EDITOR'S PREFACE. 



IN attempting to adapt this manual to the wants of 

 ' American vine planters, the Editor has been actuated by 

 a desire to add something to the usefulness of the work when 

 it is presented to his countrymen, in its new form. 



Prof. Du Breuil is one who deservedly stands high in the 

 horticultural world, and he has been honored with the post 

 of teacher of vine and tree culture in the Imperial School of 

 Arts and Trades of France, and has traveled in the provinces 

 as a lecturer employed by the Government. His published 

 works are standard. 



The vastness of the interest arising from the cultivation of 

 the vine in France can only be judged by the immense returns 

 of the products made to the Government. This is also shown 

 by the production of such magnificent works as the large folio 

 of Victor Rendu, or the Ampelograpbie Universelle of Count 

 Odart The former volume, which may be seen in the Agri- 

 cultural Library at Columbus, Ohio, has a map of France, 

 showing the portions devoted to viticulture, and a list of the 

 . regions in which the vine is cultivated, from which it appears 

 that only eleven of the eighty-six provinces have no vineyards. 

 Twenty-seven produce common wine, and forty yield a 

 superior article. In the south, between latitude 43 and 44 



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