48 THE GRAPES OF XEW YORK. 



now, in 1830, they amount to 200 of 3 to 40 acres, or nearly 5000 acres of 

 vineyards. Thus having increased tenfold within 5 years, at which rate 

 they promise to become a permanent and increasing cultivation." 



Viticulture took its place in the literature of American pomology with 

 the advent of William Robert Prince's A Treatise on tlie Viiie. This work, 

 magnificent compared with similar books of the time, introduces native 

 grapes to the fruit-growers of America. Prince was the fourth proprietor 

 of the same name of the Prince nurseries at Flushing, Long Island, and 

 he witli his predecessors had assiduously cultivated European varieties 

 of grapes hoping to acclimatize them to American conditions. It is not a 

 matter of wonder therefore, that much of his book is devoted to foreign 

 grapes. His collection at Flushing consisted of over four hundred and 

 fifty sorts and many of these he describes. In spite of his attraction to 

 the foreign varieties, some of which had been tested in his nursery for two 

 or three generations. Prince admitted the impossibility of growing them 

 successfully and recommends to his readers and patrons the cultivation 

 of native varieties. In the latter regard he says: "* * * after all 

 my own experiments I have come to this Qonclusion, that to establish 

 vineyards of the most profitable description, with a certainty of regular 

 crops in localities north of the highlands in this state, native varieties alone 

 should he selected; and the whole of the eastern states will of course be 

 comprised in this remark." 



" Wishing to preserve the names of the public benefactors who had in 1S23 established our first 

 vineyards, I herewith insert their names. They are independent of the vineyards of York, Vevay, 

 and Vincennes. 



" In New York, George Gibbs, Swift, Prince, Lansing. Loubat, etc. 



" In Pennsylvania, Carr, James, Potter, J. Webb, Legaux, Echelberger, E. Bonsall, StO','S, 

 Lemoine, Rapp. 



" In Delaware, Broome, J. Gibbs, etc. 



" In Maryland, Adlum, W. Bernie, C. Varle, R. Sinclair, W. Miles, etc. 



" In Virginia, Lockhart, Zane, R. Weir, Noel, J. Browne, J. Duling. etc. 



" In Carolina, Habersham, Noisette, etc. 



■' In Georgia, Maurick, James Gardiner, S. Grimes, Checteau, M'Call. 



" In New Jersey, Cooper at Camden. Another at Mount Holly. 



" In Ohio, Gen. Harrison, Longworth, Dufour, etc. 



"In Indiana, Rapp of Harmony, the French of Vincennes. 



" In Alabama, Dr. S. Brown, at Eagleville." 



Continuing, he gives an idea of grape production in 1S30: — 



