X PREFACE. 



The details of many operations relative to the culture of the 

 vine, that have been heretofore inserted in vi^orks on gardening, 

 have been excluded in the present work, for the simple, and I 

 trust, satisfactory reason, that the operations themselves, when 

 submitted to the test of experience, have been found either of 

 uncertain issue or of very questionable utility. 



It remains only to observe, that although the routine of man- 

 agement recommended in the following pages is the result of 

 many years' diligent investigation, andof patient observation, and 

 rests therefore on the firm basis of actual experience, I have no 

 reason to expect, nor do I desire, indeed, that this Treatise should 

 be considered as worthy of the patronage of the public, otherwise 

 than in proportion to the value and usefulness of the improve- 

 ments it is designed to introduce in the culture of that most 

 grateful of all fruit trees, the Grape Vine. 



CLEMENT HOARE. 



