96 MY VINfriTARD. 



ject. If for the table, the soil may be somewhat richer, 

 with a corresponding increase in the vigor of the wood, 

 and, to some extent, in the size of the fruit ; but where 

 designed for wine, the saccharine matter of the fruit, so es- 

 sential in the manufacture of good wine, is more largely 

 produced on a poorer than on a richer soil. 



