The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1909-10-07
Six Varieties of the Scuppernong
Grape.
Wilmington Star.

| A recent article in the Star concern
ing the iucious scuppernong grape,
which is indigenous to North Carroll
ma and which grows to perfection
most anywhere in the South, has
given wide publicity to that peculiar.
delightful and useful North Carolina
product. The most delicious wines
and jellies are made from the SOUP
pernong and while it has been known
in the South for time immemoria it
has not received the attention that
its emphatic merits warrant. 1t may
yet be a good second to cotton in
making the South famous.
From an item in the Raleigh News
and Observer of September Doth. we
note that there are six varieties OF
the scuppernong, probably all hut
one hybrids The Star is gratified
that North Carolina's famous native
grape is to be specially exhibited
when the National Farmers Con
gress meets i'm Raleigh November
18th to 23rd. Mr.. Shaw, assistant
State hOrticulturist, has put in cold
storage at the State Museum $50
baskets OF sruppernongs, including
six varieties, such as the James.
Flowers, the Misch, and others, and
these are to be on exhibition during
the sitting of the National Farmers
Congress, which will be attended by
several hundred delegates from at
least 26 States.
We presume that some of the SOUP
pernongs which are to be displayed
for the delectatiOn Of the delegates
from SO many States are products of
the fine old county of Cumberland.
on the upper Cape Fear. If so, it will
give Cumberland county wide pub
Lefty that will go not amiss. The
Fayetteville Observer of Tuesday
SAYS about the Cum berland grapes
referred to:
yesterday Mr.. A. S. Huske ship
ped II number of baskets of scupper-
nong grapes to parties in Texas, who
had ordered them. Tomorrow Mr.
Huske will ship 100 baskets of soup
pernOngs to Greensboro, where they
will be kept on cold storage until the
18th of October, when they will be
sent to Raleigh to be exhibited at
the National Farmers Congress,
which will be in session there the first
week in November"
Cumberland county is displaying
considerable enterprise in attracting
attention to her resources at the
State Fair to he held in October and
at the National Farmers Congress
to be held in November. For in
stance, the Fayetteville Observer
continues:
"Capt. J. Fl. Currie, president of
the State Agricultural Society, is
negotiating with the Raleigh &
Southport to have that road run
several special trains to Fayetteville
for the purpose of bringing delegates
to the National Convention from
Raleigh to Fayetteville with the
view of showing them the varied az
ricultural interests in Cumberland.
1t has been a custom of late years
for delegates to these National Con
ventions to take side trips during or
after the meeting. Lending farmers
from all over the United States
and some from Canada will be in at
tendance upon this convention
The canning industry is a side is
sue to the grape subject, but in men,
tiOning the fact that Assistant State
Horticulturst Shaw will make that
special exhibit of scuppernongs. the
Raleigh News and Observer adds:
"He is also makinga notable show
OF canned vegetables. This is being
done by new process and Mr.. Shaw
will make tour of the State to illus
trate it. The canning industry, now
small, can be made an important in
dustry in North Carolina. The Cen
trail Hospital for the Insane has put
up this season over Is, 900 cans, the
patients doing the work of picking
and canning"
The instances of the flattering op-
portunity for the canning industry
in North Carolina are numerous, and
no doubt publicity, along with the
statement of facts that can be found
in the above, will result in the estab-
lishment of an industry that it il a
shame to longer neglect.