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PREFACE. 



most valuable Muscatel raisin will succeed there ; 

 and should this prove to be the case, it will, un- 

 doubtedly make the fortunes of those who first 

 engage in it. But it is also worthy of a trial 

 elsewhere; and even should this variety prove 

 too delicate for any part of the Colony, the writer 

 has no doubt whatever, that, of the numerous 

 varieties he collected from different parts of 

 France and Spain, several will be found, which, 

 though not equalling it in value, will still prove 

 a very desirable and even profitable article of pro- 

 duce — at least till the consumption of the Colony 

 itself is supplied. 



The writer was well aware how few of the 

 varieties of Vines previously imported into the 

 Colony agreed with the climate, and he therefore 

 spared no trouble or expense in obtaining all the 

 varieties of the different districts through which 

 he travelled. A very considerable number of 

 varieties were actually collected by himself from 

 the different vineyards he visited, of the qualities 

 of each of which he obtained a short notice on 

 the spot. Of the other varieties, amounting to 

 upwards of 500, which he obtained from the 

 Botanic Garden of Montpelier, and the Royal 

 Nursery of the Luxembourg at Paris, it is pro- 



