GRAPE. SIT 



a full crop of good grapes of various flavours, take n 

 white and red .Muscat, a white and red, or black Mus- 

 cadine, a white and red Frontignac, a black or rod 

 Muscadel, a white Raisin grape, a white and red 

 Hamburg, a Stillwell and red Sweetwater, a white 

 and red Nice, a black Damascus, a red Syracuse, 

 and a black Constantia. The above list contains 

 some of the most esteemed table-grapes of all col- 

 ours and flavours, which will ripen in succession. 

 The best kinds of our native grapes for private gar- 

 dens are the Catawba, the York, Black Madeira, the 

 Schuylkill, Muscadel, and the Isabella. To these 

 may be added the Scuppernong or Hickman grape, 

 which is said to be larger than the Fox grape, of a 

 delightful perfume, and, when ripe, of a yellowish 

 white colour." 



Much of the productiveness of the vine depends 

 on its training and pruning; but no certain rules can 

 be given other than that air and light should be af- 

 forded to every part of the vine ; and it has been ob- 

 served also, that vines of great length, and the strong 

 shoots at the extremities of the branches, produce 

 fruit of finer quality than the shorter or lateral ones. 

 The wild grape rarely produces fruit until it has 

 reached the top of the tree or support on which it 

 depends, and then, as it begins to spread and the 

 shoots descend, it produces abundantly. In Italy 

 the vine is cultivated with the mulberry ; thus a 

 double crop of silk and wine is produced from the 

 same field. Vines trained high, or elevated on walls, 

 tall trees, or houses, suffer usually less from mildew 

 than those growing in more confined situations. All 

 foreign vines need protection in the Northern States, 

 and hence they must be pnmed and trained with ref- 

 erence to being laid down in the winter. Of course 

 they must be shortened, and only allowed a height 

 of five or six feet, as is the custom in the vineyards 

 of the South of France, where, however, no meas- 

 \xxe» of precaution during the winter are necessary. 



