NOMENCLATURE OF GRAPES. 



contrary, being harsh and austere in taste, and of no use ex- 

 cept for wine. It is a grape of such marked character, that 

 I think its true name may be soon discovered. 



L'YVERDUN BON VIN. PR. CAT. No. 127. 



Liverdun* L'eric noir. 



Liverdon des Voges. 



This grape, a native of Yverdun, Canton of Bern, Swit- 

 zerland, flourishes in the most unfavourable situations as to 

 soil and exposure. It is extensively cultivated in the north of 

 the department of Meuse, (France) lat. 49 deg. 30 min. and 

 also in the department of Meurthe. Even on the north side 

 of hills, where no other grape will succeed, it is said to pro- 

 duce abundantly in seasons when other kinds are blighted* 

 The berries are of a dark purple or black, of oval form, and 

 of an agreeable flavour, and about the size of the Burgundy. 

 Its wine is considered of a secondary quality, but is far supe- 

 rior to the harsh Spanish wines which are so much used here* 

 I have had this grape under culture for six years, and have 

 found it to be very hardy ; indeed, I have never protected it, 

 and it has been invariably uninjured. I consider this grape, 

 and the other vines from Switzerland, and those from the vici- 

 nity of Mentz, lat. 50 deg. 10 min. where the Rhenish wines 

 are made, as decidedly the best to be cultivated in the eastern 

 states for the purpose of making wine. As for indulging the 

 expectation, that the grapes of the south of France and Italy 

 will flourish to the north of New-York, it is sacrificing the 

 plainest deductions of reason to an ephemeral indulgence of 

 fancy. 



RED SWISS. PR. CAT. No. 130. 



This grape I received from the vicinity of Lausanne, in Swit- 

 zerland. It is represented as a very good wine grape, ripen- 

 ing early, and yielding in that country great and regular 

 crops in unfavourable situations. 



