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ILLUSTRATED AND DESCRIPTIVE CATALOGUE 



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Grapes are one of the most productive and hardy fruits that we have. They 

 can be grown in small spaces and trained up the sides of buildings or along fences, 

 occupying very little room. Make the soil mellow and plant vines somewhat deeper 

 than they stood in the nursery and about 8 feet apart by a fence or building. As a 

 commercial crop they are as desirable as corn and as staple on the market. When 

 a vineyard is once established it will be very productive for a lifetime with ordi- 

 nary care. Poor soil should be given a liberal application of rotten manure. 



Concord — Large, purplish black grape; very hardy 

 and productive, ripening about the middle of Sep- 

 tember. This is One of the most popular market 

 grapes. 



Catawba — Berries large and round, reddish-cop- 

 perv colored; flesh fine flavored, sweet. An excellent 

 late sort. Well known as the great wine grape. Very 

 late. 



Delaware — Berries rather small, round, skin thin, 

 light red. flesh juicy with- 

 out any hard pulp; sweet 

 and spicy and delicious 

 flavor. Vine moderately 

 vigorous, hardy and pro- 

 ductive. Midseason. 



Diamond (Moore's Dia- 

 mond) — Large delicate, 

 greenish-white with a 

 yellowish tinge when 

 fully ripe; few seeds, al- 

 most free from pulp, ex- 

 cellent quality. Vine like 

 Concord in growth and 

 hardiness and foliage; the 

 leading early white grapes. 



Moore's Early — Very large, 

 round; a black with a white 

 bloom; quality very fine and is 

 classed as better and sweeter 

 than Concord. Extremely hardy 

 and productive. 



Niagara — Large, slightly oval; pale yel- 

 low with a white bloom; the quality is 

 equal to that of the Concord and is the 

 standard white grape of the country. The 

 bunches are large and compact. Vine vigor- 

 ous, hardy and very productive. 



Van Lindley — Handsome light red; sweet, 

 tender, good quality. A good keeper and 

 shipper though poor self-pollenizer. Hardy, 

 valuable. 



Worden — Large, round; black; flesh has a 

 flavor unlike any other grape; delicious and 

 melting; a dessert and market sort con- 

 sidered superior to Concord in every way. 

 Vine hardy and productive Early midsea- 

 son. 



Woodruff — Large round; red; handsome; 

 quality very good and recommended for 

 both dessert and market. Vine a strong 

 grower, healthy and hardy. Early mid-sea- 



Concord 



Agawam — Large round, early, dark red or 

 brown berries, meaty and free from sour 

 pulp; has tough skin and bees never attack 

 it; in flavor it is sprightly, moderately 

 sweet. Midseason. 



Brighton — Medium in size, red; flesh rich, 

 sweet and one of the best quality. Ripens 

 earlier than Delaware. Vinous, vigorous 

 and very hardy. Early. 



Campbell (Campbell's Early) — Large size 

 glossy black color, pulp sweet and juicy, 

 seeds small, few in number and part readily 

 from the pulp, clusters very large; an ex- 

 cellent keeper and shipper. Early. 



ASPARAGUS 



This delicious and healthful vegetable 

 should be found in every garden. Nothing 

 can be more easily grown and no plant will 

 give so much good, healthful food for so 

 little outlay. Set in the fall or spring. 



Bonvallet's (riant — An improved Palmetto 

 producing stronger, more vigorous shoots. 



Conovers — A standard variety of large 

 size, tender. 



Palmetto — Plants vigorous in growth, 

 producing large, thick, dark green shoots 

 with a distinctly pointed tip. 



