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November 14 
THE RURAL NEW-YORKER 
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j Ruralisms ; 
NOTES FROM THE RURAL GROUNDS 
Not a Bad Year for Grapes. —Few 
growers would choose a season like the 
present for grape production, yet our 
crop this year would have been most 
satisfactory had the robins been less 
greedy. The dry cool weather at bloom¬ 
ing time favored good pollination and 
delayed the Rose beetles, so that the 
young berries were not seriously dis¬ 
turbed. The dripping weeks of Sum¬ 
mer did not appear conducive to good 
development, yet the clusters filled out 
very handsomely. There was some mil¬ 
dew, and rot in August on susceptible 
varieties, but on the whole the crop 
came through in unexpected good con¬ 
dition. The ripening of late varieties, 
where protected from the birds, was 
greatly favored by the absence of frost, 
which held off until the night of Octo¬ 
ber 26. 
Berokmans, though not classed as a 
first early, gave us well flavored grapes 
as early as August 28. It is a strong 
grower and bears quite young. The 
quality is sprightly and pheasant, but 
net rich. It is a very productive cross 
between Clinton and Delaware. The 
clusters are of good size, berries small, 
resembling Delaware in their make-up. 
Foliage and young fruits very subject 
to attack of Rose chafer, but resistant 
lo disease and climatic changes. Berck- 
mans has not become popular, but we 
value it for earliness, reliability and 
sprightly quality. 
Manito (Munson) came next, color¬ 
ing in August and developing full qual¬ 
ity by the first of September. The vine 
is a very healjthy strong grower, with 
small tough foliage. The clusters are 
long and rather open, berries small, 
dark purple to black with small light 
flakes. They are quite persistent on 
long pedicels. There is little pulp, part¬ 
ing easily from the seeds. The quality 
when fully ripe is sweet and pleasant. 
Our four-year vine ripened a plentiful 
c]-op for its age, which came in just be¬ 
fore Moore’s Early was ready for use. 
Brilliant (Munson). Our vine is 
trained on the south wall of a poultry 
run, and is rather too well fed, the canes 
making over 14 feet of growth each sea¬ 
son. In the Winter of 1901-2 the wood 
killed nearly to the ground, probably 
because of late ripening. The growth in 
3902 was as strong as ever, and this sea¬ 
son a fine crop of excellent grapes rip¬ 
ened just before Concord. It is a large 
red grape, growing in a compact clus¬ 
ter. The quality is very agreeable, 
ranking among the best for table use. 
R. W. Munson has somewhat imper¬ 
fect blooms and failed to produce l^st 
year, as its pollenizer. Brilliant, did 
not flower. This season it bore an enor¬ 
mous crop of large dark grapes of fair 
quality, ripening with Brilliant. It 
stands rich feeding better than the lat¬ 
ter, the rampant growth being largely 
checked by extensive fruit production. 
The foliage is large and heavy, holding 
on well late in the season. It appears 
a reliable cropper if near a good pollen¬ 
izer like Brilliant or Concord. 
Big Hope (Munson).—This vine is 
planted with the preceding two, and 
shares the same highly nitrogenous fer¬ 
tilization. Under this stimulus it is a 
phenomenal grower, canes growing 
nearly 20 feet annually for the last 
three years, and has immense foliage, 
many leaves being over a foot broad. 
The crop this year was amazing in its 
abundance. We have never known a 
vine of four years’ growth to bring to 
maturity such an immense load. There 
were hundreds of clusters equalling or 
excelling the one shown in Fig. 294, first 
page. The weight of the crop could not 
be ascertained, as the vine was early 
pre-empted by a company of robins that 
hung about for several weeks, destroy¬ 
ing many pounds each day, but it was 
estimated at considerably over a hun¬ 
dred weight. The grapes color in Sep¬ 
tember, but do not acquire their full 
quality until the middle of October. 
They are dark purple in color with thin 
skin, tender pulp, parting from the seeds 
with no acidity, and rather indifferent 
in quality. They hang on well until 
fully ripe, but then shatter readily. 
Where large quantities of grape juice 
are \yanted Big Hope w’ill be useful, but 
there are many better grapes for home 
planting. 
