El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1913-05-03
lies Of both and none Of the unde-

Varieties Described.
For home use one should plant Sef-
eral kinds, ripening at different tunes
OF the season, providing a supply early
and late; but for commercial purposes
on large scale, not over two or three
varieties. and these Of the best a
few Of the best varieties / give peioM
in the order of their ripeninS. with
description OF the same.
RiPening From July I TO 10.
LOmantO. Blooms April 20; hybrid Oh
Salado and Malaga; vine vigorous, pro
life healthy, leaf medium cluster
above medium. cOnical, compact; oerl!
very persistent, medium to large
spherical. dark purple. skin thin. touSh
pulp melting, excellent quality juice
Ripening From July 10 to 20
NithOdal. Blooms April Is; announcer
hybrid of SaladO and Malaga vine Wig
orOus, healthy; cluster medium 10
large, cOnical., handsome; berry per
sistent. large, translucent, lark req
skin thin, never cracks, pulp meltln!7i
Juice pale pink; very attractive wiz
stand few degrees DeIoW zero WIN
out injury. This grape comes out Oh
the species Wits Champini Of SOUTH
west Texas. which possesses endurance
against climatic hardShips in the SOutA
superior to any other species; rms In APP
plies is we'll to LOmanUO and Salaman-
der which are also bred out OF TINS
species by two generations or preeu-
ing. The parent SaladO is hybrid OF
one Of the best Wits Champlm Fdfl-
ties with Brilliant
RIpening july 20 TO August L.
SnIamander. Blooms May 3; combl-
nation OF SaladO, Delaware, and Linz
ley; vine vigorous and healthy ehouI
ing drOuth perfectly and 10 degrees
below zero of cold; prolific; comDacl
clusters of good. medium, translucent
red berries having thin, tough SKIN
melting pulp, good quality seeGs
small; adapted to all SOILS ana "loe
range of climate.
RipeninE August 20 to 80.
LOnEfeIIOyv. Blooms April 30; hybrid
of ArmlOng with GrIesa the iatter
very fine Italian grape. vine 1alr grow
er very prolific. healthy clusters eN-
rremely large. often 10 TO Il inches
long: berry large, oval. persistent
black, of high quality One of the pest
show and market grapes. adapted 10
all varieties of soil; stands zero Weath-
er or lower. without injury VIII COM
pete with foreign grapes in market
Ellen scott. Blooms May .; ArmlOnS
hvbridiZed with HerbemOnt; vine beau
tifuI healthy. vigorous. prolific; STANDS
five or 10 degrees below zero without
injury; clusters very large, conlcaI;
berry large, translucent, violet colorcG
with a delicate bloom. skin thin ana [
tough pulp tender very juicy ana
sprigntly. Of pure high quality, re-
minding one of the best foreign grapes
"A very handsome table and market {
crane. This grape ought TO be eSpec-
tally valuable TO this section and all I
the southwest It has splendid ship /
ping qualities
ArmaIngn. Blooms May .; a hybrid of 4
Armlong (Which is a hybrid OF native I
Post oak grape with Black Eagle) anu I
Malaga The vine is vigorous and (;
healthy. flowers perfect; clusters large !
and compact, berry large. yeuoWish (
green translucent persistent TO cluS- 1
Ter: the skin. tough. yet pleasant 10 {
taste without aStringency- 1t enuuIeS !
shipping as well as the famous Iolay ]
(Which is the best shipper In Call1oi-
MIA certain districts being devoted al 4
most wholly to its producJiOn.) In /
quality it IS equal to the best 1oreiSn \
grapes; and should prove very Ealu-
able in this district and all the drler /
portions of the southwest. 1t Is mucn /
harder than pure Vinifera kinds Its /
fruit would be taken by any one not 4,
acquainted with motive blood as pure I
foreign grape and VIII sell equsLlS 4
we'll with such. while the vine Is i'm 1
menseIy superior to any 81 the foreign !
Its quality is much richer than Malaga
RonaIdO. Blooms May 4; ArmlonE and Z
Malaga hybrid of same general char
acter as the above tArmalaSa), only (
the vine is more vigorous, the clusters
larger and the color white.
Edna. Blooms May 8, hybrid OF ARM
long with Malaga, and similar IN every
way to Armalga. though the VINE Is
are as large and as handsome as Ar
malaga
These last four grapes were pro
duced by Prof. Munson in Texas by the
crosses stated. Prof. MunsOn devoted
much Of his life to the STUDY of the {
grape in this country and abroad. ana
was perhaps the best posted man IN !
this line in the world Prof MunSon !
died this past winter He stated 10 me
last September that he considered /
these the best grapes for this section
These four grapes are the last ne I
produced and he considered them the
best result of his lie work in this
line Speaking of these grapes, ne /
said: For this season august 20 70 [
3O no four grapes. foreign not eX-
ceDted. can excel the Ellen Sco-J
RonaIdo. Armalaga and Edna
IL PnsO Produced Stock.
As stated before ! hay seed plant
ed here of this general character OF !
crosses. prepared by Prof Munson- ana
I hope 10 get an FL PasO product OF .
several varieties as good as above
The foreign grapes best suited 10 4
this section are. 1 would say the MUS
cat. Tokay. Sultana. Malaga and Mis- /
sion. The Muscat Sultana tIhomp-
sons seedless) and Malaga may ne (
dried into raisins. There are ABOUT
5000 different varieties OF grapes; but /
in this article 1 am dealing only with
those that 1 consider valuable TO tins /