Our Hardy Grapes, What to Plant

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Excerpt from Our Hardy Grapes, What to Plant: How to Plant, Train, and Manage ThemWe do not, however, think that it has much to rocem mend it, except its earliness and hardiness: and even in these it is so little superior to other varieties which have other excellencies, that it is scarcely to be cultivated, except for the sake of variety.The Concord is a grape ripening almost as early as the pre ceding. It is a strong, vigorous grower, throwing out thick canes which extend a great distance, producing its fruit fully and plentifully, requiring but little care, yet amply repaying any extra care bestowed upon it. The berries and bunches are both very large, almost black, covered with a beautiful bloom. The ¿avor is much like the Isabella, a little more musky perhaps, but this muskiness constantly decreasing with age and culture. The vine is healthy, not subject to mildew or rot, and one of the most certain to produce good results of any variety that we have. It is said to make good wine, but we scarcely think that possible in the neighbor hood of New York, without the addition of sugar, and in our estimation a mixture of fruit juices and cane sugar is not wine. We have tasted wine made from the Concord without the addition of sugar, but it was thin, without body, and probably would not keep. Yet the Concord as a market grape, is probably among the best and most profitable that can be cultivated. It has been extensively disseminated, and will in all probability be planted more extensively than any other variety except the Delaware, for many years to come.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.