I'tt) viris i \t;i;i se.v. 
(.<-riu:ui. of much experience in the cultivation of tho vine. There wore some 
\ui('\arils m (in 1 country that pioduccii a moro abundant crop, i>n the same 
quantity of ground than even Mr. Mottier's. Mr. Hackingex had the finest crop 
l have ivex seen The cropof Mr. Eleser, was also abundant The vine cul- 
ture is yearly increasing with us, and the day is not distant, when the Ohio 
lulls between the two Miamics, will rival the same extent on the Rhine. Poi 
this, we shall ho ohioth indebted to our German [migrants; ami they are grati- 
fied in stating that we can rival the wines oi their own country. The Catawba 
is destined to make a dry wine, equal to hock : and one of my German tenants, 
Mr. Lock, has made a sparkling wine from it equal to the best champagne. 
But we must not expect to succeed at first The process of fermentation and 
manufacture of wine requires both experience and skill, and we shall not fox 
years equal die wine-coopers oi Europe in us manufacture. The dry hock 
Wines require but little experience and skill, but this is net true in respect to 
man) of the finest wines. The cultivation of the vine has also become an 
object in suppb ins our markets and tables w oh fruit Dr. Et, T. Underbill, of 
New > ork, informs us that he has nearly twenty acres ot' vines, at Croton Point 
on the Hudson, ehieil) ot the Isabella and Catawba varieties, from winch 
he annually receives a profitable return. Many other vineyards of a greater or 
less extent are already in progress in several states of the onion, and one ox 
more vines are thought to be an almost indispensable appendage to every garden 
and house lot m (he countrv. 
IS s The Isabella grape-vine flourishes best in a soil that is 
neither poor nor exceedingly rich, rather loose than compact, moderately moist, 
instead ^[ being wet ox very dr\ , and is free from an excess o( salts, pernicious 
gases, and corruption j and in general, land recently cleared oi wood is preferable 
to that winch has been fox some time under tillage, 'The situation should be 
chosen on moderately rising ground rather than on that which is plain oi 
abruptly steep, and the aspect should be inclined towards the south ox east, 
sheltered both from the wmd and intense heat of the sun. particularly during 
the latter halt ot the da\ . but net so much so as to impede a free circulation 01 
air The climate 1 should be rather dry than moist, and warm instead of being 
cold. A doctrine advanced by various authors is, that the region o( tho maize 
and peach culture, is also that oi tin 1 w me bearing grape ot' Knropo. Hy parity 
ot reason, the Isabella, and several other varieties, winch are equally or more 
hardy than the European species, may be successfully cultivated from Mexico 
to those parts oi America where the niai.-e. or Indian corn, is to be considered a 
sure crop; that is. thev will SUCCeed alone, the shores of the Atlantic, m anv par- 
allel Southward ot' the forty thud degree o( latitude, and much farther to the 
northward, west ^( the Rocky Mountains. The Isabella will also often prosper 
under circumstances considerably at variance with any ot" those above staled. 
but Us fruit will not be of so tine a quality, nor so rich m Us ftaVOUT, 
I K < M.r:,:^: -".-: >;;'. The \uis labrusca Isabella, like all its con- 
ers, may be propagated from seeds, by CUttingS or lavers. and by grafting OX 
inoculation; but die mode almost universallv adopted is bv cuttings from the 
branches and roots A Simple, detailed account of the growth Oft vine from us 
- .iration from the parent stem to the period of perfecting Us fruit, perhaps will 
.\ c\ the best idea ^i the process, and we will offer the following, as deduced 
from experience : 
It was the opinion ^( l. Junius Moderatus Columella, a distinguished write] 
en husbandry, who flourished nunc than eighteen hundred years ago, and who 
owned an extensive vineyard in that pan o( Old Spain, now called Arragon, 
that no kind o( land, whatever, can be fruitful unless it be diligently, caret'.. lly. 
and skilfully tilled, more especially when employed for vineyards, "Fox u 
