NATURAL AND CIVIL HISTORY OF THE VINE. 21 



bundles, and the estimated yield was 18,000 pounds 

 of fruit. Can this be beaten ? The only thing 

 that surprised me in the relation of my friend was 

 that any person in Santa Barbara should have 

 displayed the energy necessary to build the trellis 

 for this noble vine." 



In the " Horticulturist " for October, 1858, a vine 

 growing near Burlington, ]tfew Jersey, is described 

 as follows : " In May last it was measured with the 

 following result : Two feet from the ground it mea- 

 sured 6 feet, 2i inches in girth ; four feet high it is 

 about 6 inches less ; it there divides into two branches, 

 the largest of which is 3 feet, 3 inches in girth, and 

 the smallest is 3 inches. The largest of the trees 

 which the vine covers is 10 feet in circumference at 

 two feet from the ground. The vine is very much 

 decayed, but still puts forth leaves and young shoots. 

 It has never borne a grape in the memory of a lady 

 now 98 years old and who has lived her long life 

 within sight, or nearly so, of this gigantic production, 

 and to whom it was a wonder in her youth. The 

 largest tree is a black oak, the others are black, or 

 sour gum. On pacing the circumference covered by 

 the branches, it was found to exceed 100 feet. 



" This vine grows near a springy soil, or upland, its 

 roots, no doubt, penetrating to the water. May not 

 this teach us a lesson, to give the rootlets, wherever 



