The Munson Nurseries, Denison, Texas 
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The Munson J\[ame has been Associated with Grapes 
in this Country and France for Over 60 Tears 
To those of you who are interested in the growing of grapes, we ask that you read 
carefully the cultural information below. It is authentic in every respect being excerpts 
from the great works of the late T. V. Munson “The Foundation of American Grape 
Culture”. 
A. This ancient fruit is at home on any character 
of soil and there is not a place that should be with¬ 
out it. Whether in the vineyard or arbors, backyards, 
or trained on fences, porches, or buildings, the grape 
bears with astonishing regularity. 
B. All bearing grapes have one of two kinds of 
flowers—both kinds are pistillate, but one has per¬ 
fect stamens and will bear alone; the other has im¬ 
perfect stamens and will require a perfect stamen 
variety blooming at the same time planted near to 
render the imperfect stamen variety fruitful. Some 
of the best varieties are those having imperfect 
stamens. In the following descriptions characters 
are given after the name of the variety, which will 
indicate to the reader the kind of flower and date 
of flowering. So in selecting mates for the imper¬ 
fect stamen kinds, select those varieties with perfect 
stamens, blooming within three days earlier or at 
the same time. The perfect flowering kinds are in¬ 
dicated with (t) and the imperfect flowering with 
(*). In respect to date of blooming. A is for April and 
M is for May, and the figure following the date as 
A9 means April 9th. The dates mentioned are for 
Denison for the average period of years. They will 
vary in other sections and vary from year to year in 
any place. 
C. All the varieties possessing Post-Oak blood, in 
order to get best results in cropping, should be treated 
the same as Herbemont; that is, plant wide apart, 
as much as 12 to 16 feet in the rows, and have long 
arm pruning. They do especially well upon the 
Munson Canopy Trellis. 
D. For marketing and long distance shipments, 
large berry, large cluster, good quality, skin tough. 
Lomanto, Concord, R. W. Munson, Niagara,, Bailey, 
Armalaga, Carman, Muench, Fern, Last Rose. 
E. For local marketing, quality grapes, good ap¬ 
pearance, not well adapted for distance shipment; 
Headlight, Brilliant, Captivator, Rommel, Mericadel, 
Ellen Scott, Edna, Ronalda, and all paragraph D. 
F. For home use where extra high quality is 
wanted, but varieties otherwise may have too small 
berry for market or too tender skin for shipping 
long distances; Bell, Wapanuka, Albania, Manito. 
All those mentioned in paragraphs D and F are also 
fine home use varieties. 
G. While all of varieties in the catalog are adapted 
and successful in most parts of the South and South¬ 
west, some wish a selected list for certain purposes. 
To help make such selections, we offer the following 
suggestions : 
H. For red juice or for making red wine: America, 
Cloeta, R. W. Munson, Concord, Jacquez. 
I. For light amber colored juice or wine: Mar¬ 
guerite, Ellen Scott, Herbemont, Blondin. 
J. For limy soils where Post-Oak Grape hybrids 
will not succeed: Lomanto, Ladano, Bell, Salaman¬ 
der, Lukfata, Champanel, Elvicand and Valhallah. 
K. For Coastal Plain or near the coast: Carman, 
R. W. Munson, Bailey, Ellen Scott, Edna, Niagara. 
Beacon, Extra. Where Phyloxera is present or Root 
Rot varieties will have to be grafted upon resistant 
stocks. Varieties named in paragraph J have nearly 
resistant roots. 
Distance apart to plant is mentioned with each 
variety, just by mentioning the number of feet, as 
“8 feet”. Those mentioned to be planted 8 feet 
should have SHORT ARM pruning, say 3 to 4 feet. 
Those mentioned to be planted 12 feet should have 
MEDIUM ARM pruning, say arms 4 to 6 feet long ; 
and those mentioned to be planted 16 feet apart 
should have LONG ARM pruning, say with arms 
6 to 8 feet long. Distances mentioned are for vines 
in row. All rows can be 10 feet apart regardless of 
distance in the row. 
Carman 
