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W. F. ALLEN, SALISBURY, MARYLAND 



Concord. The most popular Grape in America (see page a) 



GRAPES. 



DELAWARE. Red. This Grape is the standard 

 by which the quality of American Grapes is gauged. 

 The berries are small, juicy, sweet and with thin 

 but firm skin. Together with these good qualities 

 it is able to withstand climatic conditions under 

 which other hardy varieties fail and to adapt itself 

 to many soils not suited to most other Grapes. It 

 is rightly considered the table Grape of unsurpassed 

 excellence. As a wine Grape it is among the best; 

 its early maturity insuring a crop; attractiveness 

 in aopearance, keeping quality on the vine and in 

 the package, shipping excellence and comparative 

 immunity to black rot make it also a very desirable 

 market berry. 



ElATON. Black. This Grape is best described 

 by saying it is very similar to Concord in growth, 

 health and hardiness, and is in every other 

 respect its equal, surpassing it in appearance 

 as it is larger, the berries being sometimes 

 one inch in diameter. The fruit is also some- 

 what more juicy, has perhaps a little more 

 bloom, and adheres closely to the stem. The 

 bunches are large, compact and double- 

 shouldered. The berries ripen unevenly, but 

 some, perhaps, a little ahead of Concord, 

 thus covering a longer season. The Grape 

 was named for its originator and was intro- 

 duced in 1885. 



ELVIRA. White. Bunch medium and very 

 compact. Berries are excellent for wine, for 

 which purpose they are mostly used. The vine 

 is a strong, stalky grower, with ample foliage, 

 and is almost perfectly hardy as far north as 

 Canada. It is quite resistant to black rot and 

 enjoys almost entire immunity to phylloxera. 

 It ripens late, about with Catawba, and is 

 very productive. 



EMPIRE STATE. White. Bunches me- 

 dium, long, compact; the berries are medium in 



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size; the quality is better than Niagara and Pockling- 

 ton, and nearly as good as Diamond. It is the equal 

 of any of these in vigor and in resistance to diseases 

 and insects. It has short-jointed canes, is productive 

 and earlier than Niagara. The fruit keeps well on the 

 vine and after picking, and retains its flavor well for 

 quite a period of time after being picked. 



LINDLEY. Red. Bunch large, medium long; 

 berries are uniform in size, firm, fine-grained, juicy, 

 tender and with a peculiar, though pleasant, aromatic 

 flavor. Lindley is an excellent garden Grape and, 

 while not recommended for general plantation 

 planting, it is excellent as a fancy product, because 

 of its quality and attractiveness; dark red. Should 

 enjoy greater favor. If it is given proper care, it will 

 not disappoint you. 



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