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71ie Grcq^e Cidturist. 



scions, slips and seeds. With the 

 latter I would like to see trials made 

 in various parts of our countr3\ 



Frederick Muexcii. 



("We must differ from our valued corres- 

 pondent, as we have reason to believe both 

 the varieties he describes,, to be true native 

 Americans, entirely different in foliage, wood 

 and fruit, from all the varieties belonging to 

 the Vitis Vinifera class. We hold that they 

 belong to theSouthern division of the Aestiva- 

 lis class: of which theHerbemontaudCunnintr- 



ham may serve as types. In our next number we 

 shall try to classify our grapes and invite our 

 Southern friends especially to give us notes of 

 origin, etc. of this very interesting class, from 

 which we have reason to_expcct that our most 

 vahiable wine grapes Avill be produced. 



Our friend is also mistaken in regard to the 

 value of the Kulander. While the Louisiana 

 will make a true hock wine, the Rulander 

 will make a superior sherry, a wine perhaps 

 more needed yet, tban wines of the hock 

 class, of which latter class we already have 

 several — Ed. i 



THE PEOSPECTS OF THE WINE TEADE IX 1SC,9. 



The price of all merclKindise and 

 <;onsequently also of Avine, is regula- 

 ted by supply and demand. The more 

 the market is supi^lied, the lower is 

 the price, and the greater the demand, 

 the higher does the article rise in 

 price. The larger the production of 

 "wine and the larger the crop, so much 

 larger is the supply, and when we 

 take into consideration that the pro- 

 duction of American Wines, expands 

 from year to year, and that our last 

 crop has been one of the most pro- 

 ductive for many years past, (only in 

 some parts of Ohio has the Catawba 

 iailed w^hile in most other Wine-pro- 

 ducing sections of the country it 

 succeeded bej^ond all expectations,) 

 there can be no doubt, that this year 

 the supply of Avine Avill by far exceed 

 that of anj^ prcA'ious period. Besides 

 this, most of the European Wine 

 Countries that send their Wines to 

 America, have in the past season also 

 had an exceedingly large crop ; so 

 that the American Wine mart Avill 

 not experience any Avant from that 

 source. It remains to be seen Avhether 

 the demand Avill Iccep pace Avith the 



siqyply ; the former depends entirel}* 

 on the amount consumed, Avhile the 

 consumption again depends more or 

 less on the favorable circumstances of 

 the consumers, in one Avord, upon the 

 general aspects of business affairs. 

 If business does not improve, avc may 

 almost to a certainty expect, that 

 the consumption will not equal our 

 increasing production and foreign im- 

 portation, and that the prices of wine 

 Avill come doAvn. The question then 

 AAdll be, Avhich Avill have to sutler most 

 from the consequent abundance, the 

 domestic or imported Avines ? 

 This Avill depend mostly on thg qua- 

 lity and prices of the different wines 

 brought into the market by one partj' 

 or the other, and to this point ^xe. 

 Avish to direct the special attention 

 of the producex\s of native Avines. 

 It is not sufficient that the native 

 Avines should be offered in the market 

 cheaper than imported Avines, but they 

 must also be able to compete in qua- 

 lity. AVhat does it benefit a Avine 

 producer here, for instance if he 

 brings into market a mis-managed, 

 foxy Concord Avine at SI. 00 a gallon. 



