VIII INTRODUCTION. 



Shipments of cuttings and vines of our native varieties 

 have abeady been made during the last winter, and will 

 doubtless be made in larger quantities during the present 

 year. 



Wishing to make the book as cosmopolitan as possible, 

 and of use to the grape-growers of the whole country, I 

 have, therefore, solicited the help of eminent cultivators 

 of the vine in different sections. The kind responses re- 

 ceived I intend to append to the part devoted to grape 

 growing, as received from them, and they will form one 

 of the most valuable features of the book, giving the ex- 

 perience of practical workers from the South, as well as 

 the North. 



Eequesting a kind welcome for my little volume, among 

 all who love the grape and its culture, 



I remain, their friend and fellow laborer, 



GEOEGE HUSMANN. 



Columbia, Mo., April, 1880. 



