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Ripley. Barly. A fine table grape from the New York Experiment Station, handsome bunches, 
golden fruit, spicy and very sweet. Can be used for white wine, but the wine lacks spright- 
liness, owing to low acidity. In our experience most of the New York Station hybrids are 
rather badly subject to mildew and blackrot when grown in warmer, more humid districts. 
Ripley is one of the exceptions: with normal care it does well as far south as North 
Carolina, and good reports have been received from the Mississippi basin and the Northwest. 
. Steuben. (Sold out.) Early mid-season. This is a very recent introduction of the New York 
Agricultural Experiment Station. Vine very vigorous and satisfactorily resistant to the 
fungus diseases except in very bad yearse Bears big crops, in large bunches, of large- 
berried bluish-lavender fruit, handsome and delicious. Although primarily a table grape, 
it yields a pale white wine of good quality. Not a satisfactory red-wine grape. 
Seyve-Villard 12364. Late. A striking table grape, with large loose bunches of large 
olive-shaped berries, slightly pink when ripe. But reports indicate that it is quite 
subject to black rot in humid areas. Not recommended except where the climate is normally 
dry, with long growing season. Short pruning. 
Seibel 5279, Seibel 9110, Seibel 13047. See descriptions abovee 
VINIFERA 
Though it is not practical to cultivate the vinifera varieties in the East, many of our 
customers continue to be skeptical on;this pointe. In response to requests, we have 
therefore rooted a few of the variety \Cabernet Sauvignon, the grape which is the source 
of all the finest chateau-bottled French clarets. If given individual care (including 
Special winter care in the colder climates) Cabernet Sauvignon will survive and yield a 
small crope But don't expect too much of it. Price: 80 cents each. 
WINE-MAKING REQUISITES 
Because some of the wine-making requisites are rather hard to find, we undertook a year ago 
to stock a few of them as a service to our customers. These include quite a number of items 
which we import from France. Our list includes saccharimeters, acid-testing sets, alcohol- 
testing sets, small crushers and wine presses, small corking machines of various models as 
well as corks, sulphur strips and metabisulphite, racking tubing, plant tags of. heavy 
aluminum foil, grape hoes, grape shears, and so one Ask for circular or write us regarding 
your wantsSe 
As good wine glasses are hard to find, we have persuaded a manufacturer to make for us a 
good inexpensive wine glass of classic pattern and generous size (8 oz.)=--handsome enough 
for any table, and cheap enough for everyday usee We have sold hundreds of dozens of thesee 
The price is $6.50 a dozen, postpaid. 
BOOKS 
We offer "A Wine Grower's Guide" by Philip M. Wagner, the standard work on grape-growing 
and Wine-making, for $3.00 postpaid. Mr. Wagner's earlier book, “American Wines And How 
To Make Them,"dealt in much greater detail with wine-making. Having gone through three 
editions, it is out of print. It requires rewriting from start to finish, owing to the 
many developments in wine-making during the past fifteen years. A new edition should be 
available in time for the 1952 vintage. 
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