Scuppernong
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The scuppernong is a large variety of
History
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The name comes from the
It was first cultivated during the 17th century, particularly in
Cultivation
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The fruit grows where temperatures seldom fall below 10 °F (−12 °C).[6] Injury or freeze can occur where winter temperatures drop below 0 °F (−18 °C). Some cultivars, such as ‘Magnolia’, ‘Carlos’, and ‘Sterling’ will survive north to Virginia and west to the Blue Ridge Mountains’ foothills. Nonetheless, Muscadines have a high tolerance to diseases and pests; more than 100 years of breeding has resulted in several bronze cultivars, such as ‘Doreen’ and ‘Triumph’, in addition to the aforementioned ‘Carlos’ and ‘Magnolia’. All are distinguishable from the Scuppernong variety by being perfect-flowered (male and female flower parts together); the Scuppernong possesses only female flowering parts.
The "Mother Vine"
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Possibly[7] the oldest cultivated grapevine in the world is the 400-year-old scuppernong "Mother Vine" growing on Roanoke Island, North Carolina.[8]
Use of scuppernong in the arts
In music
Scuppernong is a piece for piano in three movements by John Wesley Work III.[9]
Broomstraw Philosophers and Scuppernong Wine is a song written by country artist, Larry Jon Wilson.
In literature
Scuppernongs are mentioned in chapters 4, 5, and 22 of To Kill a Mockingbird.
Scuppernong is also mentioned in Charles W. Chesnutt's 1899 collection of short stories The Conjure Woman.
They are also mentioned by the name "scupadine" in chapter 6 of Salvage the Bones.
"In The Scuppernongs" is the title of a chapter in Go Tell The Bees That I Am Gone, the ninth book in the Outlander series by Diana Gabaldon.
In the movie The Bad Seed, Rhoda Penmark talks about the "scuppernong arbor" in the family's yard. In William Faulkner's novel Absalom, Absalom!, Thomas Sutpen, and Wash Jones drink whiskey and laugh together in the scuppernong arbor on Sutpen's estate.
Scuppernongs are mentioned in Chapter 25 of MacKinlay Kantor's Civil War novel Andersonville.
References
- ^ "USDA Plants Profile Muscadine". Plants.usda.gov. Retrieved 2012-08-09.
- ^ "North Carolina State University Muscadine Grapes". Ces.ncsu.edu. 1914-06-30. Retrieved 2012-08-09.
- ^ "Official State Symbols of North Carolina". ncpedia.org. Retrieved 2012-09-26.
- ^ "North Carolina Wine & Grape Council and NCDOC". Scuppernongs.com. Retrieved 2012-08-09.
- ^ "GS_149-2 "A Toast" to North Carolina 2005". Ncleg.net. Retrieved 2012-08-09.
- ^ Poling, Barclay & Fisk, Connie (June 2006). "Muscadine Grapes in the Home Garden". NC State University Horticulture Information Leaflets. Retrieved 2008-09-25.
- ^ "North Carolina History Project : Mother Vine". Northcarolinahistory.org. Retrieved 2012-08-09.
- ^ Kozak, Catherine (14 July 2008). "Mother of all vines gives birth to new wine". The Virginian-Pilot. Retrieved 25 January 2024.
- ^ Wesley, John. "Scuppernong (Work III, John Wesley) - IMSLP". IMSLP Petrucci Music Library. Retrieved 25 January 2024.
Further reading
"Scuppernong: North Carolina's Grape and Its Wines", Clarence Gohdes (Duke University Press, 1982)
External links
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The dictionary definition of scuppernong at Wiktionary