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Plant Grape Vines for Profitable Shade - 



Henderson's Selected Hardy Grapes 



The best soil for Grapes is a rich well 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. 



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. 



Green Mountain 



(Winchcll.) This, the earliest white grape, has been thoroughly 

 tested over a wide area, and has proved most satisfactory. It combines 

 hardiness, fruitfuiness, 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. 



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. 



Deb 



laware 



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. 



Niagara 



The old favorite wliite Grape. Bunch large and handsome. Berries 

 medium size, round, skin thin, tough, does not crack and ships well. 

 Sweet wth a flavor and aroma peculiarly its own. Ripens with Con- 

 cord or a little earlier. 



Price of the above, 2-year vines, $1.00 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. 



All the varieties offered are perfect flowering (bisexual) except where 

 marked P or pistillate. The latter must have a row of a perfect flower- 

 ing sort every nine or twelve feet to pollenize their blossoms. 



Bushel-basket. (Mid-season, Perfect Flowering.) This veritable 

 giant is creating a genuine sensation throughout the New England 

 States. It is an immense plant, fruiting in mid-season; and the fruit, 

 though unusually large, is freely produced and of high quality. 



Chesapeake. (Mid-season to Late, Pistillate ) A splendid grower 

 making just enough runners for a matted row. The plants 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.) There is no 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 

 once. They have a rich aroma, and delightfully mild wild strawberry 

 flavor. 



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 market 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. 



Price of the Newer Strawberries. 50c. per doz.; $3.00 per 100; $18.00 

 per 1000. 



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 1st, 

 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. 



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 

 growers, we feel it is destined to be the "ever-bearing variety of the 

 future." 



Mastodon. Called by some the Wonderberry. A large, heavy 

 yielding ever-bearing variety of delicious flavor yields a large crop in 

 June and continues to bear berries of amazing size and surpassing 

 quality throughout the summer and fall. 



Progressive. A splendid grower, healthy and hardy, very produc- 

 tive. 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. 



Price, 75c. per doz. ; $4.00 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. 



