. Cyclopedia of American horticulture, comprising suggestions for cultivation of horticultural plants, descriptions of the species of fruits, vegetables, flowers, and ornamental plants sold in the United States and Canada, together with geographical and biographical sketches. Gardening. Head of a vine. Showing the system of taking out the renewals. In infested vineyards, the foliage and diseased berries should be raked up and burned in the fall. The anthracnose or scab {!iphiirrlnma ampelinum) is a very serious fungous disease. It is most apparent on the fruit, where it makes a hard, scabby pa
. Cyclopedia of American horticulture, comprising suggestions for cultivation of horticultural plants, descriptions of the species of fruits, vegetables, flowers, and ornamental plants sold in the United States and Canada, together with geographical and biographical sketches. Gardening. Head of a vine. Showing the system of taking out the renewals. In infested vineyards, the foliage and diseased berries should be raked up and burned in the fall. The anthracnose or scab {!iphiirrlnma ampelinum) is a very serious fungous disease. It is most apparent on the fruit, where it makes a hard, scabby patch. Its most serious work, however, occurs on the stems of the 962. Upright system of Grape training. At the winter pruning, all the top will be cut away except two eancs near the center: these two will be laid down in opposite directions on the bottom wire for the next season's frtdting. have been named and described. Many foreign varie- ties have been introduced. Yet, in any region the num- ber of useful commercial varieties is usually less than a dozen. Of the American Grapes (those aside from viniferas), the Concord is the cosmopolitan variety. Others of great prominence are Worden, Niagara, Ca- tawba, Delaware. For the South, consult Munson's article, below. For the Pacific viniferas, consult Wick- son's account, below. Following are notes on varieties by Ralph Bush, of the old firm of Bush & Sons, Bush- berg, Mo. This firm was established shortly after the civil war by Isidor and Ralph Bush, father and son. In the early seventies the firm became Bush & Son & Meissner, by the entering of G. E. Meissner. The re- cent death of the elder Bush and Meissner has left the firm in the hands of Ralph Bush & Sons. It is this firm which publishes the Grape manual already men- tioned. In that work and in Mitzky's "Native Grape," great numbers of varieties are described. Mr. Bush's remarks on varieties of Grapes, made for this occasion, are as follows : "
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