Weekly national intelligencer., 1847-09-25
R APES.
TO the Editors Of the Cincinnati Gazette.

CINCINNATI, AUGUST 25, lS47.
GENTLEMEN The is approaching when it is desi
abe that all who live native grape regions should care
fully examine the fruit and mark any vines producing fruit
superior quality 1t singular circumstance that the orpr
of our best grapes for open culture unknown At the hea,
of the list stands the Catawba Herbermont Lenor Ohio
Missouri, Isabella, and Schuykil Muscade The first fou
are fine table grapes and three them make superior wine
But we should judge of the quality of varieties by
parson with the native grapes in cultivation before we intro
duce them TO public notice. We recently had notice of
grape in city, in of public papers, of extra
ze and said to be of French origin and superior quality the
owner OF which, report sad had refused $3.50 the vne
was two days Iudgng through the hot find it, and
last succeeded proved to be the common Fox grape
earlier fruit than usual hut of inferior quality and of more
value, when fully ripe, for muset balls than for the ia
bic for wine. The Catawba only grape have seen
of the Fox family worthy Of cultivation It ranks high for
the table and for wine in this latitude and Major Adum who
brought into notice. public benelacor. II is of late
years only that the destructive in our VINEYARDS and
like the yeows in peach and the blight in our pear
will, doubt not be less frequent in few years. vineyards
sprngng up every direction and some of our eepest
and most worthless hills becoming objects Of attraction We
must find for Lick Run, a small stream west OF
city, The sides Of its hills becoming continuous vine
yards and German emgants will their abors
l our most rugged hills made productive than the
bottoms of creeks and rivers Mr.. Herbermont A suc-
cessul cuvator Of the vine in South Carolina to whom we
indebted for the introduction of the fine grape that
MS nae upwards OF forty years since resided in the vicinity
of Pttsbug, where wild grape grew that in that day at
acted his attention. and twenty-five years afterwards when
engaged with his vineyard he made journey to Ohio 10 OBJ
tain cuttings from that vine. When he reached the spo the
vine had disappeared and its location was under high state
OF cultivation Who is there, past the age of sixty who
does not in his youth ecoect grapes fine quality of which
no vestge is remaining In many parts Of the Union
the native vines yet standing and Of them producing
fruit OF superior quality Foreign are Of no value with
US Tor open culture and must depend our forests for our
supply, and new varieties raised from their seed
have for years heard Of fine grapes in different d
rections that desrous of giving fair trial have heard
OF one in Kentucky, in the vicinity Of Mr. Bery Also in
Clermon county, in this State, Of which have grow
ing COL Johnson last variety from Pioua
in our State which he supposed the the Ohio II
not and will give fruit the season. obtained some
from Biloxi the Mississippi, that in fruit There
IS grape, said to be Of superior quality, in Louisiana which
learn resembles the Ohio grape and known by the name of
Jack grape. Judge now of New Orleans, spoke of a
grape Of superior quality growing in the vicinity of Little
Rock Report speaks Of fine grape a small island near
Oxford, Michigan, well known Messrs TAYLOR & Dick
who reside in that vicinity have also heard of fine white
grape at Natchez recently introduced there the woods
and brought in by Indian have named these in the
hope of attracting public attention Them shall esteem ii
favor to receive either roots cuttings and will be pleased
to recprocate the favor But there is common Fox grape
grape that requires frost that syoh the trans
portaon. Native grapes still abundant in Virginia. and
doubt not valuable varieties both for the table and for wine
might be selected there. N IONGWORTH