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leaf to draw the sap and keep alive the circulation, till both 

 scion and stock are perfectly united. 



William Robert Prince, in his Treatise on the Vine, pub- 

 lished in 1830, enumerated about five hundred and fifty va- 

 rieties under cultivation, in the vineyard attached to the Lin- 

 naean Botanic Garden at Flushing, including about ninety 

 American native Grapes ; but no sufficient evidence has as 

 yet been exhibited of the foreign varieties flourishing in 

 vineyards here, equal to what they do in Europe. Mr. Lou- 

 bat once attempted to establish a vineyard on Long Island, 

 which he abandoned after six years' arduous exertion. The 

 following have been found to succeed best in private shel- 

 tered gardens in the vicinity of New- York : the Sweetwater, 

 the Chasselas, the Muscadine, the White Tokay, the Black 

 Hambuigh, the Blue Cortiga, the Miller Burgundy, the 

 Austrian Muscadel, the Messlier, the Morilon, the Black 

 Prince, Blanc, and some excellent seedling sorts from the 

 imported Lisbon Grapes. To plant a vinery for a full crop 

 of good Grapes of various flavours, take a white and red 

 Muscat, a white and red, or black Muscadel, a white Raisin 

 Grape, a white and red Hamburgh, a Stilwell's, and red 

 Sweetwater, a white and red Nice, a black Damascus, a 

 red Syracuse, and a black Constantia. The above list con- 

 tains some of the most esteemed table Grapes of all colours 

 and flavours, which will ripen in succession. 



SELECT DESCRIPTIVE LIST OF NATIVE 

 GRAPES. 



ALEXANDER, Constantia of Vevay, Madeira of York, Pa., Winne, Schuyl- 

 kill Muscadel. A good wine fruit, of large size, blackish colour, and ob- 

 long form ; very juicy and pungent ; a great and sure bearer. 



BLAND, Blond's Madeira, Eland's Virginia, Mazzci, Po:rel. A pale 

 red grape, of large size and round shape, rather musky, but the juice is 

 sweet and lively. 



CAROLINA PERFUMED. A medium sized fruit, of purple colour and 

 rather an unpleasant odour; it is, however, considered as well adapted for 

 wine, being rather pungent, very juicy, and pulpless. 



