Archive image from page 31 of Descriptive catalogue of Iowa nursery. Descriptive catalogue of Iowa nursery grown evergreens, fruit trees and plants, flowering and ornamental shrubbery . descriptivecatal1894scot Year: 1894 28 scotch GROVE NURSERY. •IP E IB S . Plant Pears in Deep Strong Ridge soil with thorough under-drainage. Plant same as plums. \ Idaho . (Russian,)—September. Kieffer's.—October to Nov. \/ Flemish Beauty —September to October. Bessemianka (Russian.(—August. There is scarcely a yard so small, either in country or city, that room for one to a dozen or more grape vines
Archive image from page 31 of Descriptive catalogue of Iowa nursery. Descriptive catalogue of Iowa nursery grown evergreens, fruit trees and plants, flowering and ornamental shrubbery . descriptivecatal1894scot Year: 1894 28 scotch GROVE NURSERY. •IP E IB S . Plant Pears in Deep Strong Ridge soil with thorough under-drainage. Plant same as plums. \ Idaho . (Russian,)—September. Kieffer's.—October to Nov. \/ Flemish Beauty —September to October. Bessemianka (Russian.(—August. There is scarcely a yard so small, either in country or city, that room for one to a dozen or more grape vines cannot be found. They do admirably trained up by the south side of any building, or along the garden fences, occupying but little room and furnishing an abundance of the healthiest of fruits. Make the soil mellow and plant the vines in holes 12 to 18 inches deep. Plant about eight feet apart, by the fence or building. For vineyard, make rows eight feet apart, six to ten feet in rows. 'Concord.—Bunch large, shouldered; berries large, round, black, covered with blue bloom. Skin tender, thin; flesh very sweet if allowed to become ripe. This grape is generally gathered too soon. It is one of the most popular market grapes and more extensively planted than all others to- gether. WoRDEN. —Bunch medium to large, lightly shouldered; berries large—larger than those of the Concord; thickly set on the bunch, color purple black with a deli- cate blue bloom; skin thin, tender; flesh melting, sweet; by most people considered better than the Concord, and it ripens a few [Fig. 20-Moore's Early-Reduced days earlier. Mooke's Early. —Bunch medium; berry large, round, black, with a heavy blue bloom; flesh pulpy and of me(ium quality; vine quite hardy and moderately productive. This variety is one of the healthiest and least subject to disease. Its earliness renders It desirable for an early crop. [See Fig. 20.] Fairmont Nurseries, Pierce Bechtle, Proprietor. I LbMars, Io
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