Wapanuka (Munson).—A few bunch¬ 
es were produced on a vine two years 
planted. They were large and compact, 
berries almost as large as Eaton, yel¬ 
low-white and quite translucent. Brisk, 
pleasant and delicate in quality, very 
persistent and show no disposititon to 
crack in wet weather. Ripe last of Sep¬ 
tember. A healthy and vigorous vine 
so far. 
Delago (Munson).—This is a Dela- 
ware-Goethe cross, and therefore con¬ 
tains much Vinifera blood. A slender 
grower, but exceeds Delaware in vigor. 
Berries quite large, similar to Delaware 
in color and quality, but have even less 
pulp. Not very productive here but may 
improve later. A very attractive grape. 
Gold Coin (Munson).—Planted five 
years, and has matured two fine crops; 
vigorous, very productive and of excel¬ 
lent quality, ripening after other good 
table grapes have gone. The bunches 
are short and compact, generally with a 
large shoulder. The berries are large, 
quite yellow when fully ripe and very 
sweet. We regard it as the most de¬ 
sirable of Prof. Munson’s hybrids yet 
fruited for this locality. 
Herman Jaeger, Long John and Tri¬ 
umph failed to ripen fruits on account 
of their late season. The two first are 
Munson hybrids, hardy and prolific, 
black in color and therefore quite sub¬ 
ject to bird attacks. Triumph is a pop¬ 
ular “white” variety in the South. It 
is productive here, but the seasons are 
not long enough to develop good quality. 
Green Mountain, Nectar, Moore 
Diamond and Campbell Early were 
all in excellent form and are commend¬ 
ed lo all planters for reliability and 
good quality. When thoroughly ripened 
Campbell Early is not easily surpassed, 
though it has gained an indifferent rep¬ 
utation from being picked too soon after 
coloring. 
McPike. —On second fruiting we feel 
we have here a grape actually surpass¬ 
ing Concord for local desirability. This 
has been claimed for many new varie¬ 
ties, but usually fall short in some of 
the Concord qualities, though exceeding 
it in others. Thus Campbell Early 
lacks Concord vigor though it is larger 
and earlier; Worden is productive and 
of good quality, but does not always 
ripen evenly, and so on. McPike here 
exceeds Concord in vigor and early pro¬ 
ductiveness. It ripens at the same time, 
cluster and berries are larger and to 
our taste the quality is better. It is 
pleasant and sprightly but quite free 
from the acrid after taste sometimes 
noticed in Concord. It is described as 
“equal to Black Hamburg,” which it is 
not unless you happen to like it just as 
well as Hamburg, but it is quite sure 
to take its place as an acceptable table 
grape. The defects so far noticed are 
the rather open clusters that may pre¬ 
vent it from packing well, and the fact 
that it is a prime favorite with grape- 
ea.ting birds. 
A Good New “Raisin Grate.”— 
Henry B. Spencer, Rocky River, O.. 
sent us a basket of handsome red 
grapes named St. John from the first 
bearing of a young vine, the result of 
a cross between Delaware and Diana. 
They were large and well-finished, bear¬ 
ing a general resemblance to Brighton, 
but were filled with a sweet and tender 
pulp that allowed the seeds to be 
separated as readily as a Tokay grape. 
The flavor w^as rich and agreeable, su¬ 
perior to most Vinifera varieties in the 
absence of astringency. Mr. Spencer 
says this grape, when dried, makes a 
very fair red raisin. St. John has 
foliage like the Delaware and short- 
jointed wood. It commences to ripen 
w'ith the Delaware, and if sufficiently 
productive should in time prove a 
formidable rival to the California grapes 
now so abundant in our markets. The 
combination of Vinifera and Labruska 
qualities is to our taste very attractive. 
W. V. F. 
Mixing of Pumpkins andSSquashes. 
R. li. F., Oidlford, Conn .—Will you inform 
me if pumpkins and squashes are liable to 
mix the first year if planted side by side, 
so as to show in the shape or color if pure 
seed is used? 
Ans. —Pumpkins and squashes belong 
to different species of the same genus, 
and have little disposition to hybridize. 
At any rate the influence would not be 
apparent in the fruits the same year. 
Any chance crossing would only be ap¬ 
parent in fruits grown the following 
season from the seeds. 
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Babies that are given 
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It seems to contain just the 
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