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the wliole Northern cestivalis family, until experience 

 should prove the contrary. 



My own personal experience is confined to Southern 

 Texas. Here the Southei'n cestivalis varieties have fur- 

 nished our success, except in localities where prevailing 

 obstacles are overcome by some special cause. Our very 

 best grapes for the table or wine is the Herbemont, 

 also known as the Warren. The Lenoir, known better 

 at Houston as the Burgundy, and at San Antonio as the 

 Black Spanish, is also hardy and productive, although 

 not so good for the table as the Warren. Both are 

 excellent for wine, and both took prizes at Montpelier, 

 France, where over six hundred varieties of wine were 

 exhibited. 



The Warren w^ill produce in the fourth year from plant- 

 ing, 500 gallons of pure juice to the acre on common, 

 unmanured upland, that will not make more than 20 

 bushels of corn to the acre. The whole family prefer dry 

 soils, and do not object to a large proportion of lime in 

 the soil. The Lenoir comes into bearing a trifle later 

 than the Warren, but I believe the yield is finally satis- 

 factory. About San Antonio and New Braunfels the 

 Lenoir is the prevailing grape. In this (Victoria) and 

 adjoining counties, the Warren has driven the Lenoir 

 quite out of cultivation. The Louisiana also promises 

 well. The Cunningham grows well, but wants a dryer 

 air than we often have in Victoria County. 



We have a new Southern cestivalis grape, that seems to 

 combine the qualities of the Warren, with the size of 

 the Eumelan. It originated in the garden of Col. Har- 

 wood, at Gronzales, and by him is called the '' Improved 

 Warren." It has, as yet, been tested in only a few in- 

 stances, and if it succeeds as it has begun, then it is the 

 rare treasure we have been looking for for the last twenty- 

 five years. Capt. Jones (the pioneer fruit-grower at 

 Gonzales) and myself agreed to call this new grape the 



