md the Method ofmuVtng PFines. S,^ 



^]\ the plants intrufted to theiii. The wines of Tokay an(| 

 the belt wines of Italy are th^ prodiidion of volcanic foil; 

 the lall bifhop of Agde dug up, and planted with yiucs the 

 old volcano of the mountain, at the bottom of which that 

 antient town is fituated, and thefe plantations form at pre* 

 fcnt one of the richell vineyards in that canton. 



Tliere are points on the variegated furface of our globe 

 \vhere the granite no longer prefents that hardnefs and un- 

 alterability which in general form the chara<Sler of that 

 primitive rock : in thefe places it is pulverulent, and pre- 

 fents to the eye nothing but dry fand of greater or lefs coarfe-» 

 nefs : it is among thefe remains that the vine is cultivated 

 in feveral parts of France ; and, when a favourable expofurc 

 concurs to aflift the increafe, the wine is of a fuperior qua- 

 lity. The famous Hemaitage wiue Is produced amidd fimi- 

 lar ruins. From thefe principles it may be readily judged, 

 that a foil Tike that of France muft be favourable to tlie 

 formation of good wine ; as it exhibits that lightnefs of foil 

 which permits the roots to extend themfelves, and allows the 

 water to filter through it, and the air to penetrate 'it: that 

 flinty craft which moderates and checks the ardoiu* of the 

 fun ; that valuable mixture of earthy elements, the compo- 

 ^tion of wJtiich feems To advantageous to every kind of vcge-^ 

 ^fion. 



Thus, the farmer, more anxious to obtain wine of a goo4 

 quality than an abundant vintage, will cftablifli his vineyard 

 in light peb^hly foil ; and he will not make choice of a fat 

 rich foil unlefs he intends to facrifice quality to quantity*. 

 [To be continued.] 



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"* Thoug^i the principles here eftablifhed are proved almoft by generaj 

 obfervatTon, we muft nm, however, crncludc that tliere are no exceptions. 

 Creuze-Latouche obfcrves m a tr»erooir read in the AgricultHiial SocittjT 

 of La Seine, that the valua|)ie vin«s df Ai, E.peimay., and iiautvilkrs far- 

 la Marne have the fame expofure, and grow in the fame foil and land as 

 Xhoie in rhe neighbourhood. The fame author obferveS) that attempts 

 have been made to conveit corn lands into vineyards ^ but it is pfObabte 

 that the experiments have not been attended with fuccefs, and that, con- 

 ftquently, there are caul'es ef diiFercncc Wfridt Cannot be difcOVtVfedbf 

 jBc-e infpeftion.. ' ^ "' 



Ti^^is author adds, that the prhnitrve tafth" in thfe vinfiyaTds of the firff 



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