164 EEPORT OF THE SECRETARY OF THE 



GRAPE CULTURE. 



now A PERSON M\Y SECURE A SUPPLY OP THE BEST AMERICAN 



GRAPES IX TWO YEARS. 



AN ADDRESS BY EDWARD BRADPIELD. 



When I agreed to read a paper on grape culture at this 

 meeting of the Society, I did not realize the fact until too late 

 to retreat, that I was placing myself in the position of a min- 

 ister, urging upon a congregation the necessity of repentance, 

 when ninety-nine out of every hundred of his hearers were 

 just persons who needed no repentance, and would only toler- 

 ate his remarks in the charitable hope that the one-hundredth 

 poor sinner would be benefited. If that one-hundreth person 

 is present to-day, and as badly afflicted with " Grape on the 

 Brain," and as ignorant with regard to a remedy as I was six 

 years ago, and the ninety-nine will tolerate my remarks upon 

 the same principle, I propose to begin at the beginning, and 

 show that person how he may in two years from next summer 

 secure a supply of the best American grapes for himself and 

 family, in proportion to the number of vines he may plant the 

 coming spring, and double the amount afterwards. 



I have no new theories to present, and shall only make such 

 statements relative to propagating, planting, pruning, training, 

 etc., as can be supported by my own experience and observa- 

 tion, showing where I have failed, and where succeeded, how I 

 have succeeded, and why others, with equal facilities, have not 

 succeeded. 



TO COMMENCE OX A SMALL SCALE. 



Avoiding all places where water is found within two or 

 three feet of the surface, select a strip of ground from two to 



