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FOR GROWERS AND DEALERS IN NURSERY STOCK 
The National Nurseryman Publishing Co., Incorporated. 
Vol. XIX. ROCHESTER, N. Y., JUNE, 1911 No. 6 
A MODERN GRAPE AND SMALL FRUIT GROWING 
ESTABLISHMENT 
A Branch of One of the Leading Nursery Firms of the United States 
STARK BROTHERS, at North Girard, Pa. 
PLANTING GRAPE CUTTINGS IN THE NORTH GIRARD PLANT OF THE STARK BROTHERS CO. 
Successful plant growing depends fundamentally on two 
things; soil and climate. After these primary factors, 
certain economic conditions are to be considered. These 
latter are incident to the establishment of all enterprises, 
and are to be considered by the promoter in association with 
his own environment. 
Soil and climate dominate, because they are primary 
factors affecting the quality of the product. It is a recog¬ 
nized principle that high grade products cannot be profit¬ 
ably produced unless exact adaptations of soil exist. This is 
as true in plant growing as in brick making, for quality is the 
final test, and it is not more a question of cost of production 
than it is of intrinsic merit. In cement making and pottery 
manufacture, the final popularity of the product is deter¬ 
mined by the peculiarities of soil or original constituent as 
well as by the skill of the manufacturer. So in plant grow¬ 
ing, we repeat that the final test is the quality of the product 
itself, and this is in large measure determined by the 
character of the soil, and its climatic environment. 
SOIL REQUIREMENTS FOR GRAPE AND BUSH FRUITS 
Certain plants are more fastidious in their soil adaptations 
than others, and in order to produce the highest grade of 
product of these, the soil requirements must be observed 
with special exactness. Prominent among the plants 
which levy upon the fruit grower peculiar demands are the 
members of the genus Vitis, the grape, and also most mem¬ 
bers of the bush fruits. In order to produce a vigorous 
