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not be satisfied with those that are indigesti 

 ble and ill flavored, when they can just as 

 well have those that are tender and good. 

 While we had only the Isabella and Cataw- 

 ba, a necessity w^as laid upon us, and we were 

 constrained to be content with them ; but we 

 now have those which are far better, upon 

 which we can , really feast. We have only to 

 come prepared for their full and proper en 

 joyment : the table is set, and all who will 

 may come and eat of the best. 



The public taste, so far from having been 

 cultivated, has been depraved by the use of 

 ill-flavored and indigestible grapes. The force 

 of circumstances has compelled it to remain 

 so for a time; but there is no longer any rea 

 son why this should continue. It has ceased 

 to be a matter of necessity, and has now be 

 come one of choice. Each one, therefore, in 

 his own interest, should seek to free his taste 

 from the bondage in which it has been held, 

 and rise to the liberty of a purer enjoyment. 

 Some have not been slow to do this ; and 

 the number has been much increased by those 

 accustomed to the use of the foreign grape. 

 Experience, gained by comparing the differ 

 ent kinds, will soon show the public the 



