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fruit and better ripening of the wood. The farrows which iu the fall were 

 tnrnecl towards the vines are now reversed, and level culture is i^ursued. The 

 vineyard and everything about it were in complete order. 



The Delawares were mostly gone, 13,157 pounds having been sold from an 

 acre and two-thirds. But this was not the whole crop, as tlie families of the 

 four proprietors were supplied as well as others. Those sold brought six cents 

 a pound. The Oporto grape has been tried and abandoned. Cultivation of 

 the ground is kept up till the latter part of August. The thrip was everywhere 

 on the vines, but caused no apparent injury except in one locality; and their 

 presence here we could not explain. The drain from the wine-cellar runs 

 across one portion of the vineyard, crossing the rows of vines for a length of 

 six or eight rods. Directly over the line of this ditch the thrip were plentiful, 

 and standing at a distance the course of the drain cuuld be traced by the work 

 of this insect. 



From the vineyard we were shown into the press-room and wine-cellar. The 

 establishment is well provided with all the needed appendages and apparatus 

 for wine making and testing. There is a cleanliness about the place which is 

 agreeable. The wood-work is painted ; the floor is scrubbed daily during the 

 wine-making season. As a general rule wine presses and cider presses are 

 about as filthy places as can be found. Two presses are used here which work 

 lip the crop in a few days. 



The wine-cellar is a large room only partly under ground, the level surface 

 here and nearness to the water preventing deep cellars. It is filled with pipes 

 and casks of wine of different ages. These pipes hold from 105 to 140 gallons, 

 and are as high as the shoulders of a common-sized man. Samples of the wine 

 were drawn from the different receptacles for the committee to examine. 



These wines are all pure, — there are no adulterations, though wine of differ- 

 ent qualities is made and sold at different prices. 



