PREFACE. 



WITHIN a few years, the cultivation of the 

 Grape has become a subject of extraordinary 

 interest in the United States. New varieties have 

 been so multiplied, and the expectation is so strong 

 that some of these will prove to be of superior value, 

 that almost every landholder is induced to grow this 

 favorite fruit. The success of its culture has indeed 

 proved so encouraging, that multitudes are planting 

 extensive vineyards in all parts of the country, both 

 for the purpose of supplying our markets with an 

 abundance of this fruit, unequalled in its health- 

 giving qualities, and also for the more questionable 

 purpose of wine-making. 



Grape-growing is destined to become a vast inter- 

 est in our land. Our soil and climate, though not 



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