JOHN AM.f.M 



American grape was the Ca- 

 tawba, and it is still one 

 of the four leading contem- 

 poraneous varieties of the 

 Fox-grape type, the others 

 being Concord, Delaware, 

 ami Niagara. This snperb 

 grape, which leads all suc- 



-:ul northern varieties in 

 its wine-making qnalities, 

 was broughl to the atten- 

 tion of fruit-growers by 

 John Adlmn, of the Districl 

 of I lolnmbia, one of the raosl 

 ingenuous benefactors of our 

 agriculture. (See Frontis- 

 piece. ) 



Adlum merits our atten- 

 tion in three respects,— -for 

 his perception <>t' the general 

 Fact thai American grape- 

 eulture must be built apon 

 tin- improvement of our 

 native species ; For Ids at- 

 tempt to establish an experi 

 ni'-iit station ; and for the in- 

 troduction <>(' the Catawba 

 grape. II<- began his experi 

 ments towards tin- close <>f 

 lasl century. He planted a 

 vineyard on Rock < Ireek, in 

 tli- District of Columbia, 

 comprising both imported 



