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REPORT OF THE POMOLOGIST.. °° 651 
Chart showing relative situation of the zones of the different races of peaches in the 
United States. 
GRAPE CULTURE. 
My observations upon the subject of grape culture in the extreme Southwest have 
extended through a period of thirty years. I have planted of every family of grapes 
known to our horticulturists, and carefully watched the results. I have closely ob- 
served the plantings of others, and the comparisons which I have been able to 
make during the present year have added confirmation to the generalizations that 
have been developing for some years. 
Nothing seems more certain than the fact that generalizations governing the loca- 
tion of the different races of the peach have a parallel in viticulture. Yet it seems 
that the modifications resulting from variations in the degree of humidity are more 
marked in grape culture. 
During my investigations of the present year I visited the vineyard of Mr. Hatch, 
at Ingleside, near Corpus Christi, Tex. While no variety of V. labrusca or V. ro- 
tundifolia has been of any considerable duration anywhere in the general region, it 
being the zone of the Herbemont type and V. candicans, yet I there saw different 
varieties of V. labrusca and various hybrids, all growing in the utmost perfection 
among those of the Herbemont type. A single Scuppernong covered a space of not 
less than 3,000 feet and in full bearing. Mr. Hatch’s vineyard is situated upon a 
peninsula, with some miles of water on three sides, and the Gulf also supplying 
vapor for the region. The entire site is composed of sand to a great depth, perhaps 
30 feet. The success of these varieties may probably be attributed to modifications 
by the humidity of the local atmosphere, as the same varieties failed in similar soil 
at other places. ; 
In the vineyards of Corpus Christi, the soils varying, there was a general same- 
ness of results in reference to the classes of grapes. In the vineyard of Mr. Jolin 
