SKETCH OF 



THE EVOLUTION OF OUB 



NATIVE FRUITS 



THE RISE OF THE AMERICAN GRAPE 



North Amebica has given the world a new fruit 



in ita grapes. The gra] E Europe and of history 



led a precarious existence when intro- 

 duced ,,lt,, "'"• ^tern Q d it is now wholly 



supplanted in this region by the ameliorated off- 

 spring of the native Bpecies. This American grape 

 is much unlike the European fruit. U is essentially 

 a table fruit, whereas the other is a wine fruit 

 European writings treat of the vine, but American 

 writings apeak of grapes. This difference in names 

 records a true unlikeness between the fruits for a 

 fruit which is eaten iv«m the hand leaves the im- 

 pre8a " r lU,|t ' "I— the mind, hut one which i< 

 crushed and passed into wine leave* only the impress 

 <>t the vine a.., I the vineyard. But the early \,„, t - 

 tnitinga also treated of the vine and wine and 

 ,r "" no1 ,lf,til the middle of the present century 

 that the modern table use of the native grape ' 



appreciated and undent 1. It will be inter- 

 esting to trace the progress of .Ins curious evolution 



