INTRODUCTION 



MR. BRUN CHAPPUIS, OP VEVEST. 



Influenced by an ardent desire to attain a per- 

 fect knowledge of the cultivation of the vine, 

 and believing no guide so sure as that of expe- 

 rience, I have, for several years, employed my 

 time in a succession of experiments on the vine- 

 yard. I have observed with regret the unfavo- 

 rable method adopted by many practical vine 

 growers of my neighbourhood, and the absence 

 of system in the arrangement of distributing and 

 executing the labours of the cultivation. As I 

 know of no elementary treatise to aid me in the 

 prosecution of my labours, it has long been my 

 habit to record the points of interest developed 

 in the suite of cultivation, a reference to which 

 has frequently assisted me after the incidents 

 themselves had faded from memory. I have 

 been frequently solicited by friends, for whom I 

 have the highest respect, to communicate to them 

 the results of my experiments; and yielding to 

 their flattering invitation, I have determined to 

 .retouch the memoranda, and give to the light of 

 day the notes originally intended solely for the 

 government and direction of my own vine 

 grounds. Let it not be forgotten that these re- 

 marks, the result of many years of patient and un- 

 tiring investigation, are given by a proprietary 

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