Letter from Charles Victor Melanchthon Hauser, 15 October 1893
Ft. Deposit, Ala.,
President Willford Woodruff,
Salt Lake, Utah,
Dear Bro,
I send you with this mail, one
doz. cuttings of what is known
in the South, as the Black Scupper-
nong. It is a very sweet delicious
grape, but does not grow in
bunches lik the comon grape, but
is found alone or in clusters of
4 or 5. It ripens about the last
of Sep. in this clime. I never
saw any of them west of the
Missouria river. If you will
have these cuttings immediately
set out by some one in a hot
house during the coming winter,
or send, to some of our Brethren,
at St George, they will live, & will
prove to be a nice addition to
the vineyards of Zion. It is