good 



Late 



New variety; plant from 

 Maryland to Ten- 

 nessee 



Massasoit 



Red 



Very sweet 



Tender, 

 aromatic 



Fine 



Very early 



Moderately productive 



Catawba 



Red 



Rich 



Pulpy 



Best* 



Very late 



Don't plant north of 

 Maryland 



Green Mountain 



White 



Sweet, rich 



Tender pulp 



Very best 



Very early 



The best early white 

 variety 



B ARRY 



Black 



Delicate, rich 



Tender 



Fine 



Late 



Large and fine 



Herbert 



Black 



Rich 



Coarse 



Fair 



Early 



Hardy and productive 



Wilder 



Black 



Good 



Pulpy 



Good 



Midseason 



Good growth and yield 



POCKLINGTON 



White 



Rich, sweet 



Rich, coarse 



Fine 



Late 



Reliable in growth and 

 yield 



VARIETIES TO PLANT IN SOUTH FLORIDA AND TEXAS — DETAILS AND CHARACTERISTICS NOT 

 NEEDED HERE: Of native varieties, Goethe only. Of Muscadine varieties, Meisch, James. Scuppernong 



VARIETIES FOR CALIFORNIA AND OREGON: Delaware, Brighton, Diamond, Green Mountain, Tokay, Black 

 Hamburg, and Thompson's Seedless 



VARIETIES FOR GROWING UNDER GLASS ANYWHERE: Without heat, Black Hamburg. With heat, Black 

 Hamburg, Bowood Muscat, Chasselas Musque and Muscat of Alexandria 



any section it may be desirable to plant 

 varieties that will yield heavy crops of fair 

 fruit in rather poor soil, or, as noted above, 

 with little attention. The poor and fair 

 quality sorts named are very vigorous, 

 very healthy, and very dependable bearers. 



You will have little trouble getting the 

 right varieties and grades of young vines 

 from nurserymen. Don't let the nursery- 

 men select the varieties for your garden, 

 however, because an examination of many 

 catalogues shows several of the better kinds 

 missing from lists of many firms, and some- 

 times new and unproved sorts are offered 

 with high endorsement. These home 

 planters should not be made to test at their 

 own expense. 



For extremely cold localities in Canada 

 and elsewhere select the ordinary varieties 

 named in the list and lay them down after 

 the fruit comes off each fall. This you 

 should do the first fall as well as later. 

 You can lay down and cover the dozen or 

 so vines in a garden with half an hour's 

 work. The practice is a good one in the 

 colder sections of the Allegheny Mountains, 

 or anywhere that the thermometer drops 

 lower than minus fifteen degrees. 



In California few of the native American 

 sorts are grown, and in Oregon they take 

 second place. The bigger, richer European 

 sorts, that belong to another family or type 

 of grape, and that are too tender for grow- 

 ing north of Florida and Southern Texas 

 in the East, are the ones given first place. 

 Among these Tokay or Flame Tokay, 

 Black Hamburg and Thompson's Seedling 

 are the table grapes for the West. Other 

 varieties such as Malaga, Sultana, White' 

 Muscat, and Muscatel are grown in com- 

 mercial vineyards especially in California, 

 because of their superior shipping qualities. 



But these European sorts do not succeed 

 in Florida and Southern Texas as well as 

 Meisch and James and Scuppernong. No 

 detailed description of any of these varieties 

 is necessary because there is no doubt about 

 their adaptabilities in the sections named, 

 and there are no other varieties to compete 

 with them. They are of the finest quality 

 and flavor. If it is desired to grow those 

 sorts farther north than middle Florida, 

 it can be done under glass, either with or 

 without artificial heat. If without heat, 

 Black Hamburg is the best sort, but all the 

 others, together with the additional varieties 

 named in the table, grow equally well with 

 heat in a glass house anywhere. Concord, 

 Moore's Early, Goethe and other varieties 

 on the list succeed to a certain extent as 

 far South as northern Florida and in Texas. 



If your grapes have been troubled with 

 the grape berry moth, pick off all infected 

 berries and plow under all fallen leaves, 

 either now or in the spring. Spray with 

 arsenate of lead, three pounds per barrel, 

 or one-half pound of Paris green, applied 

 with bordeaux mixture, to which a soap 

 "sticker" has been added. Make the first 

 spraying before the blossoms open, the 

 second as the grapes finishblooming,andthe 

 third early in July. The clusters, as soon 

 as set, might also be protected by bagging. 



