To these 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 be¬ 
ing excerpts from the great works of the late T. V. Mun¬ 
son “The Foundation of American Grape Culture." 
A. This ancient fruit is at home on any character 
cf soil and there is not a place that should be without 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 perfect 
stamens and will bear alone; the other has imperfect 
stamens and will require a perfect stamen variety bloom¬ 
ing at the same time planted near to render the imper¬ 
fect stamen variety fruitful. Some of the best varieties 
are those having imperfect stamens. In following de¬ 
scriptions 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 imperfect 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 (f) 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 sec¬ 
tions 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 Can¬ 
opy Trellis. 
D. For marketing and long distance shipments, 
large berry, large cluster, good quality, skin tough. 
Lcmanto, Concord, R. W. Munson, Niagara, Bailey, Ar- 
malaga, Carman, Muench, Fern, Last Rose. 
E. For local marketing, quality grapes, good ap¬ 
pearance. not well adapted for distance shipment; Head¬ 
light, Brilliant, Captivator, Rommel, Mericadel, Ellen 
Scott, Edna, Ronalda, and all paragraph D. 
F. For home use where extra high quality is want¬ 
ed. 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 paragraph D and F are also fine home use varieties. 
G. While all 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 sucl^ selections, we offer the following sug¬ 
gestions: 
H. For red juice or for making red wine: America, 
Cloeta, R. W. Munson, Concord, Jacquez. 
I. For light amber colored juice or wine: Margue¬ 
rite, Ellen Scott, Herbemont, Blondin. 
J. For limy soils where Post-Oak Grape hybrids 
will not succeed: Lomanto, Ladano, Bell, Salamander, 
Lukfata, Champanel, Elvicand and Valhallah. 
K. For Coastal Plain or near the coast: Carman, 
R. W. Munson, Bailey, Ellen Scott, Edna, Niagara, 
