AUSTIN NURSERIES 
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GRAPES. — Continued. 
Concord. Black; bunch and berry 
large, pulp di.ssolving and juicy. Vine 
a strong grower, a good bearer. A 
standard variety for market or home 
use. Ripens first part of August. 
Perkins, Bunch medium, berry large, 
pinkish color, free from rot, sweet. 
Strong grower and productive. A 
profitable market variety. 
Martha. White, bunch medium, berry 
large, very sweet. Vine a strong grow- 
er; productive. A reliable and valuable 
variety. Mid-season. 
GRAPES.— Continued. MUSCADINE TYPE. 
This type of the Grape is exceedingly 
productive, and its cultivation is reduced 
to the simplest form — train the vines on 
an arbor ortrellis, and never prune them. 
A certain crop of fruit may be had 
annually. They have never been 
known to rot before maturing, and ripen 
after all other Grapes are gone. 
Scuppernong. White, bunches made up of 
eight to ten berries; berries large, round, 
of a bronze color when fully ripe; thick 
skin, pulpy, very sweet. Vinous, and of 
an exceedingly peculiar pleasant aroma. 
Ripens during August and September. 
GOOSEBERRY 
Goosberries should be planted where they will be partially shaded, and made 
rich with well rotted barnyard manure. 
Houghton. Small, pale red; sweet and good. Vigorous and the most reliable. 
The only reliable variety in the South. 
RASPBERRY 
Prepare the soil in much the same way as for Strawberries. Set the plants in 
rows 7 feet apart and 3 feet apart in the rows, pressing the soil firmly around 
them. Give them the same cultivation as you would corn, working the ground 
perfectly flat. Manure plentifully the first year, and pinch the ends out of the 
canes when about a foot high. In the second year let them grow to feet. 
After the fruit is gathered, cut out and burn all old wood and young canes but 
the best three. This will destroy all insects and insure a better growth. The 
Turner is the most reliable variety for the South. 
Turner. A beautiful red berry, of fine size and excellent quality; one of the 
hardiest and most productive varieties known, and the only very productive 
variety for the South. 
BLACKBERRY 
Blackberries, like Raspberries, will grow on almost any kind of soil. We 
have been very successful in growing them the past four years on land unsuited 
fro almost any other crop, a tough, whitish soil, sometimes known as post oak 
glades. Water should not be allowed to remain on the surface long. The ground 
should be well cultivated and kept free from weeds and grass. Cut out old fruit- 
ing canes and pinch back like Raspberries — plant same distance as Raspberries. 
Early Harvest. Medium size, shinj' 
black, good quality and immensely pro- 
ductive; bushes frequently' bend to the 
ground with their enormous loads of 
fruit. Very' firm and will keep 
longer and carry further than any 
other variety. Ripening with the early 
varieties of Raspberries, it is a very 
profitable variety for the market, and 
the most satisfactory all around Black- 
berry we have ever grown. 
DEWBERRY 
Lucretia. One of the low-growing, trailing Blackerries; in size and quality it 
equals any of the tall-growing sorts. The plant is perfectly hardy, healthy and 
remarkably productive, with large, showy flowers. The fruit, which ripens early, 
is often one. and one-half inches long, by 1 inch in diameter, soft, sweet and 
luscious throughont, with no hard core; ripe before late Raspberries are gone. 
Should be mulched to keep berries from ground. 
