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Title: Descriptive catalogue of fruit trees, vines & plants, cultivated and for sale by Franklin Davis & Co., at the Richmond Nurseries, on the Brook Turnpike, one and a half miles from the city
Year: 1869 (1860s)
Authors: Franklin Davis Nursery Co Henry G. Gilbert Nursery and Seed Trade Catalog Collection
Subjects: Seed industry and trade Catalogs Fruit trees Seeds Catalogs Climbing plants Seeds Catalogs Plants, Ornamental Catalogs
Publisher: Richmond, Va. : Franklin Davis & Co.
Contributing Library: U.S. Department of Agriculture, National Agricultural Library
Digitizing Sponsor: U.S. Department of Agriculture, National Agricultural Library

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(DELAWARE GRAPE.) ( 47 ) Creveling. A new black grape, of medium size, nearly as, early as Hart-ford Prolific; bunches often large; sweet and good; valuable as anearly sort. 50 cents each, $30 per 100. Clinton. A black grape, of medium size, entirely healthy, succeeding innearly all situations ; a very vigorous grower and exceedingly produc-tive ; early. 20 cents each, $12 per 100, $100 per 1,000 .
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(CLINTON GRAPE J (48 ) Delaware. This grape is now so well known as to need no commenda-tion ; its earliness, hardiness, and admirable sweetness, have becometoo well known to the public to demand more said in its behalf;bunches medium size, compact; berries rather small ; skin of a beau-tiful light red color ; it is without hardness or acidity in its pulp, ex-ceeding sweet, sprightly, vinous and aromatic; ripens in August.50 cents each, $30 per 100, $200 per 1,000. Diana. A very popular grape; bunch of medium size, compact; berriesmedium size, reddish lilac, covered with bloom ; very juicy and sweetLast of August. 50 cents each, $30 per 100, $200 per 1,000. Hartford Prolific. The most popular and profitable early grape in cul-tivation, a vigorous grower, and an enormous bearer, free from disease;fruit medium size, black, flesh sweet and soft. Early in August. 30cents each, $25 per 100. Herbemont. Bunch very large ; berries below medium size, round, of adark blue or violet color; skin

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