Acknowledgments 



To the hundreds of persons, too numerous to mention by name, who so 

 kindly aided me in this work by facts and specimens, I am profoundly 

 grateful. 



Mr. G. W. Moore, of Denison, Texas, who made the photographs from 

 which the half-tones are made, has, by his skill, put into the book its chief 

 attraction. 



For the excellent execution of the half-tones, the complete printing and 

 binding of the book, we are indebted to the Greeley Printery of St. Louis, for 

 which they have our deep appreciation. 



To my noble son, William Bell Munson, who has so constantly and ably 

 helped me in correspondence and in proofreading this book, I have the most 

 affectionate gratitude. 



To my attentive and talented daughter, Viala Laussel, (now Mrs. W. C. 

 Green), for typewriting the manuscript most excellently, tho so difficult, I bear 

 a doting father's deepest affections, and to my five other children and my 

 devoted wife who have so often rendered aid in testing varieties and criticising 

 flavors, I have an equal share of love, of which this book is my memorial. 



THE AUTHOR. 



Erratum 



On page 252 under "List of Tables" first line "Classification of American 

 Grapes" should read page 24 instead of 124. 



