140 MT VINETAED, 



which is. receiving so much attention at the present day. 

 Handreds of new varieties have been originated since the 

 Catawba was introduced ; ^but none of them, perhaps, are 

 so generally successful or so well liked. Its praises are 

 thus sung by Longfellow • 



* " Very good in ils way is the Verzenay 



Or the SiUery, soft and creamy, 

 But Catawba wine has a taste more divine, 



More dulcet, delicious and dreamy. 

 There grows no vine, by the haunted Rhine, 



By the Danube or Guadalquivier, 

 Nor island or cape, that bears such a grape 



As grows by tlie Beautiful River." 



