. Elliott's fruit book;. Fruit-culture; Fruit. [from old catalog]. THE FOREIGN GEAPE, . Vitis vinifera, L, Vitacea of Botanists. From the earliest record of foreign lands, the vine has ever been held in high esteem ; its fruit valued for the dessert as well as for the making of wine, and itself held as symbolic of happiness and plenty. " The pages of Scripture abound with allusions to the fertility of the vine, as emblematical of ; To trace its introduction and en- tire history up to this date would occupy more room than the limits of our present work will admit: we shall
. Elliott's fruit book;. Fruit-culture; Fruit. [from old catalog]. THE FOREIGN GEAPE, . Vitis vinifera, L, Vitacea of Botanists. From the earliest record of foreign lands, the vine has ever been held in high esteem ; its fruit valued for the dessert as well as for the making of wine, and itself held as symbolic of happiness and plenty. " The pages of Scripture abound with allusions to the fertility of the vine, as emblematical of ; To trace its introduction and en- tire history up to this date would occupy more room than the limits of our present work will admit: we shall therefore content ourself by saying that the original type of the vitis vinifera came from Persia; that it was probably cultivated in Britain not many years after the commencement of the Christian era; that the varieties native of Britain and America, are quite distinct: that those native of Britain are not edible, while those of our own land embrace a number of edible species. The success of the Foreign varieties, so far as tried north of 34° of latitude, has not been satisfactory, few or no varie- ties withstanding the extremes of our clim^e, without protection. Between 1760 and 1770, Lord Sterling imported large numbers of foreign grapes into New Jersej^, with a view to wine. The experi- ment failed, as have those of Longworth, and others since. Of the longevity of the vine, records are made giving it existence from six hundred years down, with immense length of vine, and stems six feet around, or sufficient to afford the cutting out of planks fifteen inches broad. Propagation.—The same practices as noted under head of American Grapes are applicable here, but that most generally pursued in prop • agating esteemed varieties of the foreign grape is by eyes, as represented in adjoining figure. This is done by selecting a strong bud and cutting it off from the remainder of the branch, at about two inches above and below, and planting it in a pot covered about half an inch d
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