FLORIDA FRUITS. 



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MRS. m'cLURE. 



A cross between Peter Wylie and Clinton ; foliage and 

 growth resembling the Clinton ; very vigorous ; bunch and 

 berry medium size ; white, and of excellent quality. 



PETER WYLIE. 



Vine vigorous, short-pointed ; holds its foliage till fall ; 

 bunches alone medium, shouldered, loose ; berries medium, 

 round, white, transparent ; golden yellow at maturity ; flesh 

 melting, vinous, delicate, Muscat flavor ; quality best ; best 

 flavored white grape ever grown in the South. Ripens in July, 



berckman's. 



Holds foliage till frost ; bunches large ; berries above me- 

 dium ; reddish pink ; first quality. Ripens in July. 



These are all native grapes of the foreign varieties. Black 

 Hamburg, Black Prince, and Chasselas Blanc, or White Sweet 

 Water, have been tried, and " not found wanting." 



In fact, there is no doubt that Florida is destined to be a 

 great grape country, both for raisin-making and for the produc- 

 tion of wine. The grape loves a warm, dry, sunny soil, more es- 

 pecially a sandy loam, and this Florida can give almost over her 

 whole surface. 



Here, as well as elsewhere, one of the greatest difficulties 

 the grape-groAver has to contend with is the pilfering of the nu- 

 merous birds. 



Covering the several bunches with paper, or cheese-cloth 

 bags, is a method often resorted to for protection ; but this is a 

 very tedious process. Another is to pass strings across the tops 

 of the vines ; birds will not alight under them. 



Still another, and a very effectual way to save the grapes 

 from the feathered robbers, is so to train the vines on horizontal 

 canopies that the dense mass of foliage on top will shield the 

 fruit below ; the birds then cannot reach it, for they will never 

 fly up from beneath the canopy. 



Yet another, and very effective method for protecting, not 



