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CHAPTER XVI. 



VARIETIES. 



One of the most remarkable features of grape culture is 

 the adaptation of certain varieties to specific localities. 

 The same grape may be worthless in one place, good in 

 another, and the best of all varieties in a third ; or it may 

 succeed in a given locality for a few years and then be- 

 come a failure. 



The Catawba and Isabella are the varieties planted in 



the Lake Erie regions, to the almost total exclusion of all 



others. Were I to extend my vineyard, I should plant 



equal quantities of these varieties. Still, the Catawba has 



well nigh failed from disease in the Cincinnati region, and 



has been superseded by other varieties at Hermann. It 



is possible that it may meet a similar fate here, but at 



present it is our most profitable grape. 



Full ;iccount of all the varieties, Avhich are very numer- 

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