The limits of a catalogue do not permit more than brief mention of modes of cultivation of the grape. We 

 refer the reader to the excellent works of Fuller and Hussman for full details. Plant in rows six feet apart and 

 eight feet apart in the row. Dig holes sufficiently large to amply accommodate the roots of the vine and use only 

 fine surface soil in filling in. mixing with it a little ground bone. Cut back one year vines to two eyes, placing 

 the lower one beneath the surface; cut back two years vines to three or four eyes, putting two or three eyes below 

 the surface. Spread the roots out, after trimming them; place the stock of the vine at one side of the hole and 

 fill up with soil, pressing down firmly with the feet. Set a stake by the side of the stock, to which the vine should 

 be kept tied, which will be all the support needed for two years. Keep old wood trimmed off, growing fruit on 

 new canes. Any manner of pruning that will admit the sun and air to the fruit will insure a crop. 



By mail postpaid at dozen rates. If to go by mail at 100 rates add 50c per 100 for 1 yr. old and 75c per 100 

 for 2yrs. old. Thousand rates of any upon application. 



NEW VARIETIES. 



GREEN MOUNTAIN (Winchell). "X EARLY OHIO. 



A very desir- 

 a ble white 

 grape ripening 

 ab out with 

 Moore's Early 

 and especially 

 valuable for its 

 fine quality. It 

 IS as strong a 

 grower as the 

 Concord, ex- 

 ceedingly har- 

 dy and will 

 flourish in any 

 soil where the 

 Concord grows. 

 Clusters of a 

 medium size 

 and often 

 shouldere d; 

 berries a little 

 larger than 

 those of the 

 Delaware, 

 greenish -white 

 when fully 

 ripe, skin thin, 

 GREEN MOUXTAiN. and quality 



fine, pulp being tender and sweet, free from f oxiness, 

 and delicious. It will succeed in many northern loca- 

 tions where other varieties fail, or perhaps never ripen, 

 and in those localities where these sorts do ripen, the 

 (xreen Moimtain is equally desirable, as it will lengthen 

 the grape season by reason of its earhness. It is to be 

 recommended for the northern home garden. 



The introducers, who have grown this grape for sev- 

 eral j-ears, say of it: We do not believe there is an 

 early grape superior to it in quality, that bears younger, 

 is more productive, or that is more desirable for an 

 early grape than this one. It has not failed to produce 

 or ripen a full crop. We have fully tested the vari- 

 ety and fhid it a strong growing vine and more nearly 

 exempt from mildew than auj' others producing white 

 grapes of high quality. The fruit is so excellent in 

 textm-e and flavor as to rival the famous Delaware. 

 1 yi\, ea., 35c; 3 for 90c; doz., $3.50. 3 yrs., ea., 50c; 

 3 for §1.25; doz., $4.00. 



EARLY OHIO. 



The points of merit worthy of attention in this arte, 

 extreme earliness, hardiness, productiveness, and good 

 quality, being much better than most early grapes. It 

 is a chance seedling from Ohio, where it has been fruit- 

 ed -t^-ith much proflt for the past six years, its extreme 

 earliness in ripening causing it to be the fii'st grape in 

 the Cleveland and other markets and hence bringing 

 the highest prices. The vine is thi-if ty, a strong, rapid 

 grower, and an abimdant bearer. The bimch is large, 

 compact, shouldered and handsome; berries medimn, a 

 trifle smaller than Concord, black with heavy bloom, 

 firm in texture, and of a spicy, pleasant flavor, It ri- 

 pens one week to ten days earlier than Moore's Early, 

 ten daj-s to two weeks earlier than Worden, and three 

 weeks earlier than Concord. It is the best very early 

 black gi'ape we know of. 1 yr., ea., 75c; 3 for $2.00; 

 doz., $7.00. 2 yi-s., ea., $1.00; 3 for $2.50; doz., $9.00. 



