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Southorn Plantin^Facts 
Deciduous Fruits 
Thomas Grapes 
The best trellis for the Bunch Grapes in the 
lower South is the Munson three-wire trellis. The 
vines should be planted 8 to lo feet apart. For 
the first season or two a post placed at each vine 
will be sufficient. Later the cross-pieces and 
three wires can be added, and the vines allowed 
to run out over them. Prune each winter season. 
Cut away a goodly portion of last season's 
growth, leaving four or five buds on each shoot. 
The best spray for the canes and fruit is bordeaux 
mixture. This should be applied several times 
each season, beginning soon after the growth 
starts in spring, with an application in winter, 
just after the pruning is done. It is an excellent 
plan to bag the bunches of fruit, using for this 
purpose two- or three-pound ordinary paper sacks. 
PRICES ON GRAPES.—Muscadine and Bunch. 
ETach Per lO lOO 
1- year.So 35 S3 00 S25 00 
2- year. 50 4 5o 40 00 
3- year. 65 6 00 50 00 
Muscadine Grapes 
Flowers. Bunches composed of fifteen 
twenty large, purplish black berries; sweet, 
vinous, good quality. August and September. 
James. Very valuable. The largest of the 
Muscadine group, berries often measuring ^ to 
inches in diameter; prolific; black, juicy, 
sweet. Has taken premiums wherever exhib¬ 
ited. Ripens from August until late in the fall. 
Scuppernong. Muscadine type. Bunches 
composed of eight or ten very large berries, 
bronze-colored when fully ripe; flesh pulpy, 
sweet, with peculiar, agreeable, musky flavor; 
quality excellent. One of the oldest and best 
varieties of the Muscadine Grapes in cultiva¬ 
tion. Ripens in August and September. 
Thomas. Belongs to the Muscadine type, 
and one of the best of its class. Color reddish 
purple; pulp sweet, tender. Very largely planted. 
August and September. 
Male Muscadine. Muscadine Grapes bear 
much larger crops if a pollen-bearing vine is 
planted near to furnish pollen. 
Bunch Grapes 
Concord. Bunches and berries very large, 
blue-black, with bloom; flesh sweet, pulpy, 
tender, good; vine vigorous. Heavy bearer; 
desirable for home markets. July. 
Delaware. Bunches small to medium; ber¬ 
ries small, skin red or pink, and very thin; 
sweet, juicy, vinous; quality best. Generally 
considered the finest American Grape. 
Diamond. A handsome white Grape equal 
or superior to Niagara in quality, and ten days 
earlier. Prolific, very thrifty and vigorous, and 
one of the best for the South. 
Ives. Strong grower; very productive; stands 
shipping well; bunches large; berries large, black, 
pulpy, sweet, of good quality. June. 
Niagara. Bunch and berry large; greenish yel¬ 
low; flesh sweet; quality good. A strong grower 
and produces good crops of fruit. One of the 
best for the South generally. 
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