Download or read book The Cultivation of American Grape Vines, and Making of Wine written by Alden Jermain Spooner and published by . This book was released on 1846 with total page 120 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "After a short history of the unsuccessful attempts to grow foreign vines, the author describes the origin of and his personal experience with the native Isabella. His vineyard was in Brooklyn, N.Y., where the Isabella had been cultivated as early as 1816. For half a century this was the grape of choice in the Eastern States, eventually giving way to the Concord. Spooner gives a description of other useful native grapes and an informative summary of grape growing in vineyards from Nantucket Island to North Carolina"--Gabler.