172 AMERICAN GKAPE CULTURE. 



CATAWBA. 



If the Isabella was the mother of Ameri- 

 can grape culture, the Catawba may be re- 

 garded as the mother of American wine mak- 

 ing. It has performed its mission equally 

 well ; it has done, indeed, all that it is 



Pig. 100. Leaf of Catawba. 



capable of doing, and might now veiy well 

 be laid aside as a pleasant memory, while its 

 place is filled by others better fitted to per- 

 fect the work it so well began. The Catawba 

 had its origin in the South. Whatever of 

 goodness the Isabella may have is found in 



