. Descriptive catalogue of fruit and ornamental trees, evergreens, grape vines, shrubs, bulbs, Nurseries (Horticulture) Ohio Catalogs; Trees Catalogs; Nursery stock Catalogs. NIAGARA. Pocklington—Is a seedling of the Concord. Originated and raised from seed by John Pocklington, Washington County, N. Y., an elevated, cold, late locality. The vine thoroughly hardy, both in wood and foliage. Strong grower; never mildews in vine or foliage. Called a white grape, but the fruit is a light golden yellow, clear, juicy and sweet to the center, with little or no pulp; bunch very large, sometimes s
. Descriptive catalogue of fruit and ornamental trees, evergreens, grape vines, shrubs, bulbs, Nurseries (Horticulture) Ohio Catalogs; Trees Catalogs; Nursery stock Catalogs. NIAGARA. Pocklington—Is a seedling of the Concord. Originated and raised from seed by John Pocklington, Washington County, N. Y., an elevated, cold, late locality. The vine thoroughly hardy, both in wood and foliage. Strong grower; never mildews in vine or foliage. Called a white grape, but the fruit is a light golden yellow, clear, juicy and sweet to the center, with little or no pulp; bunch very large, sometimes shouldered; berries round and very large and thickly set; quality when fully ripe, much super- ior to Concord. It will prove the white grape for the million, both for market and for home use; ripens with the Concord. • Willi s—Bunch fair to good size, often conspicuously shoul- dered ; berry medium or above, pale green to amber yellow; flavor good; flesh very tender without pulp, rich and sweet, of vigorous growth, not as rampant as Concord, but producing about an equal amount of fruit wood ; hard joints, inclined to be short, leaves remark- ably thick and leathery. Strawberries. First of the small fruits in the month of June comes the beautiful, wholesome and appetizmg Strawberry. The profits which may result from its cultivation when properly conducted, are enough to satisfy the highest expectation. Plant in March, April, May, September, October or November, on good ground, deeply worked and well manured. Vegetable manure (muck, rotted turf, wood soil, ashes, etc.,) is the best. Bone dust is excellent. Set in 3 feet rows, 15 inches apart in row for field culture, and 15 inches each way for garden, leaving a pathway at every third row Keep m hills with runners cut unless troubled with white grub. Cultivate clean, mulch late in the Fall, uncover crown early in Spring, remove mulch after fruiting, and spade in light dressing of manure. The blossoms of those marked with a le
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