THE GARDEN. 73 



question is, What kinds can I grow? In our fa- 

 vored region on the Hudson almost all the out- 

 door grapes will thrive; but as we go north the 

 seasons become too cool and short for some kinds, 

 and proceeding south the summers are too long 

 and hot for others. The salt air of the sea-coast is 

 not conducive to vine-culture, and only the most 

 vigorous, like the Concord and Moore's Early, will 

 resist the mildew blight. We must therefore do 

 the best we can, and that will be very well indeed 

 in most localities. 



Because our list of good grapes is already so 

 long, it does not follow that we have reached the 

 limit of development by any means. When we 

 remember that almost within a lifetime our fine 

 varieties have been developed from the wild 

 northern Fox grape (Vitis labrusca), the Summer 

 grape t&stivalis), Frost (cor dif olio), we are led to 

 think that perhaps we have scarcely more than 

 crossed the stile which leads into the path of pro- 

 gress. If I should live to keep up my little speci- 

 men vineyard ten years longer, perhaps the greater 

 part of the varieties now cultivated will have given 

 place to others. The delicious Brighton requires 

 no more space than a sour, defective variety ; while 

 the proprietor starts with the best kinds he can 

 obtain, he will find no restraint beyond his own 

 ignorance or carelessness that will prevent his 



