SEED CATALOGUE of L. L. 1\ /T A V ^ CO., ST. PAUL, MINN. 121 
— y/r? Hardiest For All Climes ITIXTlI 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 
WtLL-KEPT grflp<r tW.' . 
a .uturce of unlimited pjeu- 
suretoilie ""MasUr ofthr f 'iru- 
yard" A xrine-dad slope is 
possibU in almost any garden. 
GRAPES will groiv and yield abundantly in any reasonably good soil, and 
not only are 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 an'd 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. Tlie vine witlistands our severest 
Northern winters without protection or injury. The fruit 
is jet black, of medium si/.c. 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 50c,, 6 for $2.75. 
Brighton* Bunches large and well-formed. Berries 
medium to large, of good flavor and quality. An excel- 
lent early grape, ripening witli Delaware. By mail, 
postpaid, 1 year strong, each I5c., 4 for 50c.; 2 year 
strong, by express or freight, each 20c., 12 for $2.00, 
50 for $7.00. 
Campbell's Early. The berries arc 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 75c.; 2 year strong, by express or freight, each 
30c., 6 for $1.75, 12 for $3.00, 5*1 for $12.00. 
Concord. The well known siandard variety. If sue 
i. eeds 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, line flavor and beauty creat- 
ing a sensation. It is a seedling of Worden and has many of 
the good qualities of botli Worden and Concord. Ripens before 
Concord. Prices same as Beta. 
Moore's Diamond. Valuable for all sections of the United 
Slates, as it is liealthy and perfectly hardy. Prices same as 
Campbell's Early. 
MAY'S SPECIAL OFFER 
WE wii.i. 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 IS the title of a manual on the growing 
of vegetable crops for the home use and the market. 265 pages 
of solid, useful information, which is contained in this valuable 
book, if followed, will lead you to gro.v to advantage. A book 
which no grower should be without and we strongly advocate its 
perusal. New edition just out. Paper 50c., cloth $1.00* 
A i.THouGH a vineyard 
tjL requires more care 
t \p(-nded upon it than 
do the vegetable varieties 
'>/ vine, tltey are propor- 
fintately profitable. 
MAY'S STANDARD HARDY VARIETIES 
Prices on 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 for $7.00. 
Delaware. 1 he bunches are all compact, shouldered, ripening a little 
before the Concord. Berries red. small and sweet. 
Eaton. A seedling of the Concord, which it resembles in general appearance, 
but the bcrrv is much larger. 
Empire State. A fine, large white grape. Very highly re- 
garded in Eastern sections. 
Moore's Early. One of the best early ripening varieties. 
The 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- 
tions of the country. 
Pocklington. A very beautiful white variety. 
Worden. A large black grape of the Concord 
type, but 3 to 10 days earlier. 
CARE OF GRAPES 
THE ILLUSTRATION shows the propeT 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 docs well on any soil except a 
wet one, but to succeed best it should be set in a 
soil that is light and dry, deep and rich. An annual 
top-dressing of well-rot led manure should be applied 
alternating every few years with a dressing of slaked 
lime. In planting, follow the directions wc give for fruit 
trees. Any kind of old bones planted with the vines will 
do them good. 
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are unex- 
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yield, size, qual- 
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