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the parts of fructification brought together, there 

 will, undoubtedly, be a mutual impregnation, 

 from which it may reasonably be expected, that 

 new and improved kinds of grapes will be pro- 

 duced. 



Great regard, however, should be had in re- 

 spect of the sorts intended to be brought together, 

 and the advantages to be gained by this junction 

 should be duly considered. They are principally 

 the following : — ■> First, a superiority in size, both 

 in the bunch and the berry ; secondly, a super- 

 excellency in flavour, and a delicacy in the skin 

 and flesh of the fruit. The form of the bunch, 

 and the length of the foot-stalk of the fruit, are 

 also valuable objects, and ought to be considered as 

 advantages, close-growing grapes, which always 

 have short foot-stalks, being subject to many mis- 

 fortunes. 



The advantages to be gained by this method of 

 proceeding being thus shown and displayed, I shall 

 beg leave to make a few observations on the man- 

 ner of reducing it into practice. And the hints 

 once given, it will be at the option of persons of 

 taste and genius to run the parallel agreeably to 

 their own fancies. 



All the five sorts of Frontinac grapes are proper 

 to add an excellency of flavour to other kinds ; but 

 there is a superior richness in the black, blue, and 

 red Frontinacs, and they do not partake so much 

 of the strong muscat flavour as the white and grizzly 



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