36 CULTURE OF THE GRAPE. 



watching, arriving at an opinion whether or not you have 

 obtained a true cross. Such a cross of well-selected varie- 

 ties would be almost certain to be a high prize, and would 

 well repay years of patient care. Until such methods 

 shall have developed the capacity for improvement of our 

 native species, we cannot expect to obtain the very highest 

 results. But by continued crossing and recrossing, com- 

 bining and refining, there would seem to be no limit to 

 this j>rocess of improvement. The field is wide, inviting, 

 and rewarding. It is to be hoped, and it can scarcely be 

 doubted, that many will enter it. 



