. Glen St. Mary Nurseries : 1899. Nurseries (Horticulture) Florida Glen Saint Mary Catalogs; Fruit trees Seedlings Catalogs; Fruit Catalogs; Nut trees Catalogs; Plants, Ornamental Catalogs. 3^ CLEN ST. MARY MOORE'S EARLY JAMES. Berry of large size and good quality ; black. Vine very prolific. Commences to ripen about the first of August, and continues until frost. Allen Warren & Co., of Greenville, N. C, say : "We exhibited this Grape at the state exposition, with many other fine varieties, but there was not a Grape on exhibition to equal the James. It has taken the premiu
. Glen St. Mary Nurseries : 1899. Nurseries (Horticulture) Florida Glen Saint Mary Catalogs; Fruit trees Seedlings Catalogs; Fruit Catalogs; Nut trees Catalogs; Plants, Ornamental Catalogs. 3^ CLEN ST. MARY MOORE'S EARLY JAMES. Berry of large size and good quality ; black. Vine very prolific. Commences to ripen about the first of August, and continues until frost. Allen Warren & Co., of Greenville, N. C, say : "We exhibited this Grape at the state exposition, with many other fine varieties, but there was not a Grape on exhibition to equal the James. It has taken the premium wherever exhibited. We gath- ered 3}^ lbs. per square yard on the average last season (1895), and as much as 11 lbs. to the square yard in the thickest places. The berries are the largest known; many of them will measure 1% inches in ; John Robinson, Commissioner of Agriculture for North Carolina, says : "I regard the James Grape as decidedly the best of the Scuppernong family, for the following reasons : They keep much better, are sweeter and richer in flavor, grow in large bunches, and can be shipped without ; Moore's Early. Similar to Concord in size and shape, but an improvement on that variety in qual- ity and in time of ripening, which is earlier. Niagara. Bunch and berry large ; greenish yel- low ; flesh sweet; quality good. Its remarkable size and fine appearance, together with its good shipping qualities and earliness, have given it much popularity as a market variety ; vigorous and pro- lific. Early. One of the best market varieties for East and South Florida. Makes a good white wine. Salem {Rogers' No. jj). Bunce large, compact; berry very large, round, coppery red ; flesh tender, juicy; in quality one of the best. Ripens with Concord. Vine healthy, vigorous, productive. One of the best of Rogers' Grapes ; succeeds well here. Scuppernong. Bunches composed of 8 or 10 very large berries, bronze colored when fully ripe ; flesh pulpy, swe
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