Identifier: ournativegrapegr00cmit (find matches)
Title: Our native grape. Grapes and their culture. Also descriptive list of old and new varieties
Year: 1893 (1890s)
Authors: C. Mitzky & Co
Subjects: Grapes Grapes Viticulture
Publisher: Rochester, N.Y., W. W. Morrison, printer
Contributing Library: The Library of Congress
Digitizing Sponsor: Sloan Foundation

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medium, compact, shouldered; berry medium, round, black,Sweet, sprightly, pleasant; colors early, but does not ripen quite as early as Isabella ;vine hardy, vigorous and productive. YOUNG AMERICA. (Labr.) A Concord seedling raised by S. Miller, resembl-ing the Concord. YONKERS HONEY DEW. (Labr.) Originated on the Hudson. It is a purenative ripening with the Hartford and in some respects superior to that variety ;berry large, round, black with blue bloom ; bunch large, long, compact, skin thick,flesh pulpy but sweet. Vine vigorous and productive. Concord foliage, healthy, early. ZELIA. (Hyb.) Produced by C. J. Copley, Stapleton, N. Y. Telegraph crossedwith Black Hamburg ; bunch very large, medium compact, berries very large, blackwith a fine bloom, skin thin but tough and does not crack. Very rich sherry flavor,medium vigorous grower, productive, ripens early. ZINNIA. (Labr.) Origin unknown, bunch very large, loose, shouldered ; berrymedium, round, black with a rich bloom ; worthless.
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COIvERAIN—See page ii6. Contents. Introduction 3 History of the Grape 5 Classification 8 Propagation 10 Short Cuttings—Long Cuttings—Layering—Root Grafting Hybridizing 13 Production of New Seedling Grapes—Proposition to Protect the Originators. The 5oil 17 Vineyard Planting 18 Location and Soil—Planting—Second Year—Trellises—Third Year—Fourth Year—Selection of Varieties—Imperfect Fertilization Grape Growing at Home 28 Pruning and Training 29 Kniffin System—Fan System—Munsons Alternate Renewal System—SinglePost System—Caywood Overhead System—Summer Pruning—Thinning Grapes ■ Grafting the Grape 37 Layer Grafting—Whip Grafting-i-Wagner System—Cleft Grafting—A New Method of Grafting Girdling 44 Fertilizers 45 Commercial Fertilizer—Manure—Wood Ashes Diseases of the Grape 48 Black Rot—Downy Mildew—Powdery Mildew—Anthracnose—Bitter Rot—White Rot—Rougeot—Ripe Rot—Bordeaux Mixture—Ammoniacal Solutionof Copper Carbonate—Eau Cele

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