PREFACE. 



OWING to the favorable reception of my monograph, 

 the Cold Grapery, by those who are interested in grape 

 culture, and the commendations of intelligent practical 

 cultivators of this luscious fruit, I have determined to 

 comply with the request of friends, by giving a more 

 comprehensive edition, with the hope that my humble 

 efforts may be of service to the public. 



What is recorded is simply an explanation of my own 

 experience and observation, and an expression of my 

 deliberately formed opinions. The method here given 

 has been successful hitherto, and is founded upon the 

 practice of the last quarter century. I have endeavored, 

 as much as possible, to give a common-sense view of the 

 whole routine, to embody every idea required in each 

 department, and labored to make the detail concise, yet 

 plain. 



Such as it is, I submit it to a discerning and intelligent 

 public, and shall be amply repaid for my trouble, if it 

 shall hereafter be the means of extending a true know- 

 ledge, of the subject on which it treats. 



WILLIAM CHORLTON. 



New Brighton, Stolen Island. 



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