Title: Benton County Nursery Co
Identifier: bentoncountynurs1943bent (find matches)
Year: 1943 (1940s)
Authors: Benton County Nursery Co; Henry G. Gilbert Nursery and Seed Trade Catalog Collection
Subjects: Nurseries (Horticulture), Catalogs; Fruit trees, Catalogs; Plants, Ornamental, Catalogs; Vegetables, Seeds, Catalogs; Flowers, Seeds, Catalogs; Shade trees, Catalogs; Bulbs (Plants), Catalogs
Publisher: Rogers, Ark. : Benton County Nursery 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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RED VARIETIES DELAWARE—The bunches are small, compact, and sometimes shouldered; berries are small with thin but firm skin; flesh juicy, very sweet and re- freshing and of the best quality for both table use and for wine. Ripens with Concord or a little before; vine is hardy, productive and a moderate grower. BRIGHTON —Bunch large, shouldered; berries medium to large, round, dark red, tender, very little pulp, sweet, juicy.- slightly aromatic and very good. Ripens early. CATAWBA—Berries round and of good size; skin rather thick, pale red in shade, but a pretty deep red in sun, covered with a lilac bloom; flesh slight- ly pulpy, juicy, very sweet. These Prices Cancel All Previous Quotations BLACK or PURPLE VARIETIES CAMPBELL'S EARLY—Great big, fine colored, juicy, black grapes, full of the richest sweetness. The seeds are very small and part readily from the flesh. A heavy annual bearer and should be included in every collection. MOORE'S EARLY—The best early pur- plish black variety, ripening three weeks ahead of Concord. It has a most pleasing taste, whether eaten fresh from the vine or made into grape but- ter. CARME,N—Vines very thrifty, in fact, just as hardy as vines can be. The grapes are large and thick on the clus- ter. A cluster of these is solid nearly as a ball. Bears from one to two bush- els per vine and the best eating grape we have ever seen. If you have been planting grapes that would not sell, plant some Carmen. They outsell any- thing else on the market. The Carmen grape begins to get ripe about August 10th and will hang on the vines after getting ripe, for several days. CYNTHIANA—The best red wine grape known. We say the best because red wine made from this variety, grown at Bushburg, Mo., about 25 miles south of St. Louis on the Mississippi River, won first prize at the World's Exposition at Vienna, Austria, as the best red wine from all nations. This grape originated right here in Benton County, Arkansas. A very vigorous grower: for making grape arbors it is without an equal. For high, dry countries it appears to be at home as well as on the creek and river bottoms. It does not require a rich soil, but prefers a dry soil of mod- erate fertility. It is so sweet it is al- most too ricli to eat out of hand. It has a higher content of sugar than any grape known. The berries are about the size of the Delaware, while the clusters are large; color is black covered with blue bloom. GRAPES Muscadine Class SCUPPERNONG—Uirge, whitish yel- low, good quality; bunches small, very productive and is considered one of the best wine grapes. THOMAS—Muscadine type; color red- dish purple; excellent flavor; tender and sweet; ripens in June. 50^ each ^5.00 P« '2 WHITE VARIETIES POCKLINGTON—Seedling from the Con- cord. The vine is thoroug;hly hardy both in wood and foliage; it is a strong grower, never mildews in vine or foli- age. The fruit is a light golden yellow, clear, juicy and sweet to the center, with little or no pulp; bunches very large, sometimes shovildered; berries round, very large and thickly set. Rip- ens with the Concord. NIAGARA—Occupies the same position among the white varieties as Concord among the black. Bunch and berries large, greenish white, changing to pale yellow when fully ripe. Skin thin but tough; quality much like the Concord. Our Four Best Grapes... CACO GRAPE, Called by some the "De- licious"—This excellent grape is one of the most beautiful in color of any grape grown. The color is a deep red wine color; the berries are large and bunches of good size; ripens a week or ten days before Concord. It is so rich in sugar that it has an excellent flavor two weeks before it is fully ripe. The vine is a very strong, vigorous grower, healthy and prolific; the most produc- tive of any grape grown in our experi- mental vineyards. It produces more bushels per acre than Concord and will sell for much more for a table grape; and for a wine grape it Is claimed by some who know the value of grapes for wine to be the very best grape grown for wine and champagne. Very few va- rieties of grapes grown in America will make good champagne. This grape never cracks on the vines as many oth- ers do. FREDONIA—The new. very early Black grape. Earlier than the Eclipse, larger and better quality. Earlier than Camp- bell's or Moore's Early: originated at the New York Experiment Station; has been thoroughly tested in their vine- yards where over 75 varieties are fruit- ing and has proven superior in every way to any other early ISlack grape: It is fruiting at the Arkansas Experiment Station along with many other varieties, where it appears to be the best of all early grapes. Flavor excellent, juicy, retaining its fine quality long after it has become fully ripe; hangs on for weeks after fully ripe. Very large, compact clusters, covered with a pro- ductive and the earliest black grape grown. PORTLAND GRAPE (New)—This is a new white grape, originated at the New York Experiment Station, Fredonia, New York. The earliest of all grapes, which means high prices on the mar- ket, with large bunches and also ber- ries. Flesh sweet, juicy and of fine flavor and superior quality. The vine is a vigorous grower, healthy and hardy. The experiment station speaks very highly of it. Try this variety and we are sure you will not be disappointed. EVERBEARING CYNTH (ANA—This new Everbearing grape begins to ripen about the time the Concord does, and continues until frost. Has ripe grapes, green ones and blooms on it all the lime after they liegin to get ripe until the growing season is ended by frost. "The grapes are same size and quality as the Cynthiana. — 14 —

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