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THE GRAPE. 



Of native grapes, the Isabella (Fig. 216 a), Catawba, Diana, 

 Concord, Rebecca, and a few others, succeed well near New 

 York, and some of them far to the north of it. The Bland, 

 Elsinburgh, and Ohio, or Cigar-box, and several others of merit, 

 require a more southern latitude. 



Of foreign grapes, the red Muscat and white Muscat of 

 Alexandria (Fig. 216 6), for heated graperies, and the black 

 Hamburg and white Muscadine for house culture, either with 

 or without fire-heat, will be found valuable. 



Fig. 216. 



a. Isabella Grape. 



6. White Muscat of Alexandria. 



The grape, like the cherry and currant, often yields its fruit 

 so abundantly, in spite of neglect, that in multiplied instances it 

 is not in any sense cultivated ; it simply grows. When plant- 

 ed merely with a view to shade or ornament, this is well, but 

 the culture of the grape is usually entered upon in expectation 

 of a profitable return, or, at least, of combining this with other 

 gratifications. 



European grapes are almost entirely excluded from our con- 

 sideration by their uniform failure in out-door culture in our 

 climate, and their exposure to mildew and failure, even in house 

 culture, unless incessant care and labor are bestowed upon them. 



