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Grapes are truly the household fruit. They are adapted 

 to any locality, and will do well in any well drained soil. They 

 are very easily grown, and should not be overlooked by any- 

 one who has any spare ground. If you have an acre or so of non-producing land on your farm, a stony 

 hill top. or some other spot that has been useles, set it to Rayner's productive Grape Vines this spring, 

 and you will soon be realizing a neat profit from this otherwise unproductive soil. When setting your 

 plants prune the roots to about 8 to 10 inches long, and the tops to about two buds from the trunk, 

 dig the holes large enough so you can spread the roots well out, planting about 10 to 12 inches deep. 



AGAWAM Vigorous and productive, vine har- 

 dy. Grapes and bunches are both 

 large, fruit reddish brown, tender and of excellent 

 flavor. 



CACO -^ ^^'"' ^^^ grape, vigorous, hardy and 

 productive. Berries are large, bunch is 

 very compact, and of good size. Exceptionally 

 high quality and flavor. Very sweet. About a 

 week earlier than Concord. 



CONCORD The old reliable by which all other 

 grapes are judged. Tlie vines are 

 vigorous and hardy. Producing a heavy yield of 

 deep purple grapes of fine quality and flavor, in 

 large compact bunches. 



MOORE'S EARLY 



About two weeks earlier 

 than Concord. Vigorous, 



hardy and productive. Fruit black, of fine quality 



and flavor. 



NIAGARA The leader of the white varieties. 

 Growth is hardy and vigorous. 

 Productive of greenish white fruit changing to 

 light yellow when fully rine. Quality and flavor 

 very good. Skin is tough though thin. 



AVORDEN Vigorous hardy and productive. 

 Quality and flavor similar to Con- 

 cord of which it is a seedling. Several days earl- 

 ier and the berries are larger. A valuable addi- 

 tion to the grape family. 



(CATAWBA Hardy, fast growing and productive. 

 Late ripening. Fruit is large, firm 

 and of high quality. Copper red in color, almost 

 black when full ripe. Borne in large compact 

 bunches. 



FREDONIA -"^ "^'*?r-^' promsing early black 

 irrape. ripening two weeks earlier 

 than Concord. The growth is vigorous and hardy. 

 Very productive of medium sized, compact clus- 

 ters of large round berries, with a thick, tough 

 skin. The flesh is firm, juicy, and of fine quality. 



DELAWARE The bunches are small and com- 

 pact. The berries are small with 

 a thin skin, are light red in color. Very attractive. 

 An exceptionally good keeper and shipper, and 

 resistant to black rot. Unusually rich, sweet flav- 

 or, very hardy. About the same season as Con- 

 cord. 



Price list on page 31 



RAYNER'S ASPARAGUS ROOTS 



ARE GROWN FROM SELECTED CERTIFIED 

 SEED, ASSURING HEAVY YIELDS 



Asparagus is one of the most valuable of the early vege- 

 tables. It is healthful and palatable both as a fresh vege- 

 table and canned product. Crowns should be set as early 

 in the spring as the ground can be worked. Good one year 

 roots will give best results but the two year roots will pro- 

 duce stalks large enough for cutting tlie second year and 

 quite a fair crop the third. 



The soil should be thoroughly prepared for asparagus 

 as for any other crop. Light loamy soil will give best 

 results. Plow out furrows from 6 to 7 inches deep, setting 

 the roots from 12 to 15 inches apart in the row, the roots 

 well spread out. For garden purposes rows 3 feet apart 

 are advisable but in commercial plantings rows 4 to 5 feet 

 apart will be more satisfactory. It should be covered about 

 3 inches when first planted and as the shoots begin to grow 

 the ground should be worked to tliem until it is level. 

 Cultivation should begin soon after the crowns are planted 

 and continued throughout the season at intervals frequent 

 enough to keep down weeds. Filling in the furrows dur- 

 ing the season will keei) down most of the weeds in the row. 



Asparagus draws most heavily on plant food when it is 

 making growth and restoring reserve food in the fleshy 

 roots, thus it is best to fertilize or broadcast good stable 

 manure just after the cutting season. Be sure to use a 

 complete fertilizer high in nitrogen, applied at the rate of 

 1.000 to 1.800 lbs. per acre. 



Mary Washington 



Considered by commercial 

 growers as the best and most 

 profitable of the Washington strains. This variety is con- 

 sidered the best rust resistant variety on the market, of 

 high commercial quality. Superior to any other variety on 

 earliness, vigor of growth and size and quality of shoots. 

 They are also more uniform in size, shape and color than 

 any of the old varieties and are very productive of large 

 spears. Price list on page 30. 



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