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book is not intended for the instruction of those who 

 already know how to cultivate the grape, it is not 

 proposed to discuss the relative value of the different 

 acknowledged systems of training ; and the limited 

 space will prevent their being even described ; but 



the principle upon 

 which the ojDera- 

 tions should be 

 conducted, and the 

 simplest method of 

 accomplishing the 

 desired object (i.e. 

 moderate succes- 

 sive crops of good 

 grapes), will alone 

 be sought to be elu- 

 cidated in the few 

 brief directions 

 here given . 



Varieties : Out of upwards of ninety sorts grown by 

 the Author, the Black Hamburg is decidedly the best 

 black grape for Brisbane, and the Sweet Water the besc 

 white. Six or eight good sorts, ripening in succession, 

 will generally be found sufficient for all the purposes 

 of a private garden, and a few of the most hardy and 

 prolific are here described, for general planting. It 

 has not been thought desirable to mention wine grapes, 

 as varieties which produce excellent wine, grown in 

 certain soils and positions, will not show similar results 

 under other circumstances ; and persons about to plant 

 vineyards for wine-making, will do well to test several 

 sorts of grapes before they determine of which their 

 plantation is chiefly to consist. 



1. Black Cluster (Pineau Noir) — Bunches, small, 

 shouldered ; berries, small, round, and very compact on 

 the bunch, so that they do not all get thoroughly colored; 

 flavor, good when quite ripe ; an abundant bearer, but 

 of little value as a table fruit on account of the insig- 



