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THE RURAL NEW-YORKER 
January 4, 
Ruralisms 
Grapes in 1907. —Grapes of most va¬ 
rieties bore unusually full crops the past 
season, though the quality owing to 
general lateness in ripening was scarcely 
up to the average. Blooms were slow in 
coming out, but had quite favorable 
weather for pollination and largely 
escaped damage from Rose beetles, that 
appeared in quantity but made a com¬ 
paratively short stay. Mildew scarcely 
made its appearance and Monilia rot had 
but a short siege during the midsum¬ 
mer growth. The earliest and latest 
kinds on the Rural Grounds were Prof. 
T. V. Munson's cross-bred seedlings, 
Headlight and Gold Coin. Headlight is 
not a strong grower here and produced 
but a few bunches on a vine four years 
planted, ripening this late season by 
August 20. The clusters are compact 
and handsome, generally well-shoul¬ 
dered, berries of good size, clear red 
when fully mature. Quality very good 
for such an early grape. Gold Coin, 
on the other hand, is vigorous and al¬ 
ways a heavy cropper, bearing even 
when standard varieties fail. It has 
white or rather yellow-skinned berries 
of the Martha type. The flavor when 
fully ripe is very sweet and good. The 
clusters are always large and well-filled. 
They would make a fine appearance 
when packed for market, but ripened 
too late this season to be of best quality. 
Manito, also from Prof. Munson, 
ripened soon after Headlight. The vine 
was injured by the severe Winter but 
the new growth was well-covered with 
compact, long clusters of dark purple 
grapes, rather acid at first but acquir¬ 
ing better quality with full maturity. The 
season is about the same as Moore’s 
Early. 
Rerckmans was next to color. This 
interesting cross between Delaware and 
Clinton is rather a favorite with us. The 
yield is never large, flowers and foliage 
being especially liked by the Rose 
beetles, but our vine always manages to 
make a fair showing of medium clusters 
of small, dark red grapes that are 
greatly appreciated for their pure, 
sprightly flavor. While lacking the 
sweetness of Delaware there is a re¬ 
freshing quality that many grapes of 
better reputation do not possess. 
Other meritorious Munson hybrids 
are Wapanuka, with large long clusters 
of yellow-white berries, of rich and 
pleasant flavor; Atoka, highly produc¬ 
tive, large clusters of rather small dark- 
red berries, with red juice, excellent for 
sterilizing, and Rlondin, translucent 
white, late in ripening and of fine qual 
ity. The above varieties may never ac¬ 
quire commercial importance in this lati¬ 
tude but are well worth trial where the 
season is long enough for Catawba to 
ripen. They were bred in Texas and 
were doubtless selected as being espe¬ 
cially suitable to southern climates. 
Stark-Star, four years old, bore an 
immense crop of dark purple grapes in 
long dense clusters, but they did not 
mature sufficiently to acquire good 
flavor. It is a rank grower and doubt¬ 
less will bear out the introducer’s claim 
for phenomenal productiveness. Tt is 
likely to suit the Middle South, but is 
too late to be of value here. 
Standard Varieties, almost without 
exception, cropped heavily. The three 
preceding years were not favorable for 
grape production but the vines made 
strong growth and appear to have ac¬ 
cumulated surplus energy. Campbell's 
Early and McPike, of the newer kinds, 
were especially notable. The latter was 
enormously productive, while the former 
bore the largest clusters of the showiest 
grapes we have seen for a long time. 
McPike excels Concord, as we grow it, 
in vigor and cropping capacity and the 
fruits are in every way equal, though the 
quality is often rated as inferior to the 
latter. There is certainly much similar¬ 
ity. The constant tendency of McPike 
to overbear must be taken in considera¬ 
tion when estimating the quality. When 
judiciously thinned the fruits are very 
palatable. Campbell's Early gains much 
in flavor by full maturity. When just 
colored to the marketable stage the qual¬ 
ity is anything but enticing. The vine 
is a healthy but not particularly robust 
grower. The foliage is large and dis¬ 
tinctly resistant to disease. It comes 
early into bearing and is reliably produc¬ 
tive. When well-finished it is one of the 
most attractive of native grapes. Bunches 
weighing nine to 12 ounces are not 
uncommon under good culture. Taken 
altogether, Campbell comes as near the 
claims made for it as any recent variety 
and is being considerably planted for 
market purposes. 
Moore’s Diamond was superb in finish 
of cluster and berry. The quality is most 
refreshing, far more agreeable than 
Niagara in the writer's estimation. 
Though grown to some extent commer¬ 
cially it has not been found as reliably 
productive as the latter. For home use 
we would plant Diamond in preference. 
Nectar gave another abundant crop, 
though more affected with Monilia rot 
than other kinds. Tt is the sweetest and 
richest flavored grape we grow. The 
small clusters and high quality of the 
berries make the old name of “Black 
Delaware” very appropriate. This variety 
does not appear to succeed in many 
localities, but is here healthy and pro¬ 
ductive. The susceptibility of the berries 
to rot is sometimes an advantage from 
the home grower’s standpoint, as the 
quality is improved by the thinning. 
Woodruff is a large red Labrusca 
grape, not often seen in the North, but 
considerably grown in the Southwest. 
The clusters are usually large and full; 
berries large, dark red, with tough skin 
and rich, musky flavor. We like it very 
much. The vine is vigorous, with large 
thick leaves. For some reason it only 
bears here in alternate years. 
Regal, from M. Crawford, is a seed¬ 
ling of Brighton, better in vine and 
with more perfect bloom. The grapes 
are quite similar to the parent but are 
borne in more compact and rounded 
clusters. The quality as produced by 
our three-year vine is scarcely up to 
the Brighton standard, but amply good 
enough for critical markets. If it turns 
out a more reliable bearer, as claimed, 
it will likely be a useful variety for 
home and commercial planting. 
Isabella lias its usual big crop that 
ripened well despite the lateness of its 
season. We find nothing better in its 
way than Isabella, but it must have 
free range on the south or west side of 
a building or over trees. It is worth¬ 
less when confined to stakes or trellises. 
Eaton fruited better than we have 
ever known it before. The immense 
dark berries, only rivaled by those of 
selected Campbell clusters, are very at¬ 
tractive and were of far better quality 
than usual. While the flavor of ripe 
Eatons lacks sweetness the taste is pure, 
pleasant and refreshing. There is gen¬ 
eral improvement in quality, size and 
productiveness as the vines age. We 
have never known an Eaton to produce 
a crop worth mentioning until estab¬ 
lished six or seven years. 
A Grand Native Vine. — Fig. 5 
shows a portion of the patriarchial wild 
grapevine in the dooryard of the Hope 
Farm homestead. No man knows its 
age or when it was planted. The 
gnarled, twisted trunk is a foot or more 
through and the roots must drive deep 
in the crevices of the underlying lime¬ 
stone rock to gather sustenance and 
moisture for the glorious canopy of 
foliage that, supported by strong pil¬ 
lars, covers many square rods and car¬ 
ries its welcome shade to the very 
threshold. It is a male or staminate 
plant, blooming each year with the great¬ 
est profusion—a mighty bower of frag¬ 
rance—but never perfecting a fruit. How 
it compares in size with the monster 
vines of the old missions of California 
we cannot say, but it is one of the larg¬ 
est eastern natives we have ever seen. 
The species appears to be Vitis cordi- 
folia, the true wild frost or chicken 
grape of the Atlantic States. If grafted 
to a fruitful variety we should expect 
such an enormous vine to bear half a 
ton of grapes, but it now fulfills its 
mission of providing shade and orna¬ 
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