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R. M. KELLOaa'S GREAT CROPS OP 
The Kniffin System 
Moyer resembles Delaware in appear- 
ance, but is more vigorous and healthy. 
Hardy and productive. 1 year 15c each, 
$1.50 per doz. and $7.00 per 100. 2 year, 25c 
each, $2.50 per doz. and $10.00 per 100. 
Pouglikeepsie Reel. Much larg-er in 
bunch and berry than Delaware, but resem- 
bles it in color and taste; very early. 1 year, 
2Sc each, $2.50 per doz. and $18.00 per 100. 2 
year, 3Sc each, $3.50 per doz. and $25.00 per 
100. 
Salem (Roger's No. 22). Bunch and 
berry very large. Healthy, hardy and vig- 
orous. A good keeper and fine table berry. 
1 year, 15c each, $1.00 per doz. and $5.00 per 
100. 2 year, 20c each, $1.50 per doz. and 
$7.00 per 100. 
Brighton. Dark red; one of the most 
desirable of the new red grapes; clusters 
very uniform and beautiful; quality fine. 1 
year, 15c each, $1.00 per doz. and $4.00 per 100. 
2 year, 20c each, $1.50 per doz. and $6.00 per 
100. 
Wyoming Red. One of the most hardy 
and beautiful very early red grapes grown. 
Skin rather tough, keeps well, fine flavor, 
vine very vigorous and hardy. 1 year, 15c 
each, $1.00 per doz. and $5.00 per 100. 2 year, 
20c each, $1.50 per doz. and $7.00 per 100. 
WHITE GRAPES. 
Moore's Diamond. Bunch and berry 
very large; strong grower, hardy wherever 
grown, and becoming more popular every 
year. It has come to stay and will be 
largely planted and sought for in the mar- 
ket. 1 year, 20c each, $2.00 per doz. and 
$8.00 per 100. 2 year, 30c each, $3.00 per doz. 
and $10.00 per 100. 
Niagara. Quality about like Concord; 
bunch and berry very large; vigorous, 
healthy and hardy. 1 year, ISc each, $1.00 
per doz. and $4.00 per 100. 2 year, 20c each, 
$1.50 per doz. and $6.00 per 100. 
In selecting varieties of grapes, as well 
as other fruits, have them begin with the 
earliest and extend to the latest, so the table 
or market may be supplied every day through- 
out the entire season. Always have an abun- 
dance of some one variety. 
OF Pruning Grapes. 
ASPARAGUS. 
This is the greatest 
money making crop, 
labor considered, on 
the farm and will give 
a family more pleas- 
ure than anything else 
that can be placed in 
the garden. It sells 
at sight and people 
are just learning how 
delicious it is. Many 
prefer it to green peas. 
We have a half acre 
from which we gener- 
ally cut about two 
hundred dollars worth 
of "grass" every 
spring. We cut it every warm day from 
the last of April till the middle or last of 
June. 
It grows from " crowns" and as quick as 
one shoot is cut another starts in its place 
so the growth is continuous. I have seen 
shoots as large as your thumb grow an inch 
per hour and we are often obliged to cut 
twice in a single day. 
No family can eat as much as will grow 
from fifty or a hundred plants, and the bed 
will last more than one hundred years with- 
out renewal. 
The plants arc so cheap and trouble so 
little, every farmer should have a bed started 
at once. When the good wife is so bothered 
in April and May for " sass " she can step 
into the garden in a moment and gather a 
supply that in addition to a few other "fix- 
ings" will make a royal meal that will be 
greatly appreciated. 
Select a site if possible sloping to the 
south and make it as rich as possible. Set 
rows three and a half feet apart and plants 
two feet apart in the row. Plow a furrow 
and set plants not less than six inches deep. 
Make no cuttings the first year. As quick 
as ground is dry enough in spring cultivate 
over the entire surface taking care not to go 
deep enough to disturb the roots. 
For family garden set a row along the 
fence or in a corner with plants about two 
feet apart. 
Improved Conover. Strong, large 
plants by mail, post paid, $1.00 per 100; by 
express, 75c per 100, $3. 00 per 1,000. 
