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Show a MANY EXCELLENT VARIETIES OF GRAPES L - : J Three Superior and Popular Varieties. Grapes aro grown with success over practically the whole country, and aro tho surest to bear each year of all our fruits. Probably tho most popular grapes grown both, for homo table uso and the market aro tho thrco varlotioa Concord, Delaware and California Tokay. Experiment stations in tub different sections of tho country hnvo made extended tests with varioties, and tho recommendations of theso may serve to indlcato tho best varieties for different sections of tho country. In tho north, Concord, Niagara, Catawba Ca-tawba and Worden. Tho Virginia station recommends for tablo and markot. Concord and Moore's Early among tho blacks; Brilliant nnd Delawaro among tho rcdB, and Wllllo Bell, Niagara. Winchell and Marthn among tho white grapes. For red wine, Clinton, Cynthlana nnd Norton are recommended. Tho Georgia favorites aro practically tho. Barno varioties; in ndditlon, for white wine, Gootho, Missouri Rlosling, Elvira, Catawba, Horbomont, Delawaro and Scuppernong. The Toxns station rec-ommonds rec-ommonds Brilliant, Bailey. Delaware, Drocut and Duches for tabjo use, and Catawba and Horbomont for wine. The Missouri Btatlon rooommends as oarly varieties for local nnd commor-' clal planting, Croon Mountain, Jewell, Campbell, Early Now Hnvon, Brighton, Mooro's Early and Norfolk. Wisconsin recommends flrBt of all Mooro's Early, followed closely by Worden, Concord, Wilder and Delaware. Now York's favorlto varieties nro Mooro's Early, Catawba, Diamond, Concord, Agawam, Niagara, Delawaro and Worden. In California, Clnlllora, or European grapes aro grown. Theso nro famod as table, wlno and raisin grapes. Somo pf .the moro prominent of these are tho following: Raisin grnpos: White Muscat, Muscatel, Gordo Blanco, Sultana Sul-tana and Thompson Seedless. Table grapes: Plamo, Tokay, Emperor, Blnck Hamburg and Chassclas, lied wlno grapes: Zinfandcl, Carignan' nnd Mataro. Whlto wino grapes: Sau-rlgnon, Sau-rlgnon, Riesling and Chassolas Doro.i Ifort wine grapes: Mission, Malvolsle and Trousseau. Shorry and Maderia wlno grapes: Mission, Palomino and Sultana. Flno grapes aro also grown under glass, but for this purposo only European Eu-ropean varieties aro used. Black Hamburg Ham-burg Is tho variety most usod for this purposo. |