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WEST HILL NURSERIES —FREDONIA, NEW YORK 
Plant Grape Vines for 
Pleasure and Profit 
Of all fruits the grape takes first place in making itself at home 
everywhere in this wonderful country of ours. It is easily grown, 
takes up the least room and produces the largest returns for time and 
effort expended. It comes into bearing early, usually the second year, 
and the demand for the fruit is universal. Back porches, line fences 
and out of the way places may be used, thus bringing profit out of 
heretofore useless ground. If room is available, an arbor may be 
erected or the regular wire trellis, as in commercial vineyards. 
Located as we are in the Chautauqua County grape belt, where 
upwards of 30,000 acres of vineyard are growing, we are in a position 
to advise you on the latest and best methods of planting, pruning and 
caring for your vineyard. Do not hesitate to write us. We will 
gladly give you all such information desired. 
A WORD ABOUT VARIETIES 
From the multitude of varieties, we have selected and 
listed in this book only those of proven merit. Con' 
cord, Moore’s, Niagara, Worden and Lucile are the 
leaders. These varieties have proven most valuable in 
a commercial way and have adapted themselves to ex¬ 
isting conditions over a wide range of territory. How¬ 
ever, other varieties of much higher flavor and equally 
high characteristics along other lines are worthy of trial. 
Outside of the large grape growing sections, many of 
these varieties prove to be more valuable than those 
mentioned above. 
PRUNING 
Grapes will bear if left to grow naturally from year 
to year, as do wild grapes in the woods but the fruit 
will be small, scraggly and very inferior. The object of 
judicious pruning is to grow the largest amount of fruit 
of the best quality and, at the same time, canes enough 
to produce an equally good crop the next year. Proper 
pruning concentrates the vigor of the vine into a smaller 
number of canes and clusters, which it can perfect. 
YOUR SUCCESS DEPENDS LARGELY ON 
CORRECT PRUNING 
Most people, unfamiliar with the grape vine, fail to 
prune severely enough, thinking that they may damage 
or even kill the vine. If the vine, when planted, has 
been trimmed back properly to two buds and has made 
a good growth that summer, you will have two nice 
canes to tie up the next spring. These should be cut 
back to three or four feet and will undoubtedly bear 
some fruit the second year. The next fall or winter 
trim out the old wood and tie up more new canes early 
in the spring, preferably those that have started near 
the ground, spreading them out in fan shape; every 
year cutting these new canes back to three or four feet. 
If the vines grow vigorously, more of these fruiting 
canes can be put up than if the plant is weak. The 
number of canes tied up must be governed by the 
strength of the vines. Usually the less fruit a vine bears, 
the more wood it makes for another season. By thus 
watching and pruning your vines each year they can be 
kept in a strong, healthy condition, giving you good 
crops of fruit each year. 
SPECIAL EQUIPMENT 
Due to the extensive acreage of vineyards in this belt 
there have been developed special tools for their care; 
cultivators, horse hoes, pruning and picking shears, 
tying wire and baskets. We can supply what you may 
want or refer you to where same can be purchased. 
We solicit your correspondence and gladly offer our 
expert knowledge about grapes, attained by many years 
of work with them. 
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This is the most complete book we know 
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THIS BOOK 
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CONTENTS 
Chapter 
I—The place of Shrubs in Home 
Grounds Planting. 
II—Planning the Shrubbery Planting. - 
III— Flowering Shrubs. 
IV— Evergreen Shrubs and Small Ever¬ 
greens. 
V— Shrubs Valuable for Berries. Bark or 
Foliage. 
VI— How to Buy Shrubs. 
VII— Planting and Afterward. 
VIII— Pruning. 
IX—The General Care of Shrubs. 
X—Summary, and Lists to Aid in the 
Selection of Shrubs. 
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