PBEFACE. 



of our larger rivers, smaller inland lakes, and on the south 

 shores of the greater ones on our northern border. From 

 there it has extended westward to the great plains beyond 

 the Mississippi. It is scarcely probable, however, that 

 the mild salubrious climate of the elevated regions of the 

 Middle and Southern States are to remain almost unap- 

 propriated by vineyardists, and it is not improbable that 

 in the near future the center of this great industry may 

 be found several degrees south of its present locality. 



Thirty years ago California was an unknown competi- 

 tor in the fruit markets of the Atlantic States, but the 

 completion of the then projected railroads across the con- 

 tinent has opened our doors to her products, and the 

 mild climate of the State is so well adapted to the culti- 

 vation of the exotic grape in all its varieties, as well as 

 other half-hardy fruits, that in her horticulture she is as 

 much a foreign land as Spain, Southern Italy, and other 

 semi-tropical countries of Europe. For this reason I do 

 not refer to any of the grapes cultivated in that part of 

 the country. In the classification of the American 

 species of the grape the reader will notice that there has 

 been a wide departure from the one given in the first 

 edition of this work, and while botanical nomenclature 

 and determination depends so largely upon the individual 

 opinions of botanists, that there is little probability that 

 they will ever reach an unquestioned conclusion, yet we 

 may hope that each succeeding generation will strive to 

 improve upon the labors of its immediate predecessor. 



ANDREW S. FULLER, 



Ridgewood, N. J., 1894. 



