TABLE OF CONTENTS OF 



Uescriptive Catalogue; 



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WITH WHOLESALE AND RETAIL 



PRICE-LISTS FOR 1864, 



Describing and Exhibiting tbe Kelative Importance of all our Valuable Native Vines. 



C O NTENTS. 



To Correspondents, stating the advantages and 

 importance of the new liinds — An account of 

 the lona stock the present season — Proposal 

 to sell to clubs at wholesale prices, by which 

 plan purchasers will obtain vines at very little 

 advance on actual cost of production, and al- 

 ways receive good plants in perfect condition — 

 Extent of the lona establishment — Method of 

 producing best vines, . .... 2 



Classification of our hardy vines cultivated, in 

 six groups and four sub-groups, for the con- 

 venience of cultivators, . . . . . S 



A full and accurate account of the characteristics 

 and properties which constitute the value and 

 importance of all that are worthy of attention 

 by cultivators, ...... 4 



History of the seedlings lona and Israella, . 8 



Letters from Peter B. Mead, giving impressions 

 and characteristics, with a minute analysis of 

 the qualities of the lona and Delaware, with 

 their coincidences and differences, and also his 

 opinion of the Israella, 9 



How to keep grapes in winter, with engravings 

 showing how it may be easily and efficiently 

 done. Some of our best kinds may be kept 

 as easily as apples until spring, in full vinous 

 life and flavor, 10 



The quality of vines as affected by the age of the 

 plants and different modes of preparation, and 

 the economy of the different kinds to purchas- 

 ers, with many engravings, . . . .11 



The value of plants according to the method of 

 propagation, showing also how and what plants 

 to use for clothing the trellis the first year, and 

 obtaining an immediate production of fruit, . 16 



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Selection of varieties to plant for the table and 

 for family use, with the considerations, which 

 determine the proper choice, .... 



Tables of selections for different latitudes for any 

 number of plants, from six vines for a very 

 small yard, to hundreds for a fruit-garden for 

 family supply, .... 



Table of selections by Mr. Mead, with the con- 

 siderations which influence his choice of a se- 

 lection of one hundred, .... 



Selections for vineyards for wine, and for table 

 use, for latitude of New- York, by Peter B. 

 Mead, 



Is C. W. Grant influenced by interest in the rec- 

 ommendation of kinds ? . . . .19 



Extracts from letters, 19 



Quality of grapes, and education of taste. By 



R. G. Pardee, 20 



"The Conditions of Success in Grape Culture." 



Extract from a lecture by Peter B. Mead, . 20 

 The value of plants as affected by age, , .21 

 Importance of transplanting and root -pruning 



if vines are more than one year old, . .21 

 How to avoid check of growth in transplanting, 22 

 Are vines from single eyes, if well propagated, 



better than from cuttings ? . . . .22 

 Are vines made tender by propagation under 



glass ? 



Training, with many engravings, 



Wine, and how to make, .... 



Profits of vine culture, .... 



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lONA, (near Peekskill,) Westchester Co., N. Y 



Eotend, »ccor<iiiif lo Act of Congreai, io 'Ne year lt64, by C. W. Guitt, in the Clerk's Office of the District Court of the U. S. for the Southern Dintrfct of New York. 



