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The Grape Culturist. 



395 Alvey, 

 307 Cassady, 

 390 Clinton, 

 7833 Concord, 

 556 Cunningham, 

 2576 Creveling, 

 3830 Delaware, 

 146 Hartford, 

 959 Herbemont, 

 100 Huntingdon, 

 42 lona, 

 998 Ives, 



329 N. C. Seedling, 

 12,481 Nortons, 

 2,425 Eogers No. 1, 

 571 Eogers' Hybrids [other No's.] 

 123 Taylor, 

 160 Telegraph, 

 165 Other Varieties. 

 Total 34,386 vines. 

 About 30 acres more will be planted 

 next Spi'ing. Last years vintage 

 amounted to about 1300 gallons. A 

 yield of about 15,000 gallons can be 

 expected this year. To establish a 

 trade for the sale of their wines and 

 to aid in a general introduction of 

 pure native wines into the American 

 market, the company has rented suit- 

 able cellars ' and offices at St. Louis, 

 and will there soon open its Wine- 

 Depot under the superintendence of 

 Mr. Frings, a celebrated wine-chemist 

 from Germany. 



The Propagating Department