LOQUAT : ETC. 
Glen Saint Mary Nurseries 
LOQUAT 
(Eriobotrya Japonica , Japanese Medlar , Bivva of the Japanese) 
This fruit has been very commonly called “ Japan Plum ” in the South. It is not a plum, 
however, and bears no relation to that fruit. The tree is hardy throughout a wide region of 
the South, and is one of the most beautiful of broad-leaved evergreens. The leaves are large, 
dark green, rough and crimped ; the young wood woolly ; the shoots short and thick and the 
branches crooked. It is a compact grower, and forms a dense and well-rounded head. It 
blooms in the fall, the spikes of white flowers being followed by a delicious fruit, which ripens 
in March and April. The fruit is about the size of the Wild Goose plum, oblong, bright 
yellow, subacid, and of very agreeable flavor. A good many trees are in bearing in Florida and 
in some parts of Louisiana and Texas, where it is found in market, and is much esteemed in 
season. It is not only eaten out of hand, but is much used in cooking, the flavor suggesting 
cherries, and makes an exquisite jelly. While the tree is hardy quite far North, it is not a 
success as a fruit where the winters are severe, as this is its fruiting season. It yields occa¬ 
sional crops as far north as Jacksonville and Tallahassee, however, and is frequently seen in 
the New Orleans market. In south Florida it bears regularly and abundantly, and its range, 
as a fruit crop, is about coextensive with the orange. We consider this fruit worthy of being 
more extensively planted. Every orchard or garden plot in the extreme South should contain 
at least a few trees of this unique and desirable fruit. 
GRAPES 
In our test-vineyards we have fruited a great many different varieties, the best of which 
are given below ; the list embracing those which have given most satisfactory results in 
this and other sections of Florida and the Gulf coast country. Varieties that are described 
as belonging to the Muscadine type should be planted 15 to 25 feet apart each way and trained 
on arbors. They do not require pruning. The other varieties should be planted 8 to 10 feet 
apart each way and trained on trellises. They 
vines are entirely dormant. 
BRIGHTON. Highly extolled by nearly every 
one who has grown it; has succeeded admirably 
here. Bunches medium ; berries large and red¬ 
dish, skin thin; a very desirable table variety. 
CHAMPION. One of the earliest of American 
Grapes, and on that account has brought good 
prices in near-by markets, but it is too tender for 
long shipment. Bunches and berries medium, 
round, blue-black; vine healthy and vigorous. 
CONCORD. An old favorite ; valuable for 
home use and near-by markets; too tender to 
transport a long distance. A heavy bearer; 
adapts itself to all sorts of training; apt to ripen 
unevenly in this latitude. Bunches and berries 
very large, blue-black, with bloom ; flesh sweet, 
pulpy, tender, good ; vine vigorous. Ripens in July. 
require annual pruning in midwinter, when the 
DELAWARE. Held in high estimation when¬ 
ever grown ; succeeds well here. A moderate 
grower when young, but very hardy and vigorous 
when fully established. Bunches small to me¬ 
dium; berries small, skin red or pink, and very 
thin; sweet, juicy, vinous; quality best. July. 
Listed by the State Horticultural Society as one of 
the best market Grapes that can be grown in 
Florida. 
DIAMOND. A white Grape of handsome ap¬ 
pearance, equal or superior to Niagara in quality, 
and 10 days earlier than that variety. It is pro¬ 
lific, and very thrifty and vigorous. Seems well 
suited for culture in the South, both for home use 
and market ; it has succeeded finely in south 
Florida. 
