American Agriculturist, for the farm, garden and household . GRAfE. which the first named is the best known andmost cultivated. The berries of the Scupper-nong are from three-fourths of an inch to oneinch and a fourth in diameter, and in clusters offrom two to twenty. Theengraving is of the naturalsize, taken from a specimensent by M. T. Garrett, Hall-fax Co., N. C. The fruitdrops from the cluster whenripe, and is collected byplacing sheets on the ground,and shaking or beating thevines. Though what is call-ed a white grape, it is of agreenish yellow color, mark-ed with small brown
American Agriculturist, for the farm, garden and household . GRAfE. which the first named is the best known andmost cultivated. The berries of the Scupper-nong are from three-fourths of an inch to oneinch and a fourth in diameter, and in clusters offrom two to twenty. Theengraving is of the naturalsize, taken from a specimensent by M. T. Garrett, Hall-fax Co., N. C. The fruitdrops from the cluster whenripe, and is collected byplacing sheets on the ground,and shaking or beating thevines. Though what is call-ed a white grape, it is of agreenish yellow color, mark-ed with small brown skin is very thick andleathery, containing anabundant, rather pleasantjuice, with a tough pulp. Ithas been described as hav-ing a flue muskj aroma,but to our notion it is amarked foxiness, a little lessdisagreeable than that of theNorthern Fox-grape. Thevine is trained upon horizon-tal arbors, and is not short-ened in by pruning, but al-lowed to spread over a largespace. The fruit is said tobe produced on spurs two ormore years old, and not, asis
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