GRAPES 
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HERE is scarcely a yard so small in the country or city that room for C^om one to a dozen grape vines can- 
not be found. They do admirably, trained up the side of any building, or along the fences, occupy- 
ing but little room, and furnishing an abundance of the healthiest of fruit. Make the soil mellow, and plant 
the vines somewhat deeper than they stood in the nursery. Plant about eight feet ’apart by the fence or 
building. 
As a commercial crop there is nothing more satisfactory. They are as reliable .as a corn crop, and as 
staple on the market as wheat. When a vineyard is once established it will be productive for a lifetime 
with ordinary care, and the Income therefrom can be counted on almost as certainly as the changing of the season. 
Grapes do well on either gravelly, sandy or clayey soils, or on a combination of these. If planted on clay soil, it 
must be thoroughly underdrained to secure good results. Any good, dry soil of suiRcient fertility to produce good 
farm crops is suitable for vineyard planting, if climate and exposure are favorable. 
The only necessary preparation of the soil is to thoroug.uy plow ami pulverize it to a depth of 12 to 18 inches. If 
CONCORD. 
in sod it should be summer-fallowed in August or September preceding plant- 
ing, and again plowed at the time of planting. At this last plowing many 
of our best vineyardists plow the ground into lands equal In width to the 
distance apart the rows are to be planted, and plant the vines in the 
dead -furrows. This saves a large amount of labor in digging the 
holes. 
If the soil is naturally poor it should be given a lib- 
eral application of thoroughly rotted stable manure, 
which should be plowed in at the last plowing. If this 
cannot be had, use raw bone meal, about 600 
pounds per acre, with about 300 pounds muriate 
of potash, or two tons of good, unleached hard 
wood ashes. It is not desirable to put manure or 
fertilizers of any kind in the hole when plant- 
ing. The roots will quickly find their necessary 
food if it is in the soil. 
Concord. — The well known standard variety. 
Succeeds wherever grapes will grow. Most pop- 
ular variety ever grown. 
Campbell’s Early. — Medium grower. Large 
healthy foliage. Productive. Its keeping and 
shipping qualities are equalled by no other early 
grape. Ripens with Moores Early. Bunch and 
horry large, glossy, black with blue bloom; sweet 
and juicy. Seeds few and small. Part readily 
from the pulp. Stands at the head of early 
grapes. 
Champion. — (Talmanu) Very early. Bunch and 
berry good size, thick skin, productive. Poor 
quality. Profitable owing to their earllness. 
Delaware. — Bunches small, compact, shouldered. Berries 
rather small, round, skin thin, light red. Sweet, spicy and 
delicious. Vine moderately vigorous, hardy and productive. 
Diamond. — The leading early white grape, ripening before 
Moore’s Early, white with rich yellow tinge, juicy, few seeds. 
Almost free from pulp, excellent quality, above medium size, 
adheres firmly to stem. Vine like Co.Ksord in growth, hard- 
iness and foliage. Fine variety for both market and home 
garden. 
Moore’s Early. — A black grape, with a heavy blue bloom, 
bunch large, berry round. Quality better than the Concord, vine 
exceedingly hardy, and has been expos ed to temperature of 
twenty degrees below zero without injury. It has been en- 
tirely exempt from mildew or disease. Its earliness, good 
quality, and fine appearance make it a profitable market va- 
riety. 
Niagara. — A white variety; bunch and berry very large, 
greenish white, changing to pale yellow when fully ripe. Skin thin, but 
tough. Quality very much like Concord. See illustration on cover. 
Worden.- An improved Concord, being larger in both bunch and berry, 
handsomer, nearly two weeks earlier, and of better quality, fine, vigorous, 
hardy, and productive. 
Wyoming Bed. — Vine very hardy, healthy and robust, with thick, leath- 
ery foliage; color of berry similar to Delaware, but brighter; being one 
of the most beautiful of the amber or red grapes, and in size nearly double 
that of Delaware. Flesh tender, sweet, with a strong native aroma. Rip- 
ens before Delaware, the best early red market variety. 
MOORE’S EARLY. 
Champion, 2 yr. No. 1 . 
Champion, 1 yr., No. 
Concord, 2 yr.. No. 1 . 
Concord, 1 yr., No. 1 . 
Concord, 1 yr.. No. 2. 
Delaware, 2 yr., No. 1 
Delaware, 1 yr.. No. 1 
Diamond, 2 yr., N 
Diamond, 1 yr., No. 1 
Moore’s Early, 2 yr.. 
Moore’s Early, 1 yr., 
Niagara, 2 yr., No. 1 
Niagara. 1 yr., No. I 
Worden. 2 yr.. No. 1 . . 
Worden, I yr.. No. 1 . . 
Each- 
Per 12 
Per 100 
Per 
1000 
$ .15 
$1.25 
$3.00 
*75.00 
, No. 1 
10 
1.00 
7.00 
60.00 
10 
1.00 
3.00 
27.00 
08 
.75 
2.00 
18.00 
10 
1.00 
2.50 
22.00 
08 
.75 
1.75 
1.25 
16.00 
10.00 
10 
1.00 
4.00 
35.00 
08 
.75 
3.00 
25.00 
10 
1.00 
3.25 
30.00 
08 
.75 
2.26 
20.00 
No. 1 
10 
1.00 
4.50 
40;00 
No. 1 
1 
08 
.75 
2.75 
25.00 
10 
1.00 
3.50 
30.00 
08 
.75 
2.25 
20.00 
10 
1.00 
4.00 
35.00 
08 
.75 
2.75 
25.00 
No. 1 
10 
1.00 
4.50 
40.00 
No. 1 
08 
.75 
3.50 
30.00 
Each and 12 sent by mail or express, prepaid. 
We have a larger amount of grape vines than usual. They have made 
an extra strong growth, and are graded up to the stJindard. The prices 
are made very low. On fall orders, to be shipped this fall, we will allow 
25c per LOO or $1.00 per 1000 less than the above prices. 
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