Publisher's Synopsis
This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1911 edition. Excerpt: ... be done in the United States on a large scale, as the high price of American labor would be prohibitive, but in the Rocky Mountain section of the United States, especially, the people could have choice varieties of grapes for their own table use if they would take the trouble to protect the vines in winter in this way. RAISINS. Raisins are not common in China, and those seen there are a small, seedless, greenish-white kind, said to be made from grapes grown in the neighborhood of Kweihuacheng, Mongolia, a district with very dry air. VARIOCS SPECIES OF WILD GRAPES. chinese Name, Shan pootao. In northern China, Manchuria, and eastern Siberia a wild grape (Vitis amurensis) grows. This grape is found in dense thickets overrunning shrubs and trees. It is a rather prolific bearer, the bunches and berries being small, however, and rather sour; but the plant is so remarkably "hardy, standing temperatures of--40 F., that there may be a possibility of using it in hybridization experiments. In its wild state it is collected by the Chinese and Russians and eagerly eaten. In eastern Siberia the writer also tasted some inferior wine and some good vinegar that had been made from it by a Russian settler. (S. P. I. Xos. 19477, 19600, 20347 to 20349, and 22601.) Besides the Vitus amurensis, one finds here and there various other wild species. In the Boshan district is found a wild grape called' Ya pu tao" (S. P. I. No. 21979). From it the Chinese make a fairly good wine, which is remarkably strong. In the Lungtung district of Shantung there are two other species, both bearing edible berries. In the Mokansan region, to the southwest of Shanghai, one finds grapes that have many spines along their branches and bear edible berries. They are even sparingly...
