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When it is considered that a vineyard once planted will last 

 two or three centuries, it will readily be conceived that the 

 nature of a variety may be totally changed during only a part 

 of that time. The varieties mostly in esteem for wine-making 

 are small berries, and bunches with an austere taste. The 

 Burgundy, as modified by difi'erent soils and situations, may 

 be considered the most general vineyard Grape of France, 

 from Champagne or Marne, to Marseilles or Bordeaux. 



William Robert Prince, in his Treatise on the Vine, pub- 



The Weeping Ylne. 



lished in 1830, enumerated about five hundred and fifty varie- 

 ties under cultivation in the vineyard attached to the Linnsean 

 Botanic Garden at Flushing, including about ninety American 

 native Grapes ; but no sufficient evidence has as yet been exhi- 

 bited of the foreign varieties flourishing in vineyards here 

 equal to what they do in Europe. Mr. Loubat once attempted 

 to establish a vineyard on Long Island, which he abandoned 

 after six years' arduous exertion. The following have been 

 found to succeed best in private sheltered gardens in the vici- 

 nity of New York : — the Sweet-water, the Chasselas, the Musca- 

 dine, the White Tokay, the Black Hamburgh, the Blue Cor- 



