IV PREFACE. 



CAEE OF OLD YIXE3. A full account of the Oliio vineyards is 

 given. 



In the execution of our work, we believe that where we liave 

 had occasion to make use of the labors of others, due credit has 

 always been given ; and we have also added a list of those 

 books which we have most freely consulted, so that those who 

 desire to make the culture of the grape a specialty may be 

 directed to original sources of information. 



That the culture of the grape will ere long attain a position 

 of which its present condition affords little idea, we have no 

 doubt. Not only is it one of the most delicious and easily 

 raised fruits, but it also gives quick returns, so that he who plants 

 a vine has not to wait for the better portion of his lifetime ere 

 he eats the fruit of it ; in three or four years it will yield aj2 

 ample vintage. 



