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Grapes 
The grape vine is not at all exacting as to soil, it succeeds on the lightest sand and 
toughest clay, provided it is dry. Nor does it demand as much fertility as corn and wheat 
do, for best success. Moreover, it stands drought better than most any northern farm crop. 
It takes no long ladders to prune them, or pick the fruit, endangering life and limb, as does 
the apple; nor much stooping as with strawberries. Varieties and methods of culture also 
have been so much improved in the past forty years that good growers make more money 
now at one-half the price, than they did then. 
The cultivation is all done by horse labor, by the use of a gang plow, horse hoe and 
sulky cultivator. In case the grapes need spraying, one person can do it very comfortably, 
spraying one side each of two rows, by simply driving through the rows with the proper 
machine and material. One man can do all the work on 20 acres, except during harvesting, 
and he has time enough left to devote to other business to pay for the extra help in harvest 
time. In sections making a specialty of grape growing, the marketing is very simple. In 
places where but few are grown, the grower has the advantage of even a better market 
and realizes a higher price, not only on account of the freight charges and wholesale dealers 
profit saved, but especially because the fruit is fresher and in better condition. 
A fair average yield of Concords should net not less than 4 tons per acre. 
Concord, Niagara, Worden, Moore’s Early 
and in some favored sections Delaware and 
Catawba are all the varieties of grapes that 
are planted in any large quantity. 
Agawam—Red or maroon, bunch loose, 
shouldered, berries large; flesh meaty, juicy, 
of a rich aromatic flavor, ripens about with 
Concord; vine a strong grower and should 
be pruned, leaving long canes. 
Brighton—Red. Bunch medium to large, 
long, compact, shouldered; berries medium; 
skin thin; flesh tender, sweet, with scarcely 
any pulp; quality best. Vine a vigorous 
grower, healthy, hardy and productive; one 
of the best early red grapes. The flowers 
have reflexed stamens and do not always fer¬ 
tilize fully unless planted with Concord, 
Worden or others which blossom at the same 
time. Ripens with Delaware. 
Concord—Black. Decidedly the most popu¬ 
lar grape in America, and deservedly so. 
Adapts itself to varying conditions and is 
grown with more or less profit in every grape¬ 
growing state in the Union. Bunch large, 
shouldered, compact; berries large, covered 
with a rich bloom; skin tender, but sufficient¬ 
ly firm to carry well to distant markets; flesh 
juicy, sweet, pulpy, tender. Vine a strong 
grower, very hardy, healthy and productive. 
For general cultivation the most reliable and 
profitable variety. 
Campbell’s Early—Seedling of Moore’s 
Early. A vigorous, hardy grower, with 
healthy and abundant foliage which resists 
mildew. Bears profusely, large clusters of 
fruit, usually shouldered and compact. Ber¬ 
ries nearly round, black, with blue bloom; 
skin thin but tenacious, flesh rather firm, 
tender, rich, sweet, slightly vinous, with no 
foxiness or acidity. Ripens early, and hangs 
on the vine six weeks after ripening. 
Delaware—Small, light-red, thin-skinned; 
very juicy, sweet and sprightly. Slow grow¬ 
ing and tender; require a rich soil and a fa¬ 
vorable situation on the south side of a build¬ 
ing to succeed well; of the highest quality 
when properly grown. 
Green Mountain—Found growing in a gar¬ 
den on the side of the Green Mountains in 
Vermont, £t an altitude of 1,400 feet, where 
it ripened its fruit perfectly. Vine strong, 
vigorous, healthy, very hardy and productive. 
Bunch long, compact, shouldered. Color green 
or greenish white; skin thin, pulp exceeding¬ 
ly tender and sweet. Very early, being three 
weeks earlier than Concord. 
Moore’s Early—One of the best very early 
grapes. A seedling of Concord, which it 
equals in vigor and hardiness of vine, but 
ripens ten days or two weeks earlier than that 
variety. Bunch large; berry round and large, 
black, with a heavy blue bloom; quality good. 
Moore’s Diamond—Vine vigorous, with 
large, dark, healthy foliage, prolific, produc¬ 
ing large, handsome, compact, slightly shoul¬ 
dered bunches, of delicate greenish white, 
with rich yellow tinge. Its desirable char¬ 
acteristics are earliness, hardiness, healthful¬ 
ness and good quality. 
Niagara—White. Bunch very large and 
handsome, often shouldered, compact; ber¬ 
ries large, round; skin thin, tough, does not 
crack, and carries well; has not much pulp 
when fully ripe; melting, sweet, with a fla¬ 
vor and aroma peculiarly its own, and agree¬ 
able to most tastes; ripens with Concord, 
sometimes a little earlier. Vine very vigor¬ 
ous and productive. 
Worden—Black. Bunch large, sometimes 
shouldered, compact; berries very large; skin 
thin. Superior to the Concord in the follow¬ 
ing points: It is better in quality, has a 
larger berry, a more compact and handsome 
cluster, and ripens five to ten days earlier. 
'"Wyoming Red—A decidedly fine, early red 
grape. Bunch and berry double size of Dela¬ 
ware, of same color, with similar flavor. 
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