Our earliest grapes, which ripen in August, as well as
some of the latest, like the Isabella, come from the labrusca
species. It is said that the labrusca class will not thrive in the
extreme South; and with the exception of the high mountain slopes,
this appears reasonable to the student of the vine. It is said
that but few of this class will endure the long hot summers of
France. But there are great differences among the varieties
derived from this native species. For example, the Concord thrives
almost anywhere, while even here upon the Hudson we can scarcely
grow the Catawba with certainty. It is so good a grape, however,
that I persist in making the effort, with varying success; but I
should not recommend it, or many of its class, for those
localities not specially suited to the grape.
I will now name a few varieties which have proved to be, or
promise to be, the most thrifty and productive whereever grapes
can be grown at all the labrusca class: Black--Concord, Wilder,
Worden, Amenia, Early Canada, Telegraph or Christine, Moore's
Early. Red-Wyoming, Goethe, Lindley, Beauty, Brighton, Perkins
(pale red), and Agawam. White--Rebecca, Martha, Alien's Hybrid,
Lady Pocklington, Prentiss, Lady Washington. These are all fine
grapes, and they have succeeded throughout wide areas of country.
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