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I 



THE Risk OI THE AMERICAN GRAPE 1-126 



North America is a natural vineland . 2 



Early attempts to cultivate the European grape ... 9 



first experiment '>t' the Dufours 21 



The second experiment of the Dufours 33 



The branch of promise 12 



John Adium and the Catawba 50 



The rise of commercial viticulture 61 



Why did the early vine experiments fail I 



Synopsis of the American species of grapes 



American grape literature 117 



II 



The Strange History or the Mulberries . 127-169 



Summary skt-t.-h of the early silk industry 127 



The " multicaulis craze" ill 



An account of the mulberries ... Las' 



III 



The Evolution or American Pli ks and Cherries i 



The native plums i" genera] . 173 



The Americana group >>( plums l s i 



Th>- < Ihiekasaiv group . . 191 



The Hortolana group ' •'• 



The nfarianna group 



i plum group 2M 

 The Pacil am 



