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their observations according to the plan adopted by the 
Smithsonian Institution 
eae of our most successful vine-growers has 
been co llected, and the results boareoe compared with the 
condlislone derived from our examinations of the climate, 
soils vines of the Bente: 
4. The soils of the State have been carefully pei - 
the varieties collected and submitted to a most skillful ch 
ist for full and accurate analyses. 
Native The growth and fruit of our native vines 
give us most important t indications of the adaptation of our 
soil and climate to the se te of the grape. The follow- 
ing species have been observed; the Be habits and 
ofc each variety have been aelbeiy ot ined. 
1. Vins sANEN Pe Linn, Fox Grape of the Northern 
ueflgaten, 
which ‘grow upon the ay ridge 
those’ of the 
