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" 2. Most surely are the cestivalis vines in combina- 

 tion with a number of Taylor seedlings best suited for 

 the vast region extending between the 40th and 36th de- 

 gree of latitude, from the Atlantic to the Pacific Ocean ; 

 north of this region is the true home of the Labrusca 

 vines and the earlier Taylor seedlings (Noah, Black Pearl, 

 etc. ),while south of it the Scuppernong and some vinifera- 

 like, and also cestivalis vines thrive best. Chiefly the 

 middle portion of the Mississippi Valley (Missouri, Ar- 

 kansas, etc.) is apt to produce from our best cestivalis 

 vines dark wines of the highest excellence. 



"3. All the cestivalis vines tried by me are not only 

 ' Phylloxera-proof,' but also rot-proof, except in the most 

 unfavorable seasons in unsuitable positions, and by care- 

 less and unreasonable treatment. 



"4. As a general thing the berries of the cestivalis 

 grapes are destitute of pulp, but there are several inferior 

 as well as most highly valuable. Some cestivalis vines 

 are very pulpy, for instance, the Par West (first grown 

 by me from a scion plucked in the original forests of 

 Newton Co., in S. W. Missouri), which yields a red wine, 

 declared by connoisseurs to be of the finest flavor and 

 aroma, quite new, and as yet unsurpassed. 



"5. It is lost labor to try to propagate some of the 

 cestivalis vines from cuttings, or even in propagating 

 houses, such as Neosho, Far West, and the Arkansas va- 

 rieties, the wood of which is as hard as white-thorn 

 (which fits them to withstand our variable climate and 

 the whims of our weather); they must be propagated 

 either by grafting (they will not grow well on Labrusca 

 roots) or by very careful layering. 



"6. The Elsinburg I would rather class among the 

 cordifolias, it being apparently near akin to the Clinton. 



' ' 7. The Ives, Perkins, and the like, I do not consider 



