GRAPES. 



INTRODUCTORY. 



]T[HE grape, like the apple and the fig, appear in history 

 away back into that past era of which we have but 

 faint glimpses in human records. It does not appear in the 

 narrative connected with the Garden of Eden, and this may 

 be set down to its credit. It was very much later in the 

 chronology of the earth that the fruit of the grape made 

 trouble in the family of Noah. Subject to abuse it can 

 work injury; but its proper use makes it one of the bless- 

 ings conferred upon mankind by an indulgent Creator. 



It is not within our present purpose to go into a detailed 

 history of this luscious fruit. By way of introduction it 

 might not be amiss to name the various species as follows : 



Vitis Labrusca. This is the ancient Latin name for the 

 Wild Vine. From this species have come the table grapes 

 of the North, such as the Concord, Catawba, Ives, Martha, 

 Champion, Niagara, Pocklington, Prentiss. 



Vitis sEstivalis is the summer grape, whose home is in 

 Missouri, Kansas, Arkansas, and the Indian Territory. Cyn- 

 thiana and Herbemont belong to this species. 



Vitis Cordifolia designates the family of grapes to which 

 the Clinton and Elvira belong. 



These two last are the true wine grapes. 



Vitis Vulpina is the Southern grape, of which the Scup- 

 penong is the type. 



Vitis Vinifera, the foreign or California varietie s. 



In an address before the El Paso Horticultural Society 

 last winter, on the Care and Culture of the Grape, Mr. W. 

 M. Gumm made the following remarks : " Here in Colorado 



