SECTION OF VINE OF CACO GRAPE 



WHAT THE AUTHORITIES SAY OF THE CACO GRAPE 



From Mr. Peter Duff, the foremost living horticultural judge in America. 



"I want to congratulate you on your new Grape Caco, which you exhibited at the recent show of the 

 American Institute, New York. The bunches were of very fine size and the berries large and beautifully 

 colored. What surprised me most was its high quality; the flavor being simply delicious — the best I have 

 I intend to plant it." >- « " y t. 



ever eaten. 



From Mr. Wm. Turner, author of "Fruits and Vegetables Under Glass," and the foremost grower of 

 fruit under glass in America. Eminent as a judge of fruits and other materia horticola. 



"At the American Institute's Dahha and Fruit Exhibition, New York City, held a week or so ago, 

 J. T. Lovett, of Little Silver, made an imposing exhibit of his new Caco or Catawba-Concord Grape. 



" The "^Titer was very much impressed with this exhibit ; excellent bunches, berries large, color a dehcate 

 wine red. Through the courtesy of Mr. Lester Lovett I had the privilege of testing its eating qualities and 

 can truly say it is par excellence. I predict, when this^ variety gets better known, it wiU hold a foremost 

 position among hardy grapes; as I understand the vine is of robust constitution or even stronger in growth 

 than the well-kno'^'n Concord. 



"John T. Lovett may weU be congratulated in producing such a noble variety." 



From Mr. EHas S. Black, ex-president New Jersey State Horticultural Society. 



"I have carefully and critically watched the vineyard of Caco (Catawba-Concord) grape for the past 

 seven 3'ears, as it was growing on the fruit farms of Air. Lovett near Tinton Falls, and was surprised to 

 find a grape doing so well under neglected conditions, as this grape was doing the first two years (1906-1907) 

 that I watched it. In the last five 3'ears, imder fair cultivation and care, it has been a marvel to me and if 

 given the careful attention that it has had in the past two years, under the care of Mr. J. T. Lovett, Jr., 

 I consider it one of the best investments on Mr. Lovett's fruit farms. The system of wiring and training 

 the \'ines, practiced by Mr. Lovett, is the very best I have ever seen and if the vines were summer primed, 

 the fruit, in my opinion, would be about perfect. The vine is a strong grower and a heavy annual bearer; 

 the fohage has never shown the shghtest tendency to mildew or spot or to have any fungus disease. The 

 bunch is not large but very compact and the berries are above the average size of either Catawba or Con- 

 cord; and when packed in baskets, is the most attractive grape I ever saw. The color is of the rich spark- 

 hng red that attracts the eye at once and the quahty has repeatedly been pronounced by friends who 

 have tested the generous samples sent me by Mr. Lovett, as 'better than hothouse gi'apes.' 



"I consider it a valuable acquisition to our hmited fist of first-class table grapes and the best market 

 variety for the vineyardist." 



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