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~<Portland. White and the earliest of all grapes. 
“Concord. Blue Strong flavor. Zone III. 
Diamond. Like Niagara; Zone IV. 
Grape Vines (Vitis) 
Old Varieties. Disease Free. 
Not less than 5 of one grape variety at 10 rate. 
Zone IV. (Each) (10) 
Q-VEAT ooecseseee Soccccee eeacbeee $ .60 $4.50 
@ Catawba. Red, good wine. 
@ Moore Eorly. Large, early black. 
@ Delaware. Early, small red. Finest of older 
kinds in quality. 
Fredonia. The earliest black. 
Healthy, fine. 
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y No permanent canes needed; only a short trunk or shank. Grapes 
grow on new wood, which is pruned away each year. 
Gra Pes Mo st kinds bear about Concord time. Bacco, Florence, Angele are 
perhaps two weeks earlier. Siebel 14. andJacques Wolf, a week later. 
STURDY, WELL ROOTED VINES Zone V 
It is astonishing how the public and majority of nurs- 
erymen are unawate of the tremendous progress that has 2 Year No. | $2.75 each postpaid 
been made during the last few decades in improving the 
grapes that will grow in the colder climates of this count- \ BACCO No. 1—Fine strong growing plant, excellent 
ry. for trellises, dark red, medium size berries, good 
Throughout North America grape vines are grown, but wine and table grape. 
the grapes they yield have an unpleasant foxy flavor, “SEIBEL No. 1~Black, long clusters, tart, fine for 
tough skin, coarse seeds, and other inferior qualities that wine and jelly. 
make them undesirable either as table or wine grapes. 
“SEIBEL No. 14—Enormous big clusters, shouldered 
The European Grape (Vitis vinifera) is far superior to cluster, big berries, good table and wine grape. 
our native grapes. This grape family evolved in the milder 
parts of Europe and Asia, whence they were brought to “WESTCHESTER-—Roseat white, long clusters, very 
California where they produced the excellent grapes that sweet, finest for table and wine, very abundant 
are familiar to the average American. However, these bearer, absolutely free of foxiness. 
have not the stamina to withstand sub-zero weather and 
succumb disastrously to diseases, while our hardy Native ~MADELEINE White Muscat, big berries, long clus- 
Grapes remain immune. ters, finest of table grapes. 
Breeders have produced varieties, that combine the FLORENCE-—Pink, loose cluster, big berries, ex- 
best qualities of both species to produce the ideal grape Hae iia weetivery prolities fine table/etane. , 
vine: namely, resiliency to our cold climate; to diseases, 
and absence of all foxiness, as with the old Concord. . ANGEL E—Black medium berries, loose cluster, very 
These Hybrid Grapes possess a pleasant sweetness and sweet, absolutely vinefera,finest table grape. 
4 certain native fruitness, that makes them in many re- 
spects far superior to the California as either fine table “JACQUES WOLF—Black grape. big cluster. fine for 
or excellent wine grapes... wine and jelly. Aestivalis X St. Jacques. Vinifera, 
They lend themselves to Spur pruning. This quality SEIBEL No. 5860—Good table and wine grape, white, 
simplifies the pruning and care of the vines and permits sod all around qualities. 
one to easily train them into permanent pleasing patterns. 
They can be grown even on a six foot pole, to produce . MARGUERITE—Black grape, big cluster, good for 
from 10 to 30 pounds of luscious grapes. The clusters table. 
are of immense size, some of the varieties have as many 
as 150 big clusters the second year planted. . ELLEN SCOTT—Red, very sweet, fine table grape, 
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