[FROM FIRST EDITION, 1869.] 
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of grape vines, has been highly satisfactory, in} fact, far 
beyond our expectations. In view of very great 
ition of even 1 well-known and | 
lished nurseries, sane success is highly smears 
has encouraged us to ine our 
duce, for next al stock, seca excelled 
pata! by any other establishment in the country, ses 
. ost every valuable variety. 
wed do not pretend to furnish “ better and 
and cheaper 
Vy any other yaslbaeeectn afi We 
do not pretend that ‘‘ money-making 1s secondary w 
e this to others; all we do claim is, that we 
merit a reasonable share of patronage, the con- 
In this connection, we cannot refrain from referring 
with acertain pride to the voluntary assurances of sat- 
isfaction we have received. Desiring - return ou 
th 
a 
that 14: . = . 
We are aware, cndudadalnds that some nang a very 
incomplete a ms, ‘a few hints,” do e harm 
than 
good, . They generally serve only to pepaine the 
tyro or ae grape growing as a very easy mat- 
ter, re outlay of ¢ 
capital, nor any more 
knowledge, skill, and labor than is necessary to pees 
nat of corn. is we do not wish to do. But onthe 
ea: and we are also are that the cea but 
peel costly books on pst culture, by Fuller, Hus- 
ma * an rchased by Pid 
grape Ge here r, and that many of these are som 
afraid of waiter whole books. Moreover, siemens 
pe culture since the 
ed their views on some —— but ea not 
=e made ae d to a desire often expressed 
correspon 
e tried 
imathieg: | og than a — Gietes list, 
: someghing that will be in nteresting an: pro 
_ gressive grape cul , and have eh spared simi 
labor or money in preparing it. 
become customary to 
prefix to a Deseriptive 
had time enougl their publi - 
ers = rewrite — works for new edition: Thus w 
that 
ont but full directions in re 
the writings of our friend an 
mann, and se one ee a Downing.) aber, @ 
others, to 
Wet 
ity, we e hope t that 
— ie Cmnlogue may afford pleasure and profit 
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[INTRODUCTION TO SECOND EDITION, 1875. ] 
‘Six years, embracing th € most disastrous 
most favorable seasons to grape culture, bet elapsed 
wane the first edition of this Catalogue. Our e: 
ld, 
to disseminate s ones varieties (Hartford Prolific 
for instance) and untried novelties, over-praised, per- 
haps, by their originators, 0 ur Descriptive e Catalogue 
y promising 
ut above 
au Nea enlaces hans pees list, b 
all, one cire j very of the Grape Root- 
louse, the Phylioxera, has led to ul iy 
the Ameri — is 
Our busi pe growers and propagators 
"assumed such large dimensions tac t we discarded the 
; now admitted to ae aoe oe 
mont extensive of it Kind In the: Cnited, state ot 
America. _ 
_TESTIMONIALS, 
ments w which grape grow ers have so often experi rien ced. 
For the sake of completeness, and in the interest of 
science, we have added (in smaller type) the vores esr 
nearly all the old discarded varieties, and © any 
ee 
adding, we think, to the value of. this Catalogue pres 
aiso to its cost). 
We have veges endeavored to avoid all: 
ise, and menti 
aste 
hopes, so prev te throughout the 
untry, wi : to culture; and its success, 
now aided by a higher tariff on i mported wines, by in= 
demand 
senighine ions, ve all, knowl- 
edge as to the selection of varieties, locations and 
proper mode of vely certain. 
dealers who get ons from 
