For about two
centuries our forefathers kept on planting vines imported from
Europe, only to meet with failure. Nature, that had so abundantly
rewarded their efforts abroad, quietly checkmated them here. At
last American fruit-growers took the hint, and began developing
our native species. Then Nature smiled; and as a lure along this
correct path of progress, gave such incentives as the Isabella,
the Catawba, and Concord. We are now bewildered by almost as great
a choice of varieties from native species as they have abroad; and
as an aid to selection I will again give the verdict of some of
the authorities.
The choice of the Hon. Norman J. Colman, Commissioner of
Agriculture: "Early Victor, Worden, Martha, Elvira, Cynthiana."
This is for the region of Missouri. For the latitude of New
Jersey, A.S. Fuller's selection: "Delaware, Concord, Moore's
Early, Antoinette (white), Augusta (white), Goethe (amber)." E.S.
Carmen: "Moore's Early [you cannot praise this too much. The
quality is merely that of the Concord; but the vines are marvels
of perfect health, the bunches large, the berries of the largest
size. They ripen all at once, and are fully ripe when the Concord
begins to color], Worden, Brighton, Victoria (white), Niagara
(white), El Dorado. [This does not thrive everywhere, but the
grapes ripen early--September 1, or before--and the quality is
perfection--white.
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