GREEN MOUNTAIN (WHITE) 
Shropshire Damson. Last of September. Me¬ 
dium-sized, dark purple variety, valued for 
preserving. 
Yellow Gage. August. Medium-sized; yellow, 
rich and juicy. 
JAPAN PLUMS 
Abundance. August. Large red, yellow flesh; 
sweet and rich. Valued for cooking and 
eating. 
Burbank. August. Good-sized, red; valuable 
domestic sort. Flesh sweet, rich and 
yellow. 
October Purple (Purple Egg). Large, purple; 
flesh yellow and sweet. 
Red June. Japanese origin. Prof. Bailey, of 
Cornell, says: “By all odds the best Jap¬ 
anese Plum”; ripening before Abundance, 
fruit good size, brilliant red, finest extra- 
early Plum. 
Satsuma. August. Good quality, vigorous 
habit; purple and red. 
Wickson. September. Dark red, good size, 
agreeable flavor; very productive. 
Quinces 
Strong selected trees, 50 cts. each, $5.00 per 
dozen, $35.00 per 100. 
Champion. October. Large and productive, 
splendid for cooking and a good keeper. 
Meeches’ Prolific. Productive, large yellow, 
and one of the best for domestic purposes. 
Orange, or Apple. September. Large, hand¬ 
some fruit of good quality. A popular sort. 
Reas Mammoth. Large and productive; by 
many considered the best in cultivation. 
Grapes 
The vine comes quickly into bearing, yield¬ 
ing fruit usually the second year after plant¬ 
ing; requires but little space, and when prop¬ 
erly trained, is an ornament to the yard, gar¬ 
den or vineyard. The soil for the Grape should 
be dry; when not naturally so should be thor¬ 
oughly drained. It should be deeply worked 
and well manured, always bearing in mind that 
it is an essential point to secure a warm, sunny 
exposure. 
The best grape-vine trellis is probably the 
wire trellis, with four wires 18 inches apart. 
Pruning should be so done that each year two 
or three of last year’s branches shall alone be 
left, at the spurs of which the present year’s 
growth may start. 
During the season, when the shoots have 
reached the upper part of the trellis, they may 
be pinched to prevent further growth. The 
following spring the canes should be cut back 
to two buds. Allow but one bud to throw out 
a shoot, and treat as in the previous year. 
This system of pruning should be followed 
each year. 
Prices for strong 2-year Grape vines, except 
as otherwise noted, 25 cts. each, $2.50 per doz. 
CLASS I—BLACK GRAPES 
Campbell’s Early. The wonderful new seedling 
of the distinguished horticulturist, George 
W. Campbell,of Ohio. Vines healthy, hardy, 
vigorous and a profuse bearer, bunch and 
berry large and handsome, quality A 1; 
ripens with Moore’s Early, but keeps either 
on the vine or in the house for weeks after 
Moore’s Early has decayed and gone. A 
very great acquisition. 35 cts. each, $3.50 
doz. 
Concord. A large, handsome Grape, ripening 
a week or two earlier than Isabella; very 
hardy and productive. Succeeds over a 
great extent of country, and, although not 
of the highest quality, is one of the most 
popular market Grapes. 
Eaton. Bunch very large, weighing 12 to 15 
ounces; often double shouldered; berries 
very large, many one inch in diameter, 
round, black, covered with a heavy blue 
bloom; adhere firmly to the stem. Ripens 
with Concord or a little earlier. 
Early Victor. New extra-early Grape. In 
bunch and berry it is rather below the 
average, but ripens very early; it is very 
pure in flavor, with very little pulp and is 
exceptionally sweet, sprightly and vinous; 
black, with fine bloom. Last of August. 
Isabella. An old, standard sort, highly prized 
where it will thoroughly mature. Bunches 
long, large, loose; berries large, oval, sweet 
and musky; a good keeper. 
Moore’s Early. Bunch large, berry round, as 
large as the Wilder, or Rogers’ No. 4; 
color black, with a heavy blue bloom; qual¬ 
ity better than the Concord. Vine exceed¬ 
ingly hardy; has never been covered in 
winter, and has been exposed to a tem¬ 
perature of more than 20 degrees below 
zero without injury, and it has been en- 
t i re 1 exempt from mildew or disease. Its 
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