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THE RURAL NEW-YORKER 
December 3, 
NOTES FROM THE RURAL GROUNDS 
New Grapes. —The St. John grape il¬ 
lustrated in l'ig. 402, page 859, was raised 
by Henry B. Spencer, Rocky River, O., 
from seed of Brighton, pollinated by Del¬ 
aware, as mentioned in The R. N.-Y. 
for November 14, 1903. Mr. Spencer is 
still testing this promising grape, and 
has no vines or cutting? to offer. He 
wishes this point made clear, as he was 
flooded with requests from the former 
notice, all of which had necessarily to be 
declined. He finds the vine very vigorous, 
healthy and productive, and feels sure from 
the past two season’s experience that it 
is self-pollinating. The cut shows a typi¬ 
cal cluster, somewhat reduced in size. 
The color is dark red, quality sweet and 
agreeable. The pulp is firm and meaty, 
separating from the seeds as in foreign 
grapes, with no tang of acidity or astrin- 
gency. Mr. Spencer sends also two other 
seedlings of the same parentage, Electra, 
resembling Delaware in berry, but with 
larger bunches, and Alfarata, a small-ber¬ 
ried, very dark red grape with a high, 
rich and vinous flavor. The combination 
of Brighton and Delaware, both carrying 
a fraction of Vinifera or Syrian grape 
blood, with a .foundation of our vigor¬ 
ous Labrusca or Fox grape, appears un¬ 
usually promising. 
A Kansas White Grape. —E. P. 
Fisher, Sterling, Kan., sends the large- 
berried “white” or light green grape 
shown in Fig. 401, page 8591 It is of 
the Niagara type, and of very good qual¬ 
ity, as tested after transportation from 
Kansas. Mr. Fisher thinks it is all that 
can be desired in vine and fruit as grown 
in his locality. We have also received 
from J. W. Adams, Springfield, Mass., 
samples of a seedling white grape grown 
in his vicinity having clusters of great 
size, rivaling those of some of the glass¬ 
house varieties. The berries were about 
the size and quality of well-ripened Ni¬ 
agaras, but the specimens were too imper¬ 
fect for illustration. It is said to be early 
and prolific, but has not been sufficiently 
tested. 
Grapes on the Rural Grounds.— 
Grapes and blackberries are the only two 
fruits that failed to crop well on the 
Rural Grounds this season. Both suf¬ 
fered severely from the extreme cold of 
Winter, and made but unsatisfactory 
growth through the Summer. Little wood 
was killed, even on the more tender grape 
varieties, but the growth started late, and 
was noticeably pale and weak. There 
were few bloom clusters, and the set of 
berries was scanty, though the flowering 
season appeared favorable. Rose beetles 
were very abundant, but troubled grapes 
less than usual, devoting their main at¬ 
tention to the foliage of young plum and 
cherry trees, as well as to their favorite 
blossoms. An unusually protracted pe¬ 
riod of moist and muggy weather in 
July and early August favored rot and 
leaf mildew in susceptible varieties. Al¬ 
though in most respects an unusually 
fruitful year, in this vicinity grapes made 
a poor showing, and variety tests under 
the circumstances are of limited value, 
only the most resistant kinds being able 
to ripen properly. 
Labruscas Ahead. —It was a year for 
the Labrusca or Fox-grape type. The Ri- 
parias and the hybrids of southern spe¬ 
cies need hot dry weather during the 
growing season. The Labruscas respond 
to heat, but better endure cool and hu¬ 
mid Summers. The most satisfactory va¬ 
riety this year was Isabella trained high 
to southern and western walls. There 
was a nearly normal crop of over 100 
pounds on an eight-year vine. Though 
delayed by the sticky humidity of mid¬ 
summer the grapes ripened perfectly dur¬ 
ing our dry, cool October, and were of 
the finest quality Concord, Moore’s 
Early and Worden on a seven-foot trellis, 
well-pruned and fertilized, bore light and 
scattering crops. Campbell’s Early was un¬ 
usually fruitful, considering the season. 
The foliage remained healthy and the 
grapes ripened well, but the vines made 
little growth. McPike bore well, made 
a good growth and kept its foliage intact. 
The only light grape producing anything 
like a full crop was Munson’s Gold Coin. 
It had little rot and no mildew. A few 
good clusters were ripened on young 
vines of the following: Mereeron, black; 
Charlton, red, very high quality; Bailey, 
black; Atoka, dark red, and Yomago, 
black. The last three were raised by 
Prof. Munson, of Denison, Texas, and are 
promising, despite the adverse season. 
Moving a Large Grapevine. —Amateurs 
usually have little success in transplant¬ 
ing large grapevines. When moved in 
the ordinary way vines over three years 
old often make a slow start, and little 
growth for several years. As a rule it 
is better to plant good one or two-year 
vines, as they have an abundance of fi¬ 
brous roots and take a quick hold of the 
soil if well put in, but it is sometimes 
desirable to move a bearing vine that has 
been unfortunately placed at the start. It 
can be done with reasonable certainty of 
success if the proper method of preserv¬ 
ing the plant's vitality until new roots 
are produced is followed.' Old vines ac¬ 
quire an extensive root system, the fi¬ 
brous feeding roots being generally at 
some distance from the canes. The main 
roots become little more than under¬ 
ground stems, and produce rootlets quite 
slowly when cut. It is therefore neces¬ 
sary in digging to follow out the roots 
with much care, and secure as extensive 
absorbent surface as possible. Stub-root 
pruning may be all right for young fruit 
trees of certain kinds, but it will not 
do for old vines. The hole for the re¬ 
ception of the roots should be large 
enough to accommodate them without 
bending the tips, and it is well if several 
feet of the canes can be firmly layered 
three or four inches below the surface 
before reaching the point they are- to 
emerge from the soil. Under these condi¬ 
tions success is quite certain. Owing to 
building operations on the Rural Grounds 
it became necessary a year ago to remove 
or destroy a seven-year vine of Massasoit 
(Rogers No. 3) that had been bearing 
good crops for several years. As the 
variety is of fine quality and rather un¬ 
common, we chose the former, and care¬ 
fully dug it when free of foliage in late 
October, getting roots about four feet 
long. The canes had reached an extreme 
length of 19 feet, being trained on the 
west wall of a building. The most prom¬ 
ising young cane was cut back to 10 feet, 
and a spur starting near the base to eight 
feet. All branches were cut close with a 
sharp knife. It required an excavation 
eight feet across, varying from 20 inches 
in the center to 10 at the edges, to con¬ 
tain the roots, which were freshly pruned 
and carefully distributed. Six feet of the 
canes were laid in a sloping manner in 
a trench of that length running under the 
trellis to the point we wished the vine 
to grow. They were well pegged down 
and the earth very solidly tramped over 
them. The soil was filled about the roots 
in a firm and careful manner. The vine 
started as promptly as others this back¬ 
ward Spring, made growths of three and 
four feet from the buds allowed to start, 
and ripened several bunches of very good 
grapes. An examination of the buried 
canes at the close of the growing season 
showed very good roots emitted from 
several of the closely pruned joints. It 
may not often be desirable to move large 
vines, but if attempted the work should be 
thoroughly done and a good proportion 
of the growth placed underground. If 
the roots grow the top will soon take care 
of itself. w. v. F. 
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