. Descriptive catalogue of grape vines and small fruits. Fruit trees Catalogs; Berries Catalogs; Nursery stock Catalogs; Grapes Catalogs; Commercial catalogs New Jersey Merchantville. 6 Descriptive Catalogue and Price List—SpriiNG, 1886. Dew Grapes. The NIAGARA, originated by Hoag& Clark of Lockport, , is a cross between Con- cord and Cassady. Vine remarkably hardy, and an unusually strong grower; bunches very large and compact, sometimes shouldered, uniform; many weigh 15 to 20 ounces. Berries large, or larger than Concord; mostly round, light greenish white, semi-transparent, slightl
. Descriptive catalogue of grape vines and small fruits. Fruit trees Catalogs; Berries Catalogs; Nursery stock Catalogs; Grapes Catalogs; Commercial catalogs New Jersey Merchantville. 6 Descriptive Catalogue and Price List—SpriiNG, 1886. Dew Grapes. The NIAGARA, originated by Hoag& Clark of Lockport, , is a cross between Con- cord and Cassady. Vine remarkably hardy, and an unusually strong grower; bunches very large and compact, sometimes shouldered, uniform; many weigh 15 to 20 ounces. Berries large, or larger than Concord; mostly round, light greenish white, semi-transparent, slightly ambered in the sun; skin thin but tough and does not crack; quality good, has a flavor and aroma peculiarly its own; much liked by most people; very little pulp; melting and sweet to the center; parts freely from the seed, and as it never makes the tongue sore can be freely eaten by those who do not swallow grape seeds. It is very hardy; a Niagara vineyard owned by Thomas Beal, of Lindsay, 40 miles north of Lake Ontario, stood 35° below zero without injury, and his vines were loaded with a massive burden of fruit this past season. One year vines will be for sale this spring, for the first time, and at prices that will enable every one to try this new grape. All of our vines will have the Company's seal on and will be mailed to any P. O. in the United States at the following prices : Two year vines, $ each, per 10, i year vines $ each, | per 10. The EMPIRE STATE is a seedling of the Hartford Prolific, fertilized with the Clinton; fruited the first time in 1879, its first crop was thirty-eight bunches, which it carried through in fine order. Its crop of 1880 was forty-eight bunches of most magnificent fruit. Grafts inserted in two-year-old Clinton and Champion vines in 1880, produced in 1881 from twenty to thirty bunches per vine. Ripening zvith Hartford Prolific and Moores Early. Nearly all of the bunches shouldered, and the finest shade of white ever se
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