VERY NEW GRAPES 
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. | 
$1.00 each. Supply very limited. 
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 nc winter injury. Vine is very 
productive, and has been so free from disease of any kind that it does 
not require spraying. Clusters and 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 95¢; 3 for $2.70; 10 for $8.50. 
1 yr., No. 1 Vines. 
YATES. A new red grape of exceptionally high quality originated by the New 
York State Experiment Station at Geneva, N. Y. Clusters and berries large, well 
formed, of the solid meaty type, sweet throughout. Ripens just after Concord. 
Vine vigorous. Hardy where winter temperatures do not fall below —18°. We are 
listing this variety again because it has shown so well in our test vineyard. 
Price: 1 yr. Vines, $1.00 each. Supply very limited. 
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, Golden 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. 
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