168 VITIS. No. 99 & 100. 



Brought fonvard, - - - - Si 6 to 70 



Second year^ poles, caues, &c. '- - 5 to 10 



Cultivation, pruning. &c. - - - 5 to 8 



Third year^ cultivation, &c. . - 5 to 8 



Tourlh yeafj cultivatiuny manure, &c. 5 to 8 



Total, - - g36tol04 



65. This shoM s the lowest and highest cost, the me- 

 dium may be 5^0 or 50 per acre. On the fourth year 

 the income may cover this whole cost, if it is only 150 

 gallons of wine at 50 cents j gCj being deducted for 

 casks and making the wine- 



66. On the fifth and succeeding years, the annual ex- 

 penses mil be only from 5IO to 30, or §5 to 10 for cul- 

 tivationj pruning, manure, and the remainder for making 

 and keeping the wine, while the income will be from 

 SlOO to 200, for 2 to 400 gallons of Wine at 50 cents, or 

 half if only sold at 25 cents. Thus^ at the lowest, leav- 

 ing a yearly clear income of §40 to 100, or as much 

 yearly for ever as was spent at first to plant the vine- 

 yard! The land will be worth from gJOO to 1000 the 

 acre I and may let at §25 to S50 to tenants. Thus 

 upon an avei^-e, each vine is worth half a dollar, and 

 any one who plants 100,000 vines, acquires a fortune of ^ 

 S50;000, or a clear yearly income of §2000 or more! 



Section V. Gtaerai prmcipks of Vinijication^ or the art 



of making If me, 



1. I do not mean to give the numberless modes of mak- 1 

 ing all kinds of wines ; but rather the general principles 

 of the art, with their application to Amt:rican wines. 



2. Vif hatever wines we make here, can never be Bur- 



h 



gundy, nor Champaigne, nor Hock, nor Port, nor Lis- 

 bon, nor Tinto, nor Madeii-a, nor Malaga, and so forth ; 

 bat American Wines. It is idle, it is silly, it is need- 

 less, and it is a deceit to attempt it, or to give them fo- 



«^i.gn 



3, But we mar make, nay, we have already made, se- 



^^Y ! ""^^J g^^ American wines, quite peculiar to us 5 



" y imitate several foreign wines, such as claret 



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