GRAPE VINES. 35 



and bad tasted. The wine made in the West Indies 

 with V. ghmerata and V. maritima, is red, harsh acid. 



North American Wines. Are made from Canada to 

 Mexico, chiefly from native grapes. In the United 

 States, 17 species can make good wine, either alone or 

 with a little sugar. The principal wines already made 

 are, 1. Vincennes, pale red, light. 2. Vevay, red, acid. 

 3. P^evay prime, hi'own and sweetish, fine. Q. Jllexander, 

 pale red, flavor of raspberries, and similar to best Bur- 

 gundy, made with V. prolifcra. 4. Bland, acid, strong, 

 yellow, made with V. blanda. 5. Lvf borough, red, rich, 

 fine musky flavor. 6. Catawba, yellow, fine body and 

 perfume. 7. Scupernong, yellow, limpid, very strong, 

 firy when brandy is added. 8. Muscadine, yellow, sweet 

 perfumed. 9. Catskill, strong, between Madeira and 

 Port in taste and color. 10. Coopers, brown, similar to 

 Lisbon, but acidule. W.Elsinburg, fine flavor. 12. Or- 

 wisburg, very fine, white. 13. Isabella, pale and fine. 

 14. Worihington, ^m\\\a.Y to Port. 15. Winter wine, dark 

 red, acid and harsh. 1 6. Fo/^, red, harsh. \7. Harinony, 

 red, acid, good. 18. ./^Z«^ama, brown, fine, i^^c. The Eu- 

 ropean vines thrive in our gardens, and produce good 

 eatable grapes with some care j but are often injured in 

 the fields by late frosts, and do not ripen well, or give 

 a thin acid juice unsuitable for good wine : we must, 

 therefore, rely on our native hardy grapes, some of which 

 are equal to the best exotic. 



The Mexican wines made from Spanish vines, produce 

 wines similar to Spanish, but little known as yet. 



Good wines have wonderful effects on the human sys- 

 tem. Externally they are useful in frictions and lotions, 

 in cases of local debility ; they may restore to life new 

 born and very weak children, likely to die, by merely 

 rubbing it on their stomach. 



Internally they are good for suckling infants, trou- 

 bled with worms, or with weak bowels, a teaspoon full 

 is sufficient for them with milk or sugar. A popular 

 vermifuge for children in Italy, is a mixture of wine, 

 lime juice, olive oil, and sugar. Children, youths, and 

 females ought to abstain from the daily use of it, and 

 then it will be a cordial for them in almost all the dis- 

 eases. The use of wine as a beverage ought to begin 



