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Title: Catalogue of the Orange County Nurseries
Identifier: CAT31282653 (find matches)
Year: 1897 (1890s)
Authors: Orange County Nurseries; Dwyer, T. J; T. J. Dwyer (Firm); Henry G. Gilbert Nursery and Seed Trade Catalog Collection
Subjects: Nurseries (Horticulture) New York (State) Cornwall Catalogs; Strawberries Catalogs; Fruit Seedlings Catalogs; Fruit trees Seedlings Catalogs; Vegetables Seedlings Catalogs
Publisher: Cornwall, New York : Orange County Nurseries
Contributing Library: U.S. Department of Agriculture, National Agricultural Library
Digitizing Sponsor: U.S. Department of Agriculture, National Agricultural Library

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24 CATALOGUE OF THE ORANGE COUNTY NURSERIES. HARDY GRAPES. GENERAL INSTRUCTIONS. The best soils are those containing more or less clay, with a mixture of disinte- grated rock, rotten shale, small stones, limestone, etc. Gravelly and sandy soils are often admirably adapted to the grape, as is also a sandy loam or alluvial soil when well drained. In short, the grape may be successfully grown in any dry soil of suffi- cient fertility to produce a good farm crop, if climate and exposure are favorable. The only necessary preparation of the soil is thoroughly to plow and pulverize it to a depth of 12 to 18 inches. If naturally poor, it should be enriched bv a liberal application of thoroughly rotted stable manure, when it can be had, bone dust, ashes, or other available fertilizers. Of the commercial fertilizers, those containing a large percentage of potash and available phosphates are most desirable. When ready to plant, stake out the ground in rows, eight or nine feet apart, and six to ten feet in the row. Dig the holes about two feet wide and fifteen inches deep, loosening the earth thoroughly in the bottom, throwing in two or three inches of sur- face soil. Before the vines are taken to the field the tops should be cut back, so that when planted only two or three buds will be above grouod, and the roots shortened to ten or twelve inches. ^/ The Alice Grape.—The Alice grape is a native seedling of unknown par- entage, found on a farm in Ulster County, N. Y. After 10 years testing by the side or along with 20 other varieties, it is now offered as the coming grape. It i s especially valuable for its long keeping qualities ; this has been fully proved ; kept in an ordinary cellar, with- out cold storage or special care, they will at the end of Winter, in February and March, be sound, plump and sweet. The value of a grape of high quality that can be held and marketed at any time during Winter will be conceded by every grape grower. The fruit is a pale red grape, darker when orown in shade, with abundant lilac bloom ; about the size of Catawba ; of fine flavor, high quality, free from foxiness, rich in saccharine; pulp meaty and tender, with few seeds and small ; sweet to the center ; skin thick and tough, without astringency. The vine is exceptionally vigorous and strong, many branches making 20 feet or more growth in a season. Wood very hard, np.ns uniformly. Foliage healthy, large, thick, heavy, dark green, free from mildew ; prolific—from 40 to 60 clusters on a well developed vine ; very hardy. (We believe it will prove to be one of the hardiest varieties grown.) Average weight 6 to 12 ounces, medium size, compact, mostly slightly shouldered,
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