Select Hardy Grapes 



By mail postpaid at each and dozen rates, if desired. If by mail at 100 rates, add 60c. per 100 for one year 

 vines and 75c. per 100 for two year vines. Thousand rates of any upon application. 



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 it with a little ground 

 bone if to be had handily. Cut back one year vines to two buds, placing the lower one beneath the surface; 

 cut back two year vines to three or four buds, putting two buds below the surface. 



CQCO (CAtawba-COncord)* 



Reg.US.PatOff. 



THE NEW RED QUALITY GRAPE 

 The Grape for everybody everywhere 



A complete union of the grand old 

 Catawba and the ever popular Concord. 

 It is a cross between the ^Catawba and 

 Concord, scientifically made, and possesses 

 the merits of both varieties with the defects 

 of neither. 



Fifty years ago the Catawba was uni- 

 versally popular; it is still the standard of 

 excellence in quality among hardy grapes; 

 but having become enfeebled with the 

 infirmities of old age, it can no longer be 

 grown successfully, except in favored lo- 

 cations. It also ripens quite late — ^too 

 late for most regions. Concord, as is well 

 known, is unexcelled in productiveness, in 

 vigor and hardiness of vine and in freedom 

 from disease of foliage. The good proper- 

 ties of Caco are: 



1. High quahty — surpassing in ten- 

 derness of pulp, luscious flavor and aroma 

 the Catawba with added sweetness and 

 juiciness. 



2. Rich sparkhng wine red; with 

 abundant bloom. 



3. Bunch large and compact — like the 

 Catawba. 



4. Berry medium to large and nearly 

 round like the Concord. 



5. Season early; a httle in advance of 

 Concord. 



6. Skin thin and tough; much hke 

 Catawba but thinner. 



7. Berry adheres firmly to bunch: 

 hence, 



8. A superior shipper and keeper. 



9. Exempt from both black-rot and 

 brown-rot; and all other diseases. 



10. Vine of extreme vigor — a stronger 

 grower than the Concord — and of ironclad 

 hardihood. 



11. A heavy annual yielder — as prolific 

 as Concord. 



12. FoUage similar to Concord and of 

 like freedom from mildew. 



13. Entirely without foxiness in odor 

 or flavor. 



Caco has been given eleven years of the severest kind of test — never petted — and "has not been found 

 wanting." It is good beyond comparison with hardy grapes — as luscious and as tender in pulp as the finest 

 hothouse grapes— as easily grown as the Concord. "There's nothing Hke it." I have several acres of 

 vineyard of it at my fruit farms. Everybody is extended a cordial invitation to visit the farm and inspect it. 



Strong one year vines, each, 75c.; dozen, $7.50. Heavy two year vines, each, $1.00; dozen, $10.00. 



* The name Catawba-Concord being found cumbersome, by reason of its length, I have adopted the 

 name- of Caco for this remarkable Grape and have had it registered as a Trade Mark. Everybody is warned 

 not to use the word Caco without my permission. To do so will subject the offender to severe penalties. 



