Albuquerque weekly citizen. (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1891-19??, 1902-08-09

Agricultural elpsllasat Statlsa, Nee,
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Early grapes. while not 90 exten.
sively planted and not a. good In quail
ity. or as good shippers a. the medium
or late varieties. possess enough good
qualities to make them worthy Of be.
Ing more generally planted for home
use and to greater or less extent, de.
pending on circumstances. for com.
mercial purposes, In New Mexico there
has been but little attention given to
the growing of early varieties. The
later kinds. like the Muscat of Alex.
andria, Mission. Fleme Tokay, and
Gros Colman have been the favorite
varieties. The fact that some OF the
earliest grapes ripen about two weeks
before our commercial varieties, which
usually appear on the market about
the last Of the second week In August,
should make them a valuable addition
to the commercial vineyard.
Generally speaking, there have been
but few varieties OF foreign grapes
grown In the territory. with the idea
In view of testing the adaptability to
our conditions of q large number of
varieties, the experiment station start
ed a new experimental vineyard in the
spring OF 300 OF over fifty varieties of
foreign grapes. Many of these promise
success, and this summer-the third
year after planting-most of the vines
have a good crop Of fruit. The earliest
varieties in the test ripen during the
last week in July. Below Is given
list of them with a description Of
each:
Chasselas de Florence-vine strong
but slender grower; lunches medium.
compact. slightly tapering: berries
quite insipid Early and heavy bearer;
ripening by July "a.
Chasselas de OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
strong but slender grower; berries, me-
dunn to large. round greenish yellow.
Arm, juicy. sweet, pleasing |
flavor. Good and early bearer; ripen-
ing by July "a.
Sweet Water-Seems to be identical
with the Chasselas de Fontainebleau. |
White Corinth-Vine strong grower:
small, compact. cylindrical; |
small. round. greenish yellow,
seedless. soft, very Juicy, sweet. |
Ripens July ~.
Chasselas Rose-Vine. strong bat |
slender grower: lunches medium, com. |
pact; berries medium to large. round, |
clear red. Arm, moderately juicy and |
sweet, good; ripening July 26.
Chasselas Napoleon or ''Bicane"--
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medium, somewhat loose; her.
ries medium, round. greenish yellow |
with a reddish tinge, quite firm, sweet;
ripening by July &c.
Chasselas Ciotat (Parsley.leaved !
moderately good grow
err, lunches small to medium. COM
pact; berries medium greenish-yellow.
quite firm, Juicy. pleasant; ripening by
July 26. Leaves very much lacinated.
Muscat Precoce du Puy de Dome
Vine strong grower; lunches medium,
ong. quite compact; berries medium
20 large, round. reddish purple. firm,
pheasant, has decided Muscat flavor;
the earliest Of the Muscat to ripen;
ripening by July rs.
Thompson Seedless-Vine exceed /
Ingly strong grower and heavy bear
er; lunches large. long, shouldered;
berries small. oval. grcenish yellow,
very Arm, seedless, crisp; ri2ens by
July 28.
Muscat Precoce du Puy de Dome,
Chasselas de Fontainebleau, and Chas-
selas Rose. seem to be the three best
in this list.
II Is intended to publish notes on
these grapes as fast as the different
in the test ripen.