SEED CATALOGUE of L. L. 1\yr AV ^ CO., ST. PAUL,- MINN. 123 
— ^r6' Hardiest For All Climes 
Seedsmen, Florists, Nurserymen 
May's Luscious Grapes — Popular Table Fruit 
All the Red, White and Blue Varieties Listed are Abundant Yielders 
AND OF Delicious Flavor 
CAMPBELL 
WELL-KEPT Rrapr vines are 
a source of unlimited plea- 
sure to the "Master of the Vine- 
yard." A vine-clad slope is 
possible in almost any garden. 
GRAPES will grozo and yield abundantly in any reasonably good soil, and 
not only arc they valuable for delicious and marketable fruit but the 
vines are highly ornamental in covering unsightly places and in making 
arbors, pergolas, etc. A few vines along the garden fence will furnisH 
enough grapes for home use and also some for market. 
MAY'S CHOICE HARDY VARIETIES 
Beta. A hardy variety originating in this state. A cross between a culti- 
vated sort and the native wild grape. The vine withstands our severest 
Northern winters without protection or injury. The fruit 
is jet black, of medium size. It ripens before frost and 
is sweet and luscious. By mail, postpaid, 1 year strong, 
each 25c., 4 for 90c.; 2 year strong, by express or freight, 
each SOc., 6 for $2,75. 
Brighton. Bunches large and well-formed. Berries 
medium to large, of good flavor and quality. \n excel- 
lent early grape, ripening with Delaware. By mail, 
postpaid, 1 year strong, each 15c., 4 for SOc. ; 2 year 
strong, by express or freight, each 20c., 12 for $2.00, 
50 for $7.00. 
Campbell's Early. The berries are large, often an 
inch or more in diameter, glossy black with a purple 
bloom, sweet and juicy, with few seeds. They ripen 
from the 15th to the last of August. As a keeper 
and shipper this variety is unequalcd by any other 
American grape, while as a dessert grape it is delic- 
ious. By mail, postpaid, 1 year strong, each 20c., 
4 for 7Sc.; 2 year strong, by express or freight, each 
30c, 6 for $1.75, 12 for $3.00, SO for $12.00. 
Concord. The well known standard variety. It su 
ceeds wherever grapes are grown. By mail, postpaid, 1 year 
strong, each 12c., 6 for 50c.; 2 year strong, by express or 
freight, each 15c., 12 for $1.50, 50 for $5.00. 
McPike. This mammoth black grape has been exhibited in all 
parts of the country, its great size, fine flavor and beauty creat- 
ing a sensation. It is a seedling of Worden and has many of 
the good qualities of both Worden and Concord. Ripens before 
Concord. Prices same as Beta. 
Moore's Diamond. Valuable for all sections of the United 
States, as it is healthy and perfectly hardy. Prices same as 
Campbell's Early. 
MAY'S SPECIAL OFFER 
WE WILL send by mail, postpaid, 1 each of the above six va- 
rieties, strong 1 year old plants, for $1.00, or six 2 year 
old plants, by express or freight, for $1.50. 
VEGETABLE GARDENING ts the title oj a manual on the growing 
of vegetable ciops for the home use and the market. 265 pages 
of solid, useful inforn\ation. which is contained in this valuable 
book, if followed, will lead you tu srow to advantage. A book 
which no grower should be without and we strongly advocate its 
perusal. New edition ju«t out. Paper SOc. doth $1.00. 
ALTHOUGH a vineyard 
. requires more care 
expended upon il than 
do the vegetable varieties 
of vine, they are propor- 
tionately profitable. 
MAY'S STANDARD HARDY VARIETIES 
Prices cn following varieties, 1 year strong, each 15c., 4 for 50c., postpaid; 
2 years strong, by express or freight, each 20c., 12 for $2.00, 50 tor $7.00. 
Delawe e. The bunches are all compact, shouldered, ripening a little 
before he Concord. Berries red, small and sweet. 
Eaton. A seedling of the Concord, which it resembles in general appearance, 
but the berrj' is much larger. 
Empire St-'te. A fine, large white grape. Very highly re- 
garded in Eastern sections. 
Moore's Early. One of the best early ripening varieties. 
Thj bunch is large, round, and with a black-blue bloom. 
In quality surpassing the Concord, and ripening full two 
weeks earlier. 
Niagara* A most desirable white variety and one 
that is hardy, vigorous and productive in all sec- 
tion? of the country. 
PocklingtoD. A very beautiful white variety. 
Worden. A targe black grape of the Concord 
type, but 3 to 10 days earlier. 
CARE OF GRAPES 
THE ILLUSTRATION shoics the propcT method of 
trellising grape vines. After the grapes are 
formed the leaves covering them should be carefully 
removed, so that the sun's rays may strike the grapes 
directly and they may ripen more quickly and evenly. 
GRAPES. The grape does well on any soil except a 
wet one, but to succeed best it should be set in a 
soil that is ligh t and dry, deep and rich. An annual 
top-dressing of well-rotted manure should be applied 
alternating every few years with a dressing of slaked 
lime. In planting, follow the directions we give for fruit 
trees. Any kind of old bones planted with the vines will 
do them good. 
