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ENCYCLOPEDIA OF PRACTICAL HORTICULTURE 
Fig. 2. 
kinds so popular in the markets. Of 
course, this southwestern belt of the 
state must be understood as an irriga- 
tion section. When grapes are well cul- 
tivated and properly irrigated, they pro- 
duce well and mature and develop as 
high a flavor and color in this belt as in 
California. 
Thus far there is no trace of phylloxera 
on grapes in this belt. The vineyardists 
should be certain to get healthy vines 
which are free from this pest. There 
are resistent stocks upon which these 
varieties can be grafted, and thus secure 
immunity from this dreaded insect pest. 
Once this pest gets a hold and is left to 
breed and multiply, it will spread very 
rapidly to other vines and other vine- 
yards. 
Central Texas, North Texas, the Red 
River Belt, East Texas and Central East 
Texas all are blessed with one or the 
other of the leading varieties, succeed- 
ing and producing luscious fruit most 
pountifully. But in the whole territory 
thus far mentioned, and for all kinds 
of grapes noted as suited to the re- 
spective areas, all require spraying to 
secure best results. The leaves blight, 
or have the spot disease, and in other 
cases the fruit rots badly in the clusters. 
The vines of these varieties should be 
sprayed thoroughly with Bordeaux mix- 
ture before the buds start in the spring, 
then again just before the blooming peri- 
iod and again just after the blooming peri- 
Exceptionally Fine Cluster of Scuppernong Grapes. 
(F. C. Reimer, North Carolina Experiment Station.) 
od; the fourth treatment may be given 
two weeks after the third, and again two 
or three weeks after the fourth. Care 
must be taken not to spray the berries 
just a short period before they ripen. 
But for an area in Texas which seems 
especially well suited for grape culture, 
the Panhandle and Llano Estacado terri- 
tories certainly claim most careful and 
serious attention. The Concord, Tri- 
umph, Carman, Beacon and many others 
of the same type do well. The plants 
are specially vigorous, and even when 
the first blooms are killed by a late frost 
they often produce the second, or even 
the third, crop of blossoms and mature 
many splendid clusters of fruit. In no 
area in Texas will the foliage remain as 
healthy, bright and vigorous during try- 
ing seasons as in this area. Hundreds of 
small family vineyards have been exam- 
ined in a season and but few neglected 
vineyards have shown leaf blight of any 
kind. In fact, no similar domain exists 
in Texas for growing grapes successfully 
with as little spraying. Texas should 
produce more grapes. The soils and 
climate should be more closely studied by 
districts. Texas has within its vast miles 
of areas soils so composed and so lo- 
cated as to successfully and profitably 
produce grapes of commercial value, pro- 
vided the proper types and blood relation- 
ships be kept in mind in choosing vari- 
eties for any given locality. 
JOHN S. KERR 
