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climate adapted to its perfect developments And, indeed, 
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it could scarcely be otherwise se, as t e has occupied so 
inent a position in the eB "of ost all. the 
ehtencd nations of ancient and modern times. Since 
Noah planted a vineyard, the vine has followed the - pro- 
Palestine of nwa: g ies and civilization throughout India, moony : 
thern Europe. It holds an import pest ged 
in the history og those seats of ancient civilization a 
The e “vine-clad hill” | ins Fi a one positon 
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ee sie “modes of alka bese ad 
carefully ined, a 
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experience of the last 4,000 years, it only remains for the eul- 
tiv pore < our times to aber e modes of culture s 
DO ng » Mediterranean ; 
Neties then cultivated, and the ja a pe adopted, will suc- 
ceed in other localities; to doseemine whether some new va- 
tities may not si etter : : Oe ee sae 
