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112. Worthington. This is a native, found near Anna- 

 polis, Maryland. It is of middle size, and black ; it yields a 

 high coloured juice, is a very great bearer, and, by sume, is 

 considerably esteemed ; the juice has been used to mix with 

 that of other grapes in making wine, to which it imparts a 

 fine colour, and a good flavour. 



1 13. Elkton. A very large native Fox grape, of a deep 

 purple colour, with beautiful crimson coloured juice ; the 

 fruit quite fragrant. It has been considered, by some, a3 

 capable of making good wine, though I do not know thai the 

 experiment has been tried. 



116. Columbia. This grape was found, by Mr. AdJum, 

 on his farm, at Georgetown. The bunches are smail, and 

 the fruit deep purple, approaching to black, and about the 

 size of a small Fox grape, but have not that peculiar scent 

 which Fox grapes possess; it is quite sweet, and yields a 

 high coloured iuice ; in rich grounds its shoots arc? as strong, 

 and its leaves as large, as the Isabella 



Warrenton. This grape, a native of Warren county, 

 Georgia, was sent to me by my esteemed correspondent^ 

 Thomas M'Call, Esq., and is also cultivated by the Hon. 

 Mr. Milledge, of that state. It yields excellent wine, and 

 its juice is white. I am informed, by Mr. M'Cail, that the 

 first pipe of American wine was made at New-Bourdeaux, 

 Georgia, by Christopher Gerb, one of a company of vine- 

 dressers, who, under Mr. L. de St. Pierre, settled that town- 

 ship, about the year 1770. 



Red Fox. The fruit is large, round, and of a brick red 

 colour; it has a hard pulp, and not a great deal of juice, but 

 is very odorous or musky ; it makes the most exquisite con- 

 fectionary, in the form of jelly this is made with an equa- 

 lity of sugar, the fruit being strained to separate tne skins 

 and seeds (water with it of course) it must then be eva- 

 porated slowly, until of the proper consistence; the flavour 

 of the jelly is rich, and delicately musky. 



CULTIVATION OF GRAPES. 



So ii and Situation. 



The grape delights in a deep light soil, where the roots 

 ean penetrate to a great depth with perfect facility* It 

 flourishes in gravelly soils, where the land is rich and not 

 heavy, and will even scarcely fail to grow vigorously in any 

 land, except a hard clay. The ground should, however, 



