AMERICAN GARDENER. 2<tf 



OHIO. He says, that, that year, about five 

 thousand gallons of wine were made ; and, he 

 observes, what more can be wanted for the grape- 

 vjne, than rich land and hot sun. Besides, is not 

 the grape-vine a native here ? There are many 

 different sorts of grapes, that grow in the woods, 

 climb the trees, cover some of them over, and 

 bear and ripen their fruit. How often do we meet 

 with a vine, in the autumn, with grapes, called 

 chicken grapes, hanigng no it from every bough 

 of an oak or some other timber-tree ! This grape 

 resembles, as nearly as possible, What is, in Eng- 

 land, called the Black Cluster; and, unquestion- 

 ably only wants cultivatioa to give it as good a 

 flavour. Does the Rose Bug prevent these vines 

 from bearing, or from ripening their fruit ? Ta- 

 king it for granted, then, that this obstacle is 

 imaginary i rather than real, I shall now proceed 

 to speak of the propagation and cultivation of the 

 grape-vine in the open ground of a garden ; and, 

 in doing this, I shall have frequently to refer to 

 PLATE III. The grape vine is raised from cut- 

 tings, or from layers. As to the first, you cut off, 

 as early as the ground is open in the spring, a 

 piece of the last year's wood ; that is to say, a 

 piece of a shoot, which grew during the last sum- 

 mer. This cutting should, if convenient, have 

 an inch or two of the former year's wood at the 

 bottom of it ; but, this is by no means absolute- 

 ly necessary. The cutting should have four or, 

 Ji~ue buds or joints. Make the ground rich 

 move it deep, and make it fine. Then put in the 

 cutting with a setting-stick, leaving only two 

 buds, or joints, above ground ; fasten the cut- 

 ting well in the ground ; and, then, as to keeping 

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