FRUIT DEPARTMENT— GRAPKS 
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GRAPES 
Everyone should have a few grape vines in the home garden. They require very little culti- 
vation and the returns are so abundant. If proper selection of varieties is made, one may have 
Krapes on the table for several months in the year. They can be trained over fences, trellises, or 
doorways and thus be ornamental as well as useful. To grow for market, they can be planted on 
hillsides that are unsuitable for other crops. They should in all cases have a free exposure to 
the sun and air. 
Agawam (Red) — Bunch large, compact, should- 
ered, berry large, dark red or nearly black; 
flesh tender, juicy, vinous and good quality; 
later than Concord. 
•Brighton (Red) — Bunch medium to large, quite 
compact, flesh rich, sweet and best quality, 
color dark crimson or brownish red; vine vig- 
orous and hardy. 
Campbell's Early (Black)— A strong, vigorous 
and hardy sort; ripens early and bears abund- 
antly; berry large, black with blue bloom; 
tender, sweet and rich; good market berry; 
it is a good shipper and long keeper. 
Catawba (Red) — Bunches medium, shouldered; 
berries large, deep coppery red, becoming pur- 
ple when ripe; flesh somewhat pulpy, juicy, 
sweet, aromatic and rich; one of the latest, 
does not ripen well in the North. 
Champion (Black) — Bunch medium, compact; 
berries medium, quality fair; on account of 
the vigor of vine, showy fruit and heavy bear- 
ing, it is extensively grown for market. 
Clinton (Black) — Bunches, medium, compact; 
berries round, small with thin blue bloom, 
pulpy and juicy; hardy and late; good keeper 
and valuable as a wine grape. 
•Concord (Black) Too well-known to need 
much description; is considered by many to 
be the best all around grape grown; is ex- 
tremely hardy, vigorous and productive, 
bunches large, compact; berries large, juicy, 
buttery and sweet; will succeed well almost 
anywhere. 
Agavi/am 
Delaware (Red)— One of the best red grapes; 
bunch small and compact, berry small, round, 
beautiful light red; flesh rich, vinous, sweet, 
and delicious; best quality; a good market 
grape. 
Elvira (White) — Bunch medium, shouldered and 
very compact; berry medium, pale green with 
yellow shade, sweet, tender and free from fox- 
inesss; in the West it is grown as a wine grape. 
Empire State (White)- Bunch long and large, 
berry medium, light green or white tinged 
with yellow and covered with a white bloom; 
tender, sweet and sprightly; good keeper. 
Green Mountain (White) — The earliest white 
grape; bunch medium to large, shouldered; 
berries medium, greenish white, tender, sweet 
and excellent quality, combines hardiness, 
fruitfulness and vigor and health. A valuable 
sort. 
Janesville (Black)— Its hardiness, vigor and pro- 
ductiveness has made it one of the best black 
sorts. It is especially adapted to the North; 
bunch medium to large, short and shouldered; 
berries round with slight blue bloom, tender 
, _ , and vinous; quality fair. 
Moore's Early 
