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of wine made from this also, and the wine from the hill- 

 sides is much better than that from the bottoms. 



Grape growing is still in its infancy here, but has a 

 future in this State ; soil and climate are favorable to 

 grape-culture, and will surely be taken advantage of 

 in time. The cultivation of the Black Spanish has 

 been followed so successfully, that it attracts more and 

 more attention every year. It will take several years 

 yet, before other varieties are found which can be grown 

 equally well ; but this is only a question of time, and, 

 as remarked before, we have several varieties already, 

 which could be cultivated with profit, but I believe the 

 Black Spanish will remain our leading variety. 



[Note.] — I have cultivated the Black Spanish here 

 in Missouri, and made an excellent wine from it sev- 

 eral times. It is the same grape that has been dis- 

 tributed by the Department of Agriculture as Dever- 

 eux, and it makes a splendid red wine indeed, but is 

 too far north, and too much subject to mildew here to 

 be successful. It seems to me that where this and the 

 Herbemont succeed so well as they seem to do in Texas, 

 it will be difficult to find grapes that will surpass them 

 in the quantity and excellence of their wines. G. H. 



