Triumphs and wonders of the 19th century, a volume of original, historic and descriptive writings showing the many and marvellous achievements which distinguish an hundred years of material, intellectual, social and moral progress (1901)
Boyd, James Penny, 1836-1910 · Philadelphia, A. J. Holman & co · leaf 516
d., on the banks of the Ohio, and with a variety of the wild Vitislabrusca, or fox grape, found near the Schuylkill River before the Revolu-tionary War. It was at first called the Cape grape, from a mistakennotion that it had been brought from the Cape of Good Hope. It was alsoknown by several… … 484 TRIUMPHS AND WONDERS OF THE XIXth CENTURY vineyard at Vevay, planted largely of this variety, was the first really suc-cessful oue in America. The next forward step was the introduction of the Isabella and Catawba,both having originated in America, not long previous to 1820, although ofunknown…
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