SCUPPERNONG

the most widely cultivated of museadine grapes (see Muscapixe). It grows commonly in small clusters of two to six berries—sometimes in single berries and occasionally in bunches of fifteen or more. The berries are large—frequently averaging more than three-quarters of an inch in diameter—and vary from a ru et dotted or blotehed green to reddish brown. according to exposure and other circum. stances, They ripen individually and are in some vineyards gathered from the —. “me —- = The seuppernong makes good grape juice, jellies, sirups, and paste. Tt is not a particularly good table-grape—its flesh is sweet. juicy, and soft, but is marked by a musky oder and flavor which is displeasing to some palates, and it is more perishable and consequently more diffienit of transportation than other varieties. Large quantities were formerly utilized in the making of wine. The vine has in the past been generally grown in overhead style, spreading enormonsiv from a single central trunk, and seldom pruned, extending its arms in all directions, canopy-fashion, supported by posts, and often covering a considerable area. Modern cultivation favors a restricted growth on trellises.