The Muscadine Grapes

George C. Husmann and Charles Dearing

No 410255, USDA Miscellaneous from United States Department of Agriculture

Abstract: This bulletin comprises as a whole a report of the viticultural investigations of the Bureau of Plant Industry in the Muscadine regions from 1905 to 1911. It discusses the present status of the Muscadine grape industry, the cooperative experimental work in progress on the Pender Test Farm of the North Carolina Department of Agriculture, botanical relationship, classification, distribution, and propagation of Muscadines, soils, preparation of the land, planting, cultivation, fertilization, pruning and training, harvesting and handling, yields and returns, relation of wine making to the Rotundifolia grape industry, unfermented grape juice, other uses of Muscadine grapes, Brix readings and acid content of Muscadine grapes, and insects and diseases. The results to date of researches in self-fertility, sterility, and breeding are given and the important varieties of Muscadines are described.

Keywords: Crop Production/Industries; Demand and Price Analysis; Marketing; Productivity Analysis; Research and Development/Tech Change/Emerging Technologies; Teaching/Communication/Extension/Profession (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 80
Date: 1913-05
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DOI: 10.22004/ag.econ.410255

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