PREFACE. 
Owi1ne to the favorable reception of my monograpn. 
the Cold Grapery, by those who are interested in grape 
culture, and the commendations of intelligent practical 
cultivators of this luscious fruit, I have determined to 
comply with the request of friends, by giving a more 
comprehensive edition, with the hope that my humble 
efforts may be of service to the public. 
What is recorded is simply an explanation of my own 
ex mee and observation, and an expression of my 
deliberately formed opinions. The method here given 
has been successful hitherto, and is founded upon the 
practice of the last quarter century. I have endeavored, 
as much as possible, to give a common-sense view of the 
whole routine, to embody every idea required in each 
department, and labored to make the detail concise, yet 
: Such as it is, I submit it to a discerning and intelligent 
public, and shall be amply repaid for my geen: if it 
shall hereafter be the means of exten true know 
ledge. of the subject on which it treats. 
WiLiiam CroRLTon 
New Brighton, Staten Island. 
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