Choice of Vines. 41 



resist, to a certain extent, the action of the frost, that 

 its fruit may ripen in spite of the cold of autumn. 



6th. That the strength and stiffness of its shoots 

 need no support. 



[With our limited experience in this country, we think we 

 have learned enough to add another condition, as important 

 as any above named, but which appears to have been strangely 

 overlooked by the author. 



Reference is made to the well-settled principle among 

 pomologists, to insist upon the perfect hardiness and healthi- 

 ness of the vine or plant, rather than to allow our judgment 

 to be warped by the excellence of the fruit alone, without 

 inquiring into the qualities of the plant.] 



As regards the nomenclature, the characteristics, the 

 period of maturity, the quantity and quality of the 

 products of various vines, we still lack a complete work, 

 in spite of the remarkable labors of Count Odart. 

 And, for this reason, the list which we give here com- 

 prises only the principal varieties cultivated in France. 

 In this list we have preserved the nomenclature adopted 

 by Count Odart, and have classified them on the plan 

 proposed by Count Gasparin, based on the date of ma- 

 turity, and the color of the grapes. 



[Count Andre de Gasparin, here referred to, was the father 

 of Count Agenor de Gasparin, whose work, called the " Up- 

 rising of a Great Nation," has made him dear to our coun- 

 trymen, because it showed his deep sympathy with the Amer- 

 ican people in their recent struggle for the maintenance of the 

 integrity of the nation. The glory of our free institutions 

 was eloquently portrayed by Gasparin to his own country- 

 men, and secured from the masses of the French nation 

 a hearty sympathy with the American people.] 



