Grafting the Vine. 



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ripe grapes needs no sugar, to make a 

 fine table or medicinal wine. 



^'^I have had the fresh must of the 

 ScupjDoruong grape, strained through 

 linen, to register 96' on Oechsle's scale, 

 at 60" (Fahr.) temperature. - (The 

 must tc^ted at Ilammondsport was 

 from grapes raised in North Carolina. 

 — Ed) 



"The most sanguine friend of the 

 Scuppernong has never supposed that 

 in it he had a grape equal to Eiesling 

 or Pineau; but-what in simplest justice 

 wo may all claim is, tiiat in the Scup- 

 pernong wo have a vine hardy and 

 prolific, entirely free from mildev,^, rot, 

 and the depredations of insects, giving 

 lis a never-failing crop of grapes, ca- 

 pable of a dry or sweet wine, either 

 white or red, of fine body and bou- 

 quet." 



We dip the above from the Americtni 

 Agriculiurisi. Our friends of the South are 

 turning a great deal of their attention to this 

 grape, and some efforts liave even been made 

 to introduce it ia Missouri. "\Ve can only say, 



that although it may be all they say in their 

 climate and soil, it would prove utterly worth- 

 less here, and in this we speak from actual 

 experience. In 1848, Mr. Charles Tenbner 

 brought a number of Scuppernong vines, of 

 both the white and black varieties, from 

 Alabama, and planted them on the place 

 where we now reside, in the neighbourhood 

 of Hermann. These, although they would 

 winterkill every winter, down to the snow- 

 line, have several times produced fruit, and 

 one of the original vines is still growing in • 

 the vineyard. When we thought the fruit 

 ripe, in October, we have tasted it several 

 times, and confess that we found such a strong 

 bug flavor, and so little sugar in it, that it 

 seems absurd in the extreme to us, to speak of 

 acclimatizing it here, or making wine of it. 

 It may be very good at the South, — for climate 

 and soil will work wonderful changes — but it 

 Avill never do here. It needs a warmer climate 

 than we have here, to develop the good qua- 

 lities they speak of, and must always remain 

 a Southern institution. And we even believe 

 that our Southern friends, when they have 

 tiied those varieties so eminently southern, 

 Herbemont, Cunningham and all of that 

 class, will become convinced that they are 

 better than their present favorite, the Scup- 

 pernong, even v/itli them. — Ed. 



GEAFTING THE YINE. 



% the Editor. 



Although wc would not recommend 

 grafting for converting whole vino- 

 yards into other varieties, as some 

 authors do, yet it is of great use to 

 the grape grower, and every one 

 should know how to perform the 

 operation. It is of use 



1. For the facility with which new 

 and rare kinds may be tried and frui- 

 ted, by grafting them on strong stocks 

 of healthy vai'ieties, when they will 

 often make wood of from 10 to 20 

 feet, producing abundance of propa- 



gating wood, and generally fruiting 

 the second season. 



2. Yarieties which on their own 

 roots may be feeble, weak growers 

 will grow much stronger by grafting 

 them on healthy thrifty stocks. 



3. In these days of many varieties 

 nearly every vineyard contains some 

 which have proved worthless. By 

 grafting these with some valuable 

 variety, they may be made very use- 

 ful. 



4. For the facility by which vari- 



