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Title: Descriptive and illustrated catalogue of fruit and ornamental trees, shrubs, plants
Identifier: CAT31284865 (find matches)
Year: 1900 (1900s)
Authors: William & Bernardin; Williams, Lewis; Henry G. Gilbert Nursery and Seed Trade Catalog Collection
Subjects: Nursery stock Kansas Catalogs; Fruit trees Seedlings Catalogs; Fruit Catalogs; Plants, Ornamental Catalogs
Publisher: Parsons, Kan. : William & Bernardin
Contributing Library: U.S. Department of Agriculture, National Agricultural Library
Digitizing Sponsor: U.S. Department of Agriculture, National Agricultural Library

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T8 WILLIAMS & BERNARDIN, PARSONS, KANSAS Grapes Almost every one can find room for from six to a dozen or more Grape vines- They can be trained up the side of any building or over a garden fence, but the best and cheapest way to grow them, either in small or large quantities, is on a wire trellis. Work the ground deep for Grape vines, and plant a little deeper than they were in the nursery. Make the rows 8 feet apart and plant vines 6 to 8 feet apart in the rows. Some of the tender varieties would be benefited by laying the vines fiat on the ground during winter, with a light covering of earth or litter. Agawam. Red, large, round, early, and of great vigor of growth ; rich, high, peculiar aromatic flavor. Considered b y )Mr. Rogers as the best of his strictly red hybrids. Catawba. Well known as the great wine Grape of Ohio, Kentucky, etc. Bunches large and loose ; berries large, of a coppery red color, becoming pur- plish when well ripened; two weeks later than Isa- bella. Where not subject to rot still holds its own as one of the best varieties. Champion. Bunches large and compact; berries large, covered with a rich bloom, medium in quality ; vine a strong and healthy grower and a good bearer ; profitable for market on account of its earliness. Concord. A popular variety, universally healthy, vigorous and productive ; fiesh somewhat buttery, moderately)uicy and sweet; bunch large, nearly black, with bloom ; early. Much is said about some Grape to take the place of the Concord, its poor quality, etc., but the fact is gener- ally recognized that the man who plants and cares
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Moore s Early. (See opposite page.)

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