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Not AvailableThe history of grape culture is as old as that of man. Its great age is confirmed by grape seeds found in refuge mounds of the pile dwellers of the lakes in South Central Europe. Details about grape growing and wine making are depicted in Egyptian mosaics of the fourth Dynasty (2440 B.C.). Well before the beginning of Christian era grape had attained considerable importance as a cultivated plant in southern Europe, countries bordering eastern Mediterranean and North Africa. Grape was introduced in India by Muslim invaders around 1300 A.D., however, it is mentioned in medical treatises written much earlier.Not Availabl