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BROWN BROTHERS COMPANY 
Brown’s Luscious Grapes 
Hardy varieties—prime favorites everywhere. Work the soil thoroughly before planting Grapes, and dig the hole broad and 
deep (several inches deeper than enough to receive the roots). Fill it up to the right depth with rich soil, and firm the earth 
well about the roots, as the hole is backfilled. 
Moore s Early Grapes. 
Agawam. Grapes. 
PRUNING. The fruit of the Grape is produced on the current year’s growth of 
canes. These canes should be pruned each winter so that only one of the buds remain 
on each stub. The young plant is trained to one shoot until it reaches the top of the 
trellis, to which it is tied. Two canes are allowed to grow from the top the second 
year, forming a framework for the succeeding growth. Remove all growth that starts 
on the main trunk as soon as it appears. The third year the cross-arms are pruned 
back to 6 or 8 buds. These produce the bearing shoots. 
Agawam. (Red). One of best red varieties; bunch variable in size; flesh tender 
and juicy. A good grower and bearer. August. 
Brighton. (Red). This is an almost seedless variety of good quality; clusters are 
exceptionally large; reddish blue in color; vines are hardy. Late August. 
Caco. (Red). A new red variety of extremely rich flavor. It is a cross between the 
Catawba and Concord, with all the good qualities of both. Ripens early. 
Campbell’s Early. (Black). Clusters large and handsome; berries round, nearly 
black, with light purple bloom; flesh rather firm, but tender; quality rich, sweet, 
slightly vinous; a strong and vigorous grower; very early. The berries do not drop 
easily from the clusters, and the fruit keeps a long time in perfection. Last of 
August. 
Catawba. (Red). Bunches large and loose, berries large, of coppery red color, be¬ 
coming purplish when well ripened, vinous, rich. 
Concord. (Black). Large, good quality, exceptionally hardy and thrives in any 
grape belt. Blue-black berries of large size. Widely known and w r ell accepted as a 
market variety. Very productive and reliable. The standard commercial Grape. 
Middle of September. 
Delaware. (Red). Small bunches and small berries; juicy and sweet; a highly 
satisfactory table Grape. Skin is thin, and light red color. Vine grows freely and 
is perfectly hardy. Early September. 
Fredonia. (Black). A new, very early Grape, originated and thoroughly tested by 
the New York Experimental Station. Ripens with Portland. The bunch and berry 
are large with excellent flavor. Ripens fully 10 days before Moore’s Early and is 
an excellent shipper, as it does not crack. This Grape fills a long felt need—a 
juicy, delicious black Grape that ripens early. Vine vigorous and productive. One 
of the best new varieties. 
Green Mountain. (White). A very early and delicious Grape; pulp tender and 
sweet, with but one or two seeds; bear9 young and profusely, and ripens from the 
25th of August to the 1st of September. The only Grape thus far tested that ranks 
first, both in earliness and quality. 
Moore’s Diamond. (White). Leading white Grape with yellowish tinge; bunches 
large; very few seeds, juicy and free from pulp. Vine vigorous in growth, bears 
early September. 
Moore’s Early. (Black). A large, purplish black berry, sweet and of good quality, 
ripening about 10 days earlier than Concord. Vine vigorous and hardy. 
Niagara. (White). A magnificent Grape, valuable for garden and vineyard. Berries 
large, skin tough; quality very good; beautiful bunches of the largest size. Ripens 
about with Concord. A rank grower and very productive. Popular with vineyardists 
and amateurs of the North and South. 
Portland. (White). A new white Grape. Ripens earlier than any other known 
Grape, which permits its being planted over a wide range of territory. Berries 
large, and have that beautiful yellowish color like the Niagara. All the truly good 
qualities desired in a Grape are incorporated in it. Quality excellent, equal to the 
Niagara and other later Grapes. It contains much sugar and can be eaten before 
it is fully ripe. Vine hardy and productive. You will be pleased with this new Grape. 
Salem. (Coppery red). Berries large; flesh juicy and of fine quality. Very productive. 
This Grape also ripens in September. 
Worden. (Black). A seedling of the Concord. Bunch large, compact, handsome; 
berries large—larger than those of the Concord. It ripens a few days earlier, and 
is superior to it in flavor. Very popular for the vineyard and garden. 
