

GRAPES 



WINE GRAPES 



Wine Grapes 



SEIBEL 5279— AURORA. This early 

 maturing white-pinkish grape produces 

 medium large fruit on large loose clus- 

 ters. It is one of the hardiest and pro- 

 ductive French hybrid varieties. Its 

 fruit produces an excellent table wine 

 similar to European vinefera wines. 

 Fruit matures four weeks ahead of 

 Concord and is good for areas with 

 short growing seasons. Aurora is one of 

 the few French hybrids that has high 

 dessert quality fruit as well as produc- 

 ing excellent wine. 



2 year No. 1 Vines 

 1— $1.60 each; 3 

 $14.50. 



These prices are F.O.B. Salisbury, Maryland. 

 An additional charge of 15% (40% Rockies 

 and West) is for Handling, Insurance and 

 Transportation. The order blank and en- 

 velope in back of the catalog may be used. 



for $4.60; 10 for 



TABLE GRAPES 



Table Grapes 



CONCORD. The most widely grown 

 variety in central and eastern United 

 States. It is a dual purpose variety that 

 is used extensively as a table grape, 

 and also to make jelly, unfermented 

 juice and wine. It is very hardy and is 

 planted in the colder regions of the 

 United States. It is also very produc- 

 tive and hardy in areas as far south as 

 Arkansas. CONCORD is more tolerant 

 to many of the common grape diseases 

 and also to varying soil and climatic 

 conditions than most grape varieties. Its 

 attractive blue fruit is medium to large 

 in size and is borne on medium sized 

 clusters. Its good flavor, high produc- 

 tivity, wide adaptability and muli-pur- 

 pose use has caused it to be used as the 

 standard of the grape industry. 



2 year No. 1 Vines 



1— $1.50 each; 3 for $4.25; 10 for 



$13.50. 



These prices are F.O.B. Salisbury, Maryland. 

 An additional charge of 15% (40% Rockies 

 and West) is for Handling. Insurance and 

 Transportation. The order blank and en- 

 velope in back of the catalog may be used. 



Home Wiriemaking — Probably the oldest and most widely practiced hobby. 



Reports of wine making are recorded in 

 some of the oldest records of civilized man. 

 Production of extremely high quality wine 

 has been and continues to be an "art" that 

 is learned from many years of experience 

 and is usually passed from the "brew master" 

 to his son. Varying climatic conditions, fruit 

 varieties, cultural practices, individual skills, 

 fermentation methods and individual taste 

 preferences all have an important effect on 

 the quaUty of wine produced. With the ad- 

 vent of modern technology, many of the 

 factors that effect wine quality have been 

 identified and reported in pamphlets and 

 books. These enable even the most inex- 

 perienced individual to produce an accept- 

 able to good quality wine. 



Winemaking As A Hobby published by 

 the College of Agriculture, Pennsylvania 



State University. 101 Tyson Building, Uni- 

 versity Park, Pa. 16802 is an excellent pub- 

 lication. It describes the various types of 

 wine and how to make them and contains 

 pictures of the simplest to the more expen- 

 sive winemaking equipment. Requests for 

 the publication should be sent to the Penn- 

 sylvania University address and a check or 

 money order for $2.50 to cover the cost of 

 the publication should be included with the 

 request. Homemade Wine Cornell Extension 

 Bulletin 1119 published by New York Agri- 

 cultural Experiment Station, Geneva, New 

 York 14456 and sold for 15 cents is a good 

 simple and inexpensive pamphlet. (W. F. 

 Allen is offering the Concord variety for 

 those individuals who like a sweet American 

 type wine and the Aurora (Seibel 5279) for 

 those who prefer the drier vinefera type 

 flavor.) 



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