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THE RURAL NEW-YORKER. 
October 25 
j Ruralisms ; 
/VOTES FROM THE RURALGROUNDS 
Some New and Oed Gkapes. —All of 
Pi of. T. V. Mun&on’s new grapes, now 
on trial, may be classed as good grow¬ 
ers, with the possible exception of 
Delago, a cross between Delaware and 
Goethe (Rogers No. 1). Delago has the 
Delaware habit strongly marked, and 
exceeds it in vigor at this stage of 
growth, but remains a delicate vine in 
comparison with others from the same 
source. The foliage is good, and little 
inclined to mildew. It is the only Mun¬ 
son grape three years planted that has 
not yet fruited. We have many others 
of this interesting class, planted last 
year, coming on in good condition, and 
hope to find something of permanent 
value among them. Other varieties of 
the 1900 planting are as follows: 
Gold Coin. —This is a hybrid between 
Martha and the sour, small-berried Nor¬ 
ton or Cyntliiana, much grown for wine 
in all the Southern States. Though 
classed as a medium grower in Munson's 
catalogue it is quite vigorous here. It 
produced this year seven or eight pounds 
of handsome yellowish white grapes in 
good-sized oval clusters, mostly with a 
large shoulder. There was little rot and 
no mildew. The berries hang on well, 
and have thin tough skins. They ripen¬ 
ed 12 to 15 days after Concord, and were 
very sweet and juicy, much pleasanter 
in quality than Niagara, and even pre¬ 
ferable to the best specimens of Moore’s 
Diamond. The cloying sweetness of 
Martha is well modified by the Cynthi- 
ana cross. Judged by this single fruiting 
Gold Coin is the peer of any white grape 
now' generally grown, and may become 
very useful when further developed. 
Big Hope; second year of fruiting. This 
vine has a good location, being planted 
with the two following varieties at the 
south wall of a poultry run, but even 
with this high feeding the growth is 
something phenomenal. Some of the 
leaves are a foot across, and the thick 
new canes a rod long. It has just (Oc¬ 
tober 1) ripened over 50 pounds of dark 
purple, medium-sized grapes, hanging in 
tapering shouldered clusters seven to 10 
inches long. The skin is thin, and yields 
readily to the attacks of wasps, hornets 
and similar enterprising winged pests, 
which seldom harm our tough-hided Isa¬ 
bellas and Pocklingtons. There is much 
juice and little pulp, allowing the seeds 
to separate easily when eaten. The 
flavor is agreeable but not high. Big 
Hope will scarcely be ranked among 
table grapes, though many poorer kinds 
are grown for that purpose, but prom¬ 
ises to be most desirable as a source of 
the preserved grape juices now gaining 
such wide and deserved popularity. 
Long John is growing w r ell, and bore 
a few compact bunches of good-sized 
black grapes, heavily covered with 
bloom. The quality is fair for a late 
grape. They are persistent and hold on 
well. There are no descriptions of Long 
John and Big Hope in Munson’s later 
catalogues, but we are under the impres¬ 
sion both are of Post-oak and Vitis Lin- 
secumii parentage. They seem to be very 
hardy and resistant to disease. 
Herman Jaeger. —This is a cross be¬ 
tween the Post-oak and Herbemont, the 
best large-clustered small-berried table 
and wine grape of the Southwest. Our 
young vine bears several pounds of me¬ 
dium-sized black grapes in compact 
conical clusters, often heavily shoul¬ 
dered. The skin is thin and tough, with 
very little tendency to crack, and is not 
easily penetrated by insects. The pulp 
is remarkably tender, freeing the seeds 
very readily. There is much juice, mak¬ 
ing the grapes very palatable, especially 
to those who feel they must reject the 
seeds. Herman Jaeger ripens about 10 
days later than Concord, and is less de¬ 
sirable in quality. Said to be quite suc¬ 
cessful throughout the South. 
Brilliant for some reason was killed 
almost to the soil last Winter, and 
though it made a vigorous growth this 
year produced no fruit. R. W. Munson 
produced only a scattering crop, though 
it bloomed profusely, as its own pollen 
supply is so scanty that self-fertiliza¬ 
tion is uncertain. Our vine depended 
on Brilliant for the needed pollen, and 
therefore failed to set much fruit. Con¬ 
cord is said to be a suitable pollenizer 
for R. W. Munson, and doubtless would 
prove a more reliable companion for 
this promising grape than Brilliant. 
