VERY NEW GRAPES 
Last year we listed for the first time seven new varieties of grapes. This year our 
supply of vines of five of these, (Eden, Bronx Seedless, Hector, Yates, Ruby) is 
so limited that we are not offering them for sale. 
From the standpoint of Hardiness, productiveness, and vigor Athens and Seibel 
No. 1000 have proven to be by far the best in our test plantings in our experi- 
mental vineyards. 
ATHENS — Blue. Introduced and originated by the New York State Experiment 
Station. Clusters and berries are large, loosely formed, attractive. Quality is very 
good, sweet, juicy with pleasing flavor. Ripens about September Ist. Vine is hardy, 
vigorous, and productive. 
SEIBEL No. 1000 — Blue. A new variety introduced by the New York 
State Experiment Station which imported it from France before the war. 
In our test vineyards it is the earliest bearing of all of our varieties and 
the only variety we have ever grown that produces fruit the first year 
planted. Our initial planting consisted of 100 one-year vines planted June 
Ist, 1941. Every one of these vines produced two to three small clusters the 
first year. This year our vines produced a full crop after winter tempera- 
tures of 20 below zero and the vines showed no winter injury. Vine is very 
productive, and has been so free from disease of any kind that it does 
not require spraying. Clusters are large, berries medium. Quality very 
good. Pulp is meaty, solid, sweet throughout, and the seeds separate easily. 
Ripens about with Concord. We recommend Seibel as one of the best 
varieties either for home use or commercial plantings because it is hardy, 
very productive, free from diseases, and bears very early. 
Prices: each 85¢; 3 for $2.40; 10 for $7.50. 
Prices of large quantities on request. 

HARDINESS OF GRAPES 
The winter of 1943, one of the coldest on record for Western New York, with 
20 below zero on two different occasions gave us an excellent opportunity to check 
on the relative hardiness of the various varieties listed in this catalog. Under the 
above conditions the following varieties produced a full crop of fruit with no 
apparent winter injury: 
Van Buren, Delaware, Portland, Fredonia, Worden, Lucile, Westfield, Con- 
cord, Seibel No. 1000, Brighton, Caco, Elvira Clinton, Catawba, Diamond. 
Varieties showing some injury of buds but still producing a fair crop of fruit after 
20 below zero are: 
Sheridan, Goldent Muscat, Ontario, Urbana, Agawam, Salem, Isabella, Ives, 
Eumelan, Athens, Brocton, Niagara. 
Where winter temperatures range to 25-30 below zero Seibel No. 1000, Van 
Buren, Worden, Lucile, and possibly Concord should prove hardy and bear fruit. 
Bronx Seedless, Ruby, Eden Hector, Dutchess, Yates, Seneca and Keuka showed 
severe winter injury under above conditions and produced little or no fruit. 
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