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166 EVERYTHING FOR THE GARDEN—Plants 
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The best soil for Grapes is a rich weil drained loam. A hole should 
be dug at least 2 ft. deep and wide and the bottom filled in with rubble 
to secure proper drainage. Enrich the soil well with manure or bone 
meal. In planting spread the roots in a lateral direction at least 4 in. 
under the surface. Firm the soil around the roots and water. 
Caco or Catawba Concord 
A cross between the old favorite Catawba and the well-known Con- 
cord. It ripens a little in advance of the Concord. This variety fully 
equals the Concord in strength and rapidity of growth and is very 
hardy. The color is a rich, sparkling wine-red, with abundant bloom. 
Bunch large; berry medium to large and almost round. The crowning 
merit, however, is its quality, surpassing in tenderness of pulp, luscious 
flavor and aroma the Catawba, while it is as prolific as the Concord. 
Price, 2-year vines, $1.00 each, $10.00 per doz. 
Campbell’s Early 
Some points of special merit in Campbell’s Early are a very strong, 
vigorous hardy vine, with thick, heavy, mildew-resisting foliage, and 
bearing abundant clusters; very large, compact and handsome. Berries 
large, often an inch or more in diameter; black, with light purple bloom; 
skin thin, but very tenacious; flesh firm but tender, parting easily from 
its few and small seeds. Flavor rich, sweet, slightly vinous, free from 
foxiness. Its season is very early, and its keeping qualities remarkable; 
having hung upon the vines sound and perfect for six weeks or more 
after ripening with no tendency to fall off or shell from stem. - Price, 
2-year vines, $1.00 each, $10.00 per doz. 
Green Mountain 
(Winchell.) This, the earliest white grape, has been thoroughly 
tested over a wide area, and has proved most satisfactory. It combines 
hardiness, fruitfulness, vigor, good size and excellent quality: Bunch 
medium to large, shouldered; berries medium, greenish-white; skin 
thin, tough, pulp tender, sweet, with few seeds; the flavor is excellent. 
Price, 2-year vines, $1.00 each, $10.00 per doz. 
Concord 
Generally considered the best American Grape. Bunch and berries 
large: color black with a rich bloom. A strong grower, very hardy, 
healthy and productive. The variety used exclusively for grape juice 
and a reliable sort for general cultivation. Price, 2-year vines, $1.00 
each, $10.00 per doz. 
Delaware 
An old standard red variety. Berries small and compact, skin thin 
but firm, flesh juicy, very sweet and refreshing. A moderate grower 
it responds quickly to good culture. Price, 2-year vines, $1.00 each, 
$10.00 per doz. . 
Niagara 
The old favorite white Grape. Bunch large and handsome. Berries medium size, round, skin thin, tough. does not crack and ships well. Sweet 
with a flavor and aroma peculiarly its own. Ripens with Concord or a little earlier. Price, 2-year vine, $1. 
each, $10.00 per doz. 
Henderson’s Selection of the Newer Strawberries 
The Strawberries following were transplanted into cold frames in the 
fall, and if planted out any time before May 5th, will, under proper 
conditions, fruit some the present year. 
the varieties offered are. perfect flowering (bisexual) except where 
marked P or pistillate. The latter must have a row of a perfect flower- 
ane sort every nine or twelve feet to pollenize their blossoms. 
ushel-basket. (Mid-season, Perfect Flowering.) This veritable 
lant is creating a genuine sensation throughout the New England 
tates. It is an immense plant, fruiting in mid-season; and the fruit, 
though unusually vie is freely produced and of high quality. 
Chesapeake. (Mid-season to Late, Pistillate.) A splendid grower 
making just enough runners for a matted row. dba plane root deeply, 
are vigorous and healthy, with large foliage. One of the best in flavor, 
shape, size, color and appearance. The berries, when good and ripe, 
are rather dark, like Marshall. 
Early Jersey Giant. (Early, Perfect Flowering.) Thereisno known 
variety that ripens earlier and none bearing large berries that come 
near it in earliness. The berries are brilliant crimson scarlet in color, 
very firm, conical in shape, with pointed tip and it colors all over at 
pate They have a rich aroma, and delightfully mild wild strawberry 
avor. 
Edmund Wilson. (Mid-season, Perfect Flowering.) This is not a 
commercial variety, but one for the home garden. The berries are 
bluntly heartshaped in form, deep maroon in color, with firm, smooth 
surface. The plants soon fill a space a foot square, and grow to a height 
of 15 inches. 
John H. Cook. (Mid-season, Perfect Flowering.) This is the finest 
of all the wonderful Van Fleet Hybrids. It is an enormous cropper, 
ripening with the second early varieties. The berries are of exquisite 
quality, blood red in color, and very firm. Of superlative excellence 
for the home garden, and of untold value to the marker grower. In 
delicious flavor it closely approaches the wild strawberries. 
Stevens Late Champion. (Late, Perfect Flowering.) One of the 
latest of the late, it is also one of the best either for the home garden 
or for market. It is a big producer of fine, large, bright colored berries 
holding up in size well to the very end of the season. Its‘ very late 
bloom makes it immune to late spring frosts, and it is in full fruit when 
most other varieties have entirely finished their fruiting season. 
poe a the Newer Strawberries, 40c per doz., $2.50 per 100, $15.00 
per l, 
Fall-Fruiting Strawberries 
The varieties described below will produce fruit at the same season 
as the ordinary strawberries, and keep on bearing until frost; yet to 
get the best results the blossoms should be kept cut off until August 
st, so as to conserve the energies of the plants for the fall crop. Treated 
in that way, ripe fruit will be borne in about three weeks after that date 
and continuously until frost. ie Reni 
Champion Everbearing. This is one of the newer varieties that 
promises to be a decidedly more prolific sort than Superb, which it 
resembles in habit of growth and appearance of fruit. 
Lucky Boy. Claimed to be “the biggest, sweetest, and most pro- 
ductive ever-bearing strawberry as yet produced.’”’ From its behavior 
with us and the enthusiastic reports we have received from other 
owers, we feel it is destined to be the ‘“‘ever-bearing variety of the 
uture.”” 
Progressive. A splendid grower, healthy and hardy, very produc- 
tive. The plant is of medium size, the blossom strongly staminate and 
very resistant to heat. Both blossoms and fruit are well protected 
by the strong healthy foliage. The fruit is rich and sweet; a deep 
red inside and out; of good medium size, with a slight neck and quite 
firm. Plants set in August and September fruit the next spring and on 
the new runners from uf until frost. 
Price, 75e. per doz., $3.00 per 100. ; 
Note-——The Strawberry plants offered in this catalogue cannot 
usually be supplied after May 5th. Our summer list of Pot-grown 
Strawberries is usually ready about June 15th, and is mailed free to 
customers, or may be had upon application by mail when ready. 
“The Garden Culture of Small Fruits,’ a pamphlet giving practical instructions on the planting and subsequent care of 
Garden Fruits, will be sent free to customers on application. 
