82 INTENSIVE FARMING 



Our present knowledge of the habits and re- 

 quirements of the European vine has made it 

 possible to establish and maintain an important 

 grape industry upon the Pacific coast, while 

 upon the Atlantic seaboard, where all early 

 attempts to introduce and establish the Euro- 

 pean sorts proved failures, we have an impor- 

 tant commercial grape industry based upon 

 varieties derived from the native wild sorts. 



Because of the high development of the art 

 of viticulture grape growing should be recorded 

 among the intensive industries, but unfortu- 

 nately it is not as remunerative as it was a 

 quarter century ago or as profitable as many 

 other branches of small fruit culture. 



The Eastern industry is worthy of special 

 mention because it is based upon a native plant. 

 It has attained a high development and was at 

 one time very remunerative. The chief income 

 from the industry has always been from the 

 sale of dessert grapes, although excellent wines 

 are procured from this fruit. During late 

 years the unfermented grape juice industry has 

 been developed and has proved a valuable asset 

 to the industry. 



On the Pacific coast the grape industry is 

 based on the European vine. At first the prod- 

 uct was almost exclusively converted into wine 



