CHAPTER XIII. 



TASTE, AS APPLIED TO FRUITS. 



WE must add here some remarks on the 

 subject of taste, in its application to fruits ; 

 a subject that can only be fully treated in an 

 extended essay. We wish, however^ to pre- 

 sent some facts that may lead the general pub- 

 lic to do what is as yet done only by com- 

 paratively few, to regard grape culture from a 

 higher stand-point than they have heretofore 

 done ; and to point out to them the source 

 whence they can draw the greatest enjoy- 

 ment in the use of the products of the vine. 

 And as an inseparable part of the subject, 

 we wish to indicate, also, some of the reasons 

 why good grapes only should be planted in 

 the future. 



The grape, in its best varieties, is truly a 

 nourishing and delicate food, possessing val- 

 uable hygienic properties, and the public will 



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