. Descriptive catalogue of southern and acclimated fruit and ornamental trees, grape vines, evergreens, shrubs, roses, & Nurseries (Horticulture) North Carolina Pomona Catalogs; Fruit trees Seedlings Catalogs; Fruit Catalogs; Flowers Catalogs; Plants, Ornamental Catalogs. 3« J. VAN. LINDLEY'S DESCRIPTIVE The Grape is the most beautiful of all fruits, and the most highly esteemed for its many uses. It can be secured by every one who has a garden, a yard or a wall. It can be confined to a stake, bound to a trellis, trained over an arbor, or extended until it covers a large tre
. Descriptive catalogue of southern and acclimated fruit and ornamental trees, grape vines, evergreens, shrubs, roses, & Nurseries (Horticulture) North Carolina Pomona Catalogs; Fruit trees Seedlings Catalogs; Fruit Catalogs; Flowers Catalogs; Plants, Ornamental Catalogs. 3« J. VAN. LINDLEY'S DESCRIPTIVE The Grape is the most beautiful of all fruits, and the most highly esteemed for its many uses. It can be secured by every one who has a garden, a yard or a wall. It can be confined to a stake, bound to a trellis, trained over an arbor, or extended until it covers a large tree or building, and still yield its graceful bunches and lucious blooming clusters. Capable of more extraordinary results under wise management. It is prone also to give the greatest disappointment under bad cul- ture or neglect. Other fruits may be had from plants that know no care; but grapes are only to be had through attention and forethought. We will endeavor to point out a few essential points in its successful culture, and refer the cultivator to other and more extended works for more details. Soils.—Good grapes are grown on various soils, sandy, clayey, loamy, etc. The soil must be well drained, and there should be a free exposure to the sun and air. Hillsides unsuitable for other crops are good places for grapes. Crops.—Crop Grapes moderately, if you would have fine, well ripened fruit. A vine is capable of bringing only a certain amount of fruit to perfection, propor- tioned to its size and strength ; but it usually sets more fruit than it can mature. Reduce the crop earlii in the aeimon. to a moderate number of good clusters and cut off the small, inferior branches ; the remainder will be worth much more than the whole would have been. A very heavy crop is usually a disastrous one. Pruning.—Annual and careful pruning is essential to the production of good grapes. If the roots are called upon to support too much, they cannot bring to maturity a fine crop of frui
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