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March 21, 
FRUIT FARM NOTES. 
I have become greatly interested in 
the varieties of grapes originated by the 
late T. V. Munson of Texas, the greatest 
viticulturist of our time. There are a 
large number of these grapes, and while 
some of them are too tender for this lati¬ 
tude of southern Missouri, the majority 
of them are hardy not only here but much 
further North. While I regret that I am 
far from having a full collection of these 
new creations, I am fortunate in having 
a few of them that have borne one or 
two seasons. Last year I commented on 
the Wapanuka, estimating it as the best 
white grape in my large collection. It 
is decidedly superior to Niagara or Dia¬ 
mond. In size of cluster it is not equal 
(as few grapes are) to that well-known 
pair, but in size of berry and delicate 
coloring it excels them. While of hon¬ 
eyed sweetness it is not cloying to the 
taste, but lias a subtle spiciness hard to 
describe. It is too tender for a long dis¬ 
tance shipper, but can be carried over a 
good radius and of course is a great seller 
on local markets as a fancy table grape. 
The vine is of strong growth and quite 
productive. Although very thin-skinned 
I find this grape a good keeper. Another 
seedling I think highly of is the Meri- 
cadel. a cross (as name indicates) of the 
more numerous than ordinarily. The 
chief value I see in the Carman is in its 
late season, coming after all the usual 
standards. It is a fine keeper, and 
bunches that were sacked kept till long 
after frost. There is generally a good 
demand for any kind of fruits that come 
on late and prolong the season. That 
this grape has a much greater value in 
the Gulf States is proved by the state¬ 
ment of W. B. Munson that the demand 
in that region is so great as to absorb 
the entire nursery supply, and that it is 
increasing. In hi.s original description 
Mr. T. V. Munson, the originator, says 
of it that it has a pure, rich quality, 
much superior to the Concord, and that 
the clusters are large to very large, occa¬ 
sionally reaching a weight of two pounds. 
That would not hold true here, judging 
from the first crop of a specimen vine. 
Another of my Munson grapes is the 
Xenia, a large late white grape with very 
large cluster, equalling those of Niagara. 
The berries are large and very firm and 
meaty; quality peculiar but hardly equal 
to that of Niagara. Its value lies in its 
late season and showy clusters; it is the 
latest white in my collection. 
The last of my list is the Fern Mun¬ 
son. a Post Oak-Catawba cross, and the 
latest variety to ripen on the grounds, ! 
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SACKED GRAPES, OPENED IN OCTOBER. Fig. 173. 
Munson wine grape America and the 
Delaware. This variety is unique in 
bunch and berry. The color is purple, 
the bunch long and slender and the berry 
a grade larger than Delaware. The vine 
is very vigorous and very productive 
(qualities of the America), but the qual¬ 
ity of the fruit is its greatest asset, being 
high enough to put it in the class of 
choice table grapes. Its strong growth 
and heavy fruiting ought to make this 
variety of value for commercial planting. 
The skin is thin but tough, and it ripens 
a little after the Concord. 
Another kind that gives promise of 
value is the Xinta, a cross of the America 
and R. W. Munson, both strong in the 
blood of the wild grape. I found this 
grape to succeed here much better than 
Mr. Munson’s description would indicate. 
It is a line black grape, fully as large in 
bunch and berry as Concord if not larger, 
while it is described as medium to large 
in the catalogue. It is not medium here, 
certainly, whatever it may be in Texas. 
Its parentage assures it a high degree 
of vigor and prolificacy and its strain of 
wild blood gives it a piquancy not found 
in the Concord. It also has value as a 
late black, coming in a trifle behind Con¬ 
cord and hanging on persistently, a splen¬ 
did keeper both on and off the vine. Mr. 
Munson calls it an excellent wine and 
market grape. To me it has a special 
value as a supplement to the Concord, 
furnishing a welcome variation in flavor 
and extending the season by its superior 
keeping qualities. 
Still another variety, but one that has 
been extensively tested because of its 
early introduction, is the Carman. De¬ 
spite its wide range of trial it has never, 
to my knowledge, gained any popularity 
in the North. This grape bore its first 
crop for me last Summer. I found its 
season quite late, carrying it on into the 
company of the very latest. Bunches are 
long with berries medium in size. When 
its fruit was finally ripe, I found if sweet 
and fairly good, but the seeds, for some 
reason, wore unduly pronounced in the 
mouth, although they were no larger nor 
ripening in September after Norton's Vir¬ 
ginia. I think well of this grape as 
being the latest and largest of the season. 
It is a shade smaller than Concord and 
in color a very dark purplish red. It is 
of excellent quality and piquant in its 
wild blood. Its berries are nearly twice 
the size of Norton’s, and are so very 
tenacious to the stem that it takes a 
good strong pull to get them off. Mr. 
Munson says it is free from the black 
rot and has endured 27 degrees below zero 
without injury. While this grape might 
ripen too late for the more Northern 
States, it and the Carman fill a real 
vacancy in the grape season of Missouri 
and the region south. A worthy compan¬ 
ion to the Fern, and excelling it in size 
of cluster, is the Muench, a grape I have 
seen but once described to me in private 
correspondence by reliable growers. All 
in all, the Munson creations are the 
greatest contribution to grape culture 
ever made by the labor and genius of 
any one man. Every one I have so far 
tested has a definite place and value. 
The wild blood with which so many of 
them are crossed gives a most agreeable 
piquancy of flavor as well as superior 
vigor and productiveness. Of especial 
value are they in supplying the absence 
of good black grapes after the season of 
the Concord, an absence that was keenly 
felt. I feel that the command of the 
local market is greatly strengthened by 
the addition of these grapes. 
L. B. JOHNSON. 
Cape Girardeau Co., Mo. 
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