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noticed ; for although it is too acid and astringent to 

 be eaten in a raw state, yet when preserved in sugar, 

 it is justly esteeined a great delicacy. The grateful 

 and medicinal rubus Amer* and r. firocumbens^ 

 blackberry and dewberry, are common throughout 

 the United States, The ornamental mountain rasp- 

 berry, f rubus montan. odorat.J grows on the sides of 

 hills in the western country, particularly in Ohio ; 

 the fruit is large and delicious. 



Grapes are found in every part of this country. 

 Some species yield a sprightly jnice, and make an 

 excellent wine, even in the hands of our unpractised 

 farmers ; but aided by the knowledge of a skilful 

 European vigneron, some of them would vie with the 

 costly Madeira. The few experiments which have 

 been made with our native grapes, by persons of 

 more than common knowledge, warrant this asser- 

 tion. The little blue bunch grape, which ripens in 

 Pennsylvania in October, the bland grape of Virginia, 

 the bull grape of South Carolina and Georgia, and 

 the grape of the islands of the Ohio, may be re« 

 commended from experience as the best for the 

 purpose. By cultivation ail these would greatly 

 improve. 



To those who are anxious to become acquainted 

 with the whole process of wine making, theexcellent 

 treatise by Chaptal, which is translated into English, 

 may be safely recommended. 



