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ether three varieties referred to, with the exception, that the 

 merits of the Scuppernon being less known both to him and 

 myself, we give no ultimate opinion with regard to that 

 grape. 



Juice 8 of the grape. 



It is stated by some writers, that no very sweet grape will 

 make good wine, because they are found deficient intartaric 

 acid, and the juice is too dense to ferment well ; that no 

 very tart grape will make good wine, because, if saturated 

 with sugar, the must will be too dense, the fermentation con- 

 sequently imperfect, and the wine will be both sweet and 

 tart. There must be a just proportion of the respective qua- 

 lities. Very sweet, luscious, and high flavoured grapes, are 

 necessary to mix with others less sweet and flavoured, in 

 making wine as they substitute the saccharine quality, and 

 impart an artificial flavour, which easily approximates, being 

 so nearly allied by natural production. 



Naturalization of grafts s 



It must be well known that many varieties of the grape, 

 which were originally produced in the southern and middle 

 Departments of France, have been, by long culture, ac- 

 climated to localities far north of where they originated. 

 This gives rise to a particular consideration as regards our 

 imports of vines from that country. Shall we obtain them 

 from the most southern or from the northern Departments ? 

 My opinion on the subject is this If desired only for cul- 

 ture in our southern states, it is a matter of no moment 

 whence we derive them ; but if intended for vineyards in 

 the middle and northern states, it is far preferable to obtain 

 them from the most northern locality to which time and cul- 

 ture has naturalized them as by this means we gain the. 

 advantage of that time and culture. Impressed with this 

 idea, I have obtained, from the most northern Department 

 of France, bordering on the Rhine, 170 varieties of grapes, 

 including many which originated in the south and middle of 

 France; also, from Germany, the finest wine and table 

 grapes they possess ; from the middle of France, such as 

 are there extensively cultivated and highly valued ; and, from 

 the south of France, I have received the whole number of 

 their choicest table grapes, amounting to 53 kinds, and also 



