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DREER'S GARDEN CALENDAR. 



HARDY GRAPES. 



Grapes will flourish and bear abundantly on almost any good, dry soil, especially if the vines are trained against 

 a building. We would emphatically urge all farmers, and others who have barns or buildings, to plant grape vines 

 about them. Many varieties will do well when thus supported and protected, where they are worthless grown on 

 arbors. Nor is it necessary for persons to conclude, because some of the more tender varieties will not grow 

 ■with them, that they cannot have grapes, because there are kinds adapted to almost every locality, that may be grown 

 on a very cheap and simple arbor, or even on single poles or stakes. 



Agawam {Rogers' ^o. 15). Large ; dark red ; sweet, 

 sprightly, pleasant aromatic flavor; vigorous and pro- 

 ductive. 



Bacchus. An excellent black grape ; fine flavor and 

 attractive appearance ; bunch large. 75 cts. each. 



Brighton. In color and form it resembles the Catawba, 

 combining its sprightliness with the richness of the 

 Delaware ; vines vigorous, liardy and productive ; 

 early. 



Catawba. A very late keeper ; red, sweet and rich, 

 with pleasant musky flavor. Does best against 

 buildings. 



Champion, or Talnian, Bunch compact, medium to 

 large. Berries large and black. Vine a strong, vigor- 

 ous grower ; healthy, hardy and productive. 



Clinton. Small; black. The fruit does not get fully 

 ripe until after frost ; it is then very sweet. 



.mpire 

 State. 



Creveling. Black ; bunch and berry medium ; vine 

 healthy and productive. Ripens with Concord. 



Concord. Popular; one of the most profitable and pro- 

 ductive of all hardy gi-apes. Bunch and berry large ; 

 black, juicy and sweet; early; hardy. 



Dawn. Vine healthy, vigorous and very productive ; 

 bunch medium to large ; berry medium ; black ; skin 

 thin but firm ; flesh tender, juicy, sweet, rich and of 

 very good quality; a valuable early grape. 50 cts. 



Delaware. Small; light red; skin thin; very juicy, 

 sweet, sprightly, fine flavor. Requires a rich soil. 



Diana. Medium; pale red; sweet, rich and aromatic; 

 late; hardy. Productive when trained against a 

 building. 



Duchess. Medium size; greenish white; flesh tender ;_ 

 juicy, sweet, rich, spicy ; excellent quality. Medium 

 to large size; compact bunch. Vine a strong, vigor- 



ous grower, very productive and hardy; ripens with 

 Concord. 50 cts. each ; $5.00 per doz. 



Strong selected 2 year vines, 30 cts. each ; $3.00 per dozen, except where noted. 



El Dorado. A very beautiful grape ; clear, golden yel- 

 low ; bunch and berry large ; flesh tender, juicy, rich, 

 and of best flavor ; vine healthy and vigorous; ripens 

 a week or ten days before Concord. 50 cts. 



Empire State. White, tine flavored and productive. 

 Vine vigorous and hardy. 50 cts. 



Excelsior. Vine moderately vigorous ; bunch large to 

 very large ; shouldered ; moderately compact ; berry 

 medium to large ; roundish ; flesh meaty, tender, rich 

 and sweet, with a fine aromatic flavor ; ripens late. 

 50 cts. 



Jefferson. Vine very vigorous, hardy and ))roductive ; 

 bunch very large, often double shouldered, very com- 

 pact; berries large, roundish oval ; light red ; juicy, 

 sweet, slightly vinous. 50 cts. 



Jessica. A new white grape, resembling the Champion 

 in many respects, though of better quality; remarka- 

 bly early. 50 cts. each. 



Lady Washington. Vine healthy and vigorous; bunch 

 large and compact; berry large; beautiful pale yel- 

 low, tinged with pink where exposed to the sun ; flesh 

 soft, tender, juicy, sweet and of good quality; ripens 

 a few days after Concord. 50 cts. 



lona. Medium; pale red; sweet and sprightly; vigor- 

 ous and productive. 



Liudley {Jiogers JS"o. 9). Red ; juicy, sweet and slightly 

 foxy ; resembles the Catawba. 



Martha. {White Concord). Large; pale yellow; strongly 

 resembles the Concord in all points except color; 

 hardy and vigorous. 



Merrimac {Rogers' iW. 19). Large ; black ; juicy, sweet 

 and good ; generally reliable. 



Moore's Early. Ripens 10 days earlier than Concord; 

 bunch and berry round and large ; black, with a heavy 

 blue bloom ; good quality. 



Naomi. Berry clear, attractive rose color, with thin skin 

 and good flavor; bunch large; vine vigorous and 

 healthy. 50 cts. 



Niagara. A'ine remarkably hardy and strong grower; 

 bunches very large and very compact ; sometimes 

 shouldered ; uniform ; berries large, or larger thaa 

 Concord ; light greenish white, semi-transparent, 

 slightly ambered in the sun ; skin thin, but tough and 

 does not crack ; quality good ; has a flavor and aroma 

 peculiarly its own. 50 cts. each. 



Pocklington. A seedling of the Concord, resembling 

 that variety in leaf, vine, habit of growth, hardiness 

 and productiveness. Bunch and berry very large ; 

 attractive golden yellow color; ripens with Concord. 

 50 cts. each. 



Prentiss. Bunch large and compact; berry medium to 

 large, of yellowish green color ; skin thin, but very 

 firm; sweet, juicy, with a pleasant musky aroma. 

 Vine a good grower, very hardy and productive; in- 

 clined to overbear; ripens with the Concord; a re- 

 markably good keeper. 50 cts. each. 



Sa\em {Roffers' jS^o. 22). Large; bright reddish brown; 

 fine, rich, aromatic flavor. 



Telegraph. Large; black; juicy; sweet, agreeable 

 flavor ; early and hardy. 



White Lady. Bunch compact and of good size ; berry 

 yellowish green ; flavor sweet, rich and sprightly. 



Wilder (Rogers' JS^. 4). One of the best of Rogers' seed- 

 lings ; biinch and berry large; black, with a slight 

 bloom ; pulp tender, juicy, sweet and rich ; vigorous 

 and productive; ripens with Concord. 

 Worden. A few days earlier than Concord ; a larger 

 berry, and a larger and more compact bunch, of black 

 lor ; hardy, healthy, of fine quality and desirable. 

 Vergennes. Bunch and berry large, of chocolate color; 



ripens early, and keeps until midwinter. 50 cts. 

 W^yoming. A decidedly fine, early, red grape; bunch 

 and berry double the size of the Delaware, of same 

 color, and resembles it in flavor ; ripens 10 days before 

 the Concord. 50 cts. each. 



