Excerpt from The Fruit Industry, and Substitution of Domestic for Foreign-Grown Fruits: With Historical and Descriptive Notes on Ten Varieties of Apple Suitable for the Export TradeThe chronicler of the expedition sent out by Raleigh to explore in the vicinity of Hatteras said of the grapes observed there that he had visited those parts of Europe in which this fruit was most abundant, and that the difference in quantity in favor Of Roanoke was quite incredible.Ralph Lane, in reporting his observations in 1585 - 86, pronounced the grapes of Virginia to be larger than those of France, Spain, or Italy.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.