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THE CHASE NURSERIES. 
Small Fruit Packing Department. 
The Chase Nurseries 
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. Bunch large, rather irregular ; berries above medium, round, dark 
red ; quality best. Ripens early. 
Campbell's Early. Vine strong, vigorous, and very productive; clusters 
large and perfect ; berries large, black, with a purple bloom ; skin thin ; 
an admirable keeper and shipper; flavor rich, sweet, slightly vinous. 
Very early. 
Catawba. Bunches and berries large ; skin pale red ; flesh juicy, sweet, and 
highly aromatic. Vine productive, but uncertain except in favored loca- 
tions. 
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 foHage. Ripens in 
September. 
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. 
Diamond (Moore's). The vine, in vigor of growth, foliage, and hardiness, 
resembles Concord ; bunch large and compact ; berries round, of delicate 
greenish white, with a rich yellow tinge; skin smooth, and entirely free 
from brown spots and dots ; very few seeds ; juicy and free from pulp. 
Ripens with Worden. 
