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If you plant the Fall Bearing Varieties, you are 
Delaware Grape, The Standard of Flavor. 
Grapes 
The crape requires a sunny location, so plant on the south side of buildings, fences, and 
to cover unsightly objects. The earlier and hardier kinds will ripen in most any location 
and every farmer and houseowner should have a generous supply for home use. The 
varieties that we list below are adapted for the north¬ 
ern states. They seem to do best near bulidings where 
the soil is rich, loose and mellow. Plant the vines 
from G to 10 feet apart each way, spread out the roots 
and cover them with about G inches of mellow soil. 
Keep the ground about them clean of weeds and the 
vines well trimmed. 
Pruning. The most important point about growing 
grapes is the pruning. When the vines are set, they 
should be cut back to within two or three buds from 
the root. Every year in November, after the leaves 
have fallen, or very early in the spring before the sap 
has started, they should be pruned liberally. In 
pruning rather tender vines, leave more wood than is needed, 
as some may be killed by the winter, and finish pruning in 
the spring as soon as leaves are nearly developed, when the 
life of the vine may be seen. In summer allow a good growth 
beyond the fruit, and about midsummer, pinch off the ends 
of the branches to check them, and cut out feeble laterals 
and branches on which there is no fruit, then there will be 
much foliage to 
absorb matter and 
prepare nutriment 
The Worden Grape and by checking 
the growth of the 
wood, it will be appropriated to perfect the 
fruit. Do not pick off the foliage. The leaves, 
not the fruit, should be exposed to the sun. We 
urge this point as thousands mistake and 
grapes are generally mismanaged. The two 
great errors are in neglecting to cut off useless 
wood in fall or spring and of depriving the 
plants of necessary foliage by too close pruning 
in summer, so as to prevent much fruit from 
setting. If too much sets, thin it in season, 
that the juices of the vine may not be wasted 
on what must be removed. Prices given are 
for 2 year old vines, medium sized vines at 
two-third price. We can supply vines of any 
variety in cultivation at lowest prices. 
Varieties 
The Belle. This new grape originated in 
Illinois and is supposed to be a cross of the 
Concord and Catskill. The vines are very vigor¬ 
ous, more so than either of its parents. The 
originator has measured leaves a foot in diam¬ 
eter and berries an inch in diameter. The fruit 
is similar in color to Vergennes, has a skin 
about the consistency of Concord, with a more 
compact and shorter bunch than Concord and 
The new “Belle” Grape. 
