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I am inclined to think that it will be of great value here and further south as a wine grape, although it would ripen too late to suit the climate further north. It may be expected here that I should speak of the Iona, Israella, and Adirondac, as many, and good authorities too, think they will be very valuable.
Here, I do not feel warranted in praising them, and a description will hardly be needed, as their originator has taken good care to so fully bring their merits, real or imaginary, before the grape-growing community, that it would be superfluous for me to describe them. The Adirondac I saw and much admired at the East, in 1863; and if its originator, Mr.
Public taste has become educated, and they are laid aside in disgust, when such varieties as the Herbemont, Delaware, Clara, Allen's Hybrid, Iona, Adirondac, and others can be had.
Think of making "feeble" rhyme with "people," "abroad" with "Lord," and contemplate the following couplet which one cannot make rhyme without actual verbicide: "Where feeds the moose, and walks the surly bear, And up the tall mast runs the woodpeck"-are! And how could prose go on all-fours more unmetrically than this? "In Adirondac lakes At morn or noon the guide rows bare-headed."
Think of making "feeble" rhyme with "people," "abroad" with "Lord," and contemplate the following couplet which one cannot make rhyme without actual verbicide: "Where feeds the moose, and walks the surly bear, And up the tall mast runs the woodpeck"-are! And how could prose go on all-fours more unmetrically than this? "In Adirondac lakes At morn or noon the guide rows bare-headed."
Their education is neglected; but the circulating library and the theatre, as well as the trout-fishing, the Notch Mountains, the Adirondac country, the tour to Mont Blanc, to the White Hills, and the Ghauts, make such amends as they can. The imagination infuses a certain volatility and intoxication.
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