vi PREFACE 



cities to suburban homes, for the grape is a favorite fruit of 

 the amateur. And so, though Pleasure and Profit are a hard 

 team to drive together, this manual is written for both com- 

 mercial and amateur grape-growers. 



In particular, the needs of the amateur are recognized in the 

 chapter on varieties, where many sorts are described which 

 have little or no commercial value. No other fruit offers the 

 enchantment of novelty to be found in the grape. Alluring 

 flavors, sizes, and colors abound, of which the amateur wants 

 samples. The commercial grower who plants but one variety 

 often finds himself dissatisfied with the humdrum of the 

 business. He should emulate the amateur and plant more 

 kindSj if only for pleasure, remembering the adage, "No 

 profit grows where is no pleasure ta'en." Greater pleasure in 

 grape-growing, then, is offered as the justification of the long 

 chapter on varieties. 



At the risk of too broad spreading, the author discusses, in 

 a book mainly devoted to native grapes, the culture of European 

 grapes in the far West. The chief aim is, of course, to set forth 

 information that will be helpful to growers of these grapes in 

 the western states, there being no treatises to which western 

 growers can refer, other than bulletins from state and national 

 agricultural institutions. There is, however, another reason 

 for attempting to cover the whole field of grape-growing in 

 America. It is certain that eastern grape-growers will some- 

 time grow European grapes. Western vineyards might well 

 be enlarged with plantings of native grapes. On the sup- 

 position, then, that the culture of both European and native 

 grapes is to become less and less restricted in America, the 

 author has ventured to discuss the culture of all grapes for all 

 parts of North America. 



In the preparation of this manual, the author's "The Grapes 

 of New York/' a book long out of print and never widely 

 distributed, has been laid under heavy contribution, especially 



