CURRANT-GRAPE GROWING. 5 
No trouble is experienced in making this variety bear good annual 
crops if accorded the same treatment that is given the Sultanina or 
Thompson Seedless. This probably accounts for its being grown in 
other than the currant-growing countries, while there is little or no 
such evidence with respect to the other varieties. 
The vine and fruit of the Red Corinth variety (Pl. II, C; 
synonyms, Corinthe rose, Corinthe rouge, Coristano rouge) are very 
similar to those of the Black Corinth; the fruit, however, is lighter 
‘and rosier in color. . 
There appears to be no particular difficulty in successfully fruiting 
the white and rose-colored varieties, whereas no one in this country 
has been able to grow paying crops of the dark-colored grapes, which 
are of far superior quality either fresh or dried. This is no doubt 
largely due to the introduction of very poor strains, all of those that 
have come under the observation of the writer being inferior and 
worthless. : 
INTRODUCTION OF PANARITI CUTTINGS.’ 
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An introduction of Panariti cuttings (S. P. I. No. 6429) made 
by the United States Department of Agriculture through David 
Fairchild, its agricultural explorer, reached Washington, D. C., 
on May 9, 1901. Mr. Fairchild stated that this was “the variety of 
grapes producing the currants, or corinths, of commerce. These cut- 
tings were purchased in the village of Panariti, which les among 
the mountains back of Xyloncastron. The village is noted for pro- 
ducing some of the finest corinths in Greece.” In Greece crop dif- 
ferences are not distinguished by varietal names, but by the name 
of the region in whick they are produced; thus Panariti grapes are 
those grown in the vicinity of the village of Panariti. 
The above-mentioned Panariti cuttings arrived in Washington on 
the very day the writer entered on his viticultural activities with 
the Department of Agriculture, and constituted the first lot of grape 
material entrusted to his care. They consisted of a medley of old 
and young wood of miscellaneous strength and lengths, which arrived 
in a somewhat dry condition. The 1-year-old wood was made into 
cuttings, and some of these cuttings were distributed among grape 
growers in California, Arizona, and southern Nevada. This dis- 
17t¢ may be of interest to state that some Panariti cuttings were used in an experiment 
to determine how long they could be immersed in hot water at different degrees of tem- 
perature without killing them, and yet kill any phylloxera or root lice that might be 
on them. Some of these immersed cuttings were afterward planted in the nursery in 
the usual manner and others made into single-eye cuttings, placed in sand in the green- 
house, and given bottom heat. The results showed that those immersed for 10 minutes 
in water brought to 127° F. (53° C.) were put into better condition than those immersed 
only 5 minutes at the same temperature. By immersing them 5 minutes at 133° F. 
(56° C.) the best results were obtained, whereas at 140° F. (60° C.) an immersion of 
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only 5 minutes was not only injurious but largely fatal to the cuttings. 