Northern Varieties. — Campbell’s 
Early and McPike may well be consider¬ 
ed together, as both are large black 
grapes of pronounced Concord or I.a- 
brusca type. McPike is much the strong¬ 
er grower, being almost as rampant as 
Isabella, while Campbell in the same 
soil is not much more vigorous than 
Delaware, though the vine is covered 
with fine healthy foliage and is a most 
prolific and precocious bearer. The 
clusters are large, and well filled, and 
the berries begin to ripen between 
Moore’s Early and Worden. They are 
very black in color, and of good sweet 
quality when fully ripened. When mar¬ 
ketable color is first attained the grapes 
are still hard and sour, but improve 
rapidly if left to hang a few days longer. 
The berries of McPike have a dense blue 
bloom which deepens as they approach 
full maturity. The quality is very good 
indeed, approaching best among the 
black kinds. The bunch is well shoul¬ 
dered and at times loosely made, allow¬ 
ing the berries to crack when roughly 
handled. The season is a few days later 
than Concord. The vine is with us a 
rampant grower, in every way stronger 
than Campbell, and the thick leathery 
foliage is a strong defense against fun¬ 
gus inroads. We are often asked which 
of the two is our preference, and feel 
much inclined to say “both,” as owing 
to the nearly two weeks difference of 
season they do not in the least conflict. 
When planting good quality black 
grapes put in some of each if you have 
room. 
The Ancient Diana Grape. —Grape 
history has been made so rapidly during 
the last quarter century, and excellent 
varieties have so multiplied, that the 
foxy Diana, first exhibited in Boston in 
1843 by Mrs. Diana Crehore, whose name 
it has since borne, may fairly be called 
ancient. It is a seedling of Catawba, 
and through that North Carolina wild 
variety is supposed to have some of the 
qualities of the Muscat type of V. vini- 
fera. European grapes were frequently 
but unsuccessfully cultivated before the 
discovery of the Catawba. Isabella and 
Concord, and were so widely dissemi¬ 
nated at times that there is little reason¬ 
able doubt that natural or insect hybrid¬ 
ization occasionally happened between 
these exotic kinds and native species, 
and that Catawba is a result of some 
such chance cross. The Diana had its 
day, and was hailed as an improvement 
on its parent in earliness, hardiness and 
quality. It proved so unproductive un¬ 
der ordinary conditions, especially when 
close-pruned, that it soon gave way to 
the increasing flood of new and really 
useful varieties. The writer recalls a 
hillside vineyard in central Pennsyl¬ 
vania planted over 40 years ago with the 
varieties then current, Isabella, Clinton, 
a few rare Concords, Catawba, Delaware 
and many Dianas. The European system 
of stake training and short pruning had 
been adopted, and though good care and 
fair fertilization were given the output 
was poor and unprofitable. The Clintons 
bore enormously, but no one wanted the 
fruit. The Concord vines were young 
and only moderately productive, the 
Isabellas only ripened good clusters 
when a cane escaped into the surround¬ 
ing willow hedge and ran at large; the 
Delaware made a poor showing; the 
Catawbas and Dianas never produced 
anything to speak of under these re¬ 
straining conditions, but the musky yet 
sprightly berries, picked one by one as 
they colored from the scanty clusters, 
were thought to have the finest imagin- 
able flavor in the grape line after the al¬ 
most unobtainable Delaw r ares. The 
ieeollection of these Dianas was so 
strong that a Diana vine was among the 
first planted on the Rural Grounds. It 
was given a good place and has grown 
vigorously, but only bears five or six 
pounds of fruit after six years growth. 
Fig. 294, page 719, shows a typical clus¬ 
ter in natural size. The close-set ber¬ 
ries are rather dingy light purple. They 
hang on well and ripen a few days later 
than Concord. The quality is still juicy 
and agreeable, but does not compare 
with Brighton, Agawam or even Green 
Mountain and Moore’s Diamond. It is 
plainly not worthy of its keep, but is in¬ 
teresting for comparison, and a few' ber¬ 
ries come in as a refreshing change when 
comparing new varieties. w. v. f. 
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of its finest situations. Blickling Hall w T as 
at one time the property of Sir T. Boleyne, 
Earl of Wiltshire and Ormonde, father of 
Anne Boleyne (Ann Bullon), who was 
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