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worth cultivating, while with us the noble Cynthiana 

 and Neosho do remarkably well, to which other highly 

 valuable Western varieties will soon be added." 



CHAPTER XLI. 



GRAPE CULTURE NEAR CHATTANOOGA, TENN. 

 (From t?ie Chattanooga Times.) 



It will be, perhaps, a little surprising to some when 

 the real status and future of grape-growing in this sec- 

 tion is known. We have taken some pains to investi- 

 gate this matter, and although our figures may not be 

 precisely right, they are still approximately correct. 



There are now 150 acres of land around Chattanooga 

 within a radius of five miles, entirely devoted to grape- 

 culture. All of this is now in bearing, but the next sea- 

 son the prospect is that much more of this land will 

 be put into grape cultivation. Seventy acres are owned 

 by btanley & Rickey, the rest is owned by parties in 

 small lots. This year the grapes, as a general rule, are 

 much finer than usual, but there will be only about 

 half a crop, caused by the unusual cold spring. In the 

 last si^ years there has been no failure at all in the 

 crop, and all but one were fair. The crop this season 

 will amount to about 200,000 pounds. An acre, when 

 trellised well, will, on an average, yield about 4,000 

 pounds, and where there are only poles, about 2,000 

 pounds. The average price in the Northern market the 

 year around is about ten cents ; therefore, this year's 

 grape crop will bring about $20,000 in this section. 

 At present the high express rates and frequent trans- 



