ON VINEYARDS. 



rich lands, and the fruit would be greatly pre- 

 ferable. 



Thirdly. The success of a vineyard in this 

 country would most essentially depend on the 

 kind of vines there propagated. 



I believe it has been a prevailing, but surely an 

 erroneous notion, that the sweet early kinds of 

 grapes are the best to plant for the purpose of 

 making wine in this country. And that most or 

 all of the modern trials have been made from 

 Vines brought from France. 



Among the abundant variety of grapes 1 I doubt 

 not but there are peculiar sorts, which are by 

 nature singularly adapted to make wines in differ- 

 ent climates. 



Thus, the sorts of grapes propagated in the 

 Madeira and Canara islands might not be found, 

 if tried, to make good wines in France. 



Hence, as the southern part of this island is 

 almost on the verge of the vinous latitude, it 

 should seem reasonable to suppose, that there 

 would be the greatest probability of success from 

 those kinds of grapes which have been known to 

 thrive and prosper best in the most northern 

 latitudes. I should, therefore, recommend the 

 kinds of Vines cultivated in Germany ; and par- 

 ticularly the sort producing the grapes of which 



» Mr. Swinburne observes there are forty sorts of grapes in 

 the diocese of Syracuse. 



Swinburne's Travels in Sicily, 11. p. 3^2. 



