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HE GRAPE. 



The Grape requires a deep, rich, fer- 

 tile soil, with a drainage or dry sub-soil. It 

 .is not lost labor to make the soil two or two 

 and a half feet deep, placing underneath a 

 drainage of cobble-stones or what is very 

 much better of old broken bones. Mix with 

 the soil the general manure see p. 98 and 

 add a small quantity of lime, ashes, and plas- 

 ter of Paris, also bone dust, if you have it. 



Cultivation.^-The grape is raised easily from 

 layers, and sometimes from cuttings. It may 

 also be grafted on common wild vines, (see 

 Grafting.) In Europe, the grape is extensive- 

 ly cultivated for making wine. Some idea of 

 the extent of this cultivation may be formed 

 from the estimate, that 500,000,000 imperial 

 gallons of this wine have been made in Prance 

 in a single year. 



