406 Alleii on the Culture of the Graj)e. 



REVIEWS. 



Art. I. The Culture of the Grape. By J. Fisk Allen. Em- 

 bracing Directions for the Treatment of the Vine in the Nor- 

 thern States of America, in the Open Air, and under Glass 

 Structm-es, with or without artificial heat. Pamplilet, 8vo. 

 56 pages. Boston, 1847. 



The culture of the grape, under glass, is rapidly extending 

 every year. In our northern climate, where, except in cities, 

 this delicious fruit cannot be produced in the open air, in any 

 perfection, a grape-house, either with or without heat, will 

 soon be a necessary appendage to every garden of any extent. 

 A few years since, a bunch of handsome grapes, even as early 

 as September, was quite a rare production, and commanded a 

 very liberal price. Now our market is supplied with them from 

 April to December, and at such reasonable rates, as to greatly 

 increase the consumption of such a healthy fruit. 



The increased attention which has been given to its culti- 

 vation, has demanded more information in regard to the treat- 

 ment and management of the vines. With the exception of 

 Prince's Treatise^ there has been no elementary work, adapted 

 to our climate, to which amateurs could refer, and the princi- 

 pal information has been given through the pages of our 

 Magazine. A book, of the character of that before us, has 

 been wanted, and Mr. Allen, whose experience as an exten- 

 sive cultivator for the supply of large quantities of fruit, has 

 been extensive, and his practice successful, has been so often 

 applied to for information in regard to this subject, that he has 

 been induced to give the results of his experience in the 

 pamphlet now under notice. 



The cultivation of the grape in England has been exten- 

 sively pursued] and many treatises have been written upon the 

 subject: oneof the best of these isthatof Speechly, whohas been 

 considered the best cultivator. But neither his, nor other 

 treatises of foreign writers, are wholly adapted to our climate, 

 and the young tyro who follows them, is often sadly disap- 

 pointed in his crop. The difference of climate requires differ- 

 ent modes of management, and althougli valuable hints and 



