The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1879-08-27

cross, usually described as a whit
grape, but here it is semi-transparen
and light red, bunch and berry large
thin skin, very juicy and sweet.
Massasoit mo. 81 is dark purple
large, long lunches and good quality
Wilder mo. A is a black grape, 0
the Hamburg cross, very large, boil
in bunch and berry, skin rather thick
and quality excellent. Not only al
the committee, but every person
present, pronounced these the larges
grapes they ever saw.
Lindley (No. 81 is of the Chasselas
cross, bright light red, medium size
and sugary sweet, with a peculiar
aromatic flavor.
Agawam (No. 15) is of the Ham.
burg cross, dark maroon red, large
compact punches, berries large, sweet
and sprightly, and, like the Lindley,
has flavor peculiar to itself.
Merrimack mo, 19) is a black
grape Of the Hamburg cross, bunch
large, long, and heavily shouldered !;
berry somewhat smaller than the
Wilder, but of better quality, very
juicy, sweet and rich. 1t appears to
be grape of unusual merit.
Essex (No. Az in color, bunch and
berry much like the Merrimack.
Barry (No. 43) is much like the
Wilder, only the berry is a smaller
size.
Salem (No. 53) is of the Hamburg
cross, though red grape, very large,
both in bunch and berry, thin skin,
flesh tender and very sweet, with
peculiar aromatic flavor. Many
think it the best grape in the collec-
tion.
Ives's Seeding, though not claimed
as good table grape, is of much bet
ter quality here than when grown
further north. Itappeared much like
itself as grown elsewhere, only the
punches were unusually compact.
qaalD DelaHSgan Aaes well ! lIss-ss-r-ld is -,
! both bunch and berry it seems to be
larger here than in the North. A
member of our committee from Del
aware, Ohio, where this grape origin
ated, pronounces the punches the
largest he ever saw. Another per-
son, who has handled them by the
cart-load on the islands of Lake Erie,
says he never saw the berries so large
before.
i Croton is one of Mr.. UnderhilPs
hybrids, a cross between the Della
ware and Chasselas de Fontainebleau,
bunches long and heavily shouldered,
berries medium in size, yellowish
green, thin skin, rich aud juicy-a
very delicate grape of the first
quality.
! A member of the committee, who
has cultivated grapes in New Jersey
for nearly forty years, and has grown
most of Rogers hyDrids, pronounces
these Wilders the largest grapes he
ever saw, and has never before seen
the hybrids produce such large
clusters.
There are other varieties here not
vet old enough to fruit, that are Of
unusual promise. OF Arnold's by.
brids the Brant and Canada are q
cross between the Clinton and Black
| st. Peter. OF the Southern summer
grapes { VatiS EStnvaliS) the Eumelar
and Rulander, also the ST Augustine
/ We also saw an illustration of the
advantage of home grown vines over
those brought from a distance. Two
vines of the same age and kind, set at
the same time side by side, under the
same treatment, the homegrown
vine has this season produced a cane
more than three times as large and
three times as long as the other.
We also saw young Scuppernong
vines bearing a little fruit. One that
has been set two years, already
spreads twenty-five feet, others from
ten to fifteen feet.
These results are viewed with sur
prise and delight, not only by oul
committee, but by all the members
of the association present, and by
many others who have visited these
grounds to see them.
These. grapes are grown upon higt
pine land, with very little fertilizing
except the native growth upon the
land when cleared.
Mr.. White came to the State, tire,