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THE CHASE NURSERIES. 
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QUINCES. 
Champion. Very large size ; tree remarkably vigorous ; bears when rery 
young ; quality the very best. Keeps until January, and will not bruise when shipped. 
Orange (Apple). — Fruit large, round, with a short neck ; color bright yellow ; 
flesh firm and tough until cooked, when it becomes tender, juicy, and of excellent 
flavor. The tree is of rather slender growth. 
Rea's Mammoth. A seedling variety, raised from the Orange ; superior in size 
to the parent, and is said to be equally good. 
GRAPES. 
Full directions for the pruning and culture of the grape will be found in our work 
on fruit growing — " Transplanting and After Culture." 
Brighton. In quality it is equal to or better than Delaware or Catawba, with 
less pulp. It grows rapidly and is healthy, hardy, and productive. It ripens with our 
earliest fine grapes. It is as beautiful as the Catawba, which it resembles in color, size, 
and form of bunch and berry. 
Concord. Bunches large, compact ; berries large, round ; black, covered with 
bloom ; skin rather tender ; flesh sweet, juicy, buttery. Vine very hardy, vigorous, 
and productive, with large, healthy foliage, which resists mildew admirably. Ripens 
in September. 
Catawba. Bunches and berries large ; skin pale red ; flesh juicy, sweet, and 
highly aromatic ; vine productive, but uncertain except in favored locations. 
Delaware. Bunches rather small, compact, shouldered ; berries small, round, 
beautifully rose-colored ; skin thin ; flesh juicy, very sweet, but with a high vinous 
flavor ; unsurpassed in quality. ' Vine rather a slow grower ; bears manuring. The 
foliage is sometimes injured in the West and South. Difficult to propagate, and hence 
the vines are higher priced than most old varieties. 
Empire State. A .seedling of Hartford Prolific, cross-fertilized with Clinton. 
Vine a vigoroua grower, healthy, and very productive ; bunches large, shouldered ; 
berry medium to large, roundish oval ; color white with a very light tinge of yellow, 
covered with a thick white bloom ; flesh tender, juicy, sweet, and sprightly. Ripens 
with Concord. 
Geneva. A new pedigree white grape, raised from seed of the wild Black Fox 
grape, cross-fertilized with Muscat Alexandria, this product in turn cro.ss-fertilized with 
Zona. The product Ls a vine perfectly hardy and with strong, healthy foliage. The 
bunch is good size, compact ; berry large, of a pure transparent greenish color ; quality 
good. Ripens with Concord, but can be allowed to hang on the vine for a long time. 
An excellent keeper, and improves in richness and quality with age. 
Hartford Prolific. Bunches large, rather compact ; berries large, round, blacl; ; 
skin thick. Rijjens a few days before the Delaware. 
