CONTENTS. 



PAGE. 

 INTRODUCTION' v 



CHAPTER I. The Classification of Grapes 11 



" II. Propagation of the Vine By Seeds 16 



" III. Propagation by Cuttings in the Open Air 19 



" IV.- Propagating the Vine by Layers 21 



" V. Graf ting the Vine 22 



" VI. The Vineyard -Locati on, Aspect, and Soil 28 



" VH. Preparing the Soil 30 



" VIII. What Grapes to Plant Choice of Varieties 31 



" IX. Labrusca Class, With their Hybrids 35 



" X. The ^Estivalis Class For General Cultivation 54 



" XL The ^Estivalis Class Varieties Promising Well 61 



" XII. Cordifolia Class (or riparia according to Engelmann) . . 65 



" XIIL The Cordifolia Class Varieties Promising Well 70 



" XIV. Varieties Difficult to Classify, etc 77 



" XV.- Varieties for Different Localities 79 



" XVI. Planting the Vine 81 



" XVII. Treatment of the Vine the First Summer 84 



" XVIII. Treatment of the Vine the Second Summer 87 



" XIX. - Treatment of the Vine the Third Summer 91 



" XX. Treatment of the Vine the Fourth Summer 96 



" XXL Training the Vine on Arbors and Walls 98 



" XXIL Other Methods of Training 99 



" XXIIL Diseases of the Vine 102 



" XXIV. Insects Injurious to the Grape 105 



" XXV. Frosts-Winter Protection 115 



" XXVL Girdling, Thinning, and Miscellaneous Matters 117 



" XXVIL Gathering and Marketing the Fruit 121 



" XXVIII. Grape Growing in Southern Ohio 127 



XXIX. Grape Culture and Wine Making in Ohio 135 



" XXX. Grape Culture at Keiley's Island, Ohio 138 



" XXXI. Grape Growing, etc., on Lake Kenka, N. Y 142 



" XXXIL Grape Growing in Southern Texas 145 



" XXXIII. The Grapes of Southern Texas 151 



" XXXIV. The Vineyard in Texas 154 



" XXXV.--Grape-Growing in Western Texas 159 



XXXVI. The Culture of the Grape in California 162 



" XXXVII. Viticulture in Sonoma Valley, California 166 



" XXXVIII. Viticulture in Napu Co., California 169 



" XXXIX. Grape Culture in Maryland Cashin's Trellises 174 



" XL. Grape Culture in Missouri 180 



" XLI. -Grape Culture Near Chattanooga, Tennessee 182 



XLIL White Elk Vineyards. Iowa 184 



" XLIIL The Phylloxera Problem 186 



" XLIV. Egg Harbor Wines. Early Winter Grape. Cost of a 



Vineyard 190 



" ^^-XLV.-Wine Making 195 



XLVI. Dr. Gall's and Petioles Methods of Wine Making 213 



" XL VII. -Wine Making Rendered Easy Conclusion 236 



Grapes and Wine in California 240 



VIII 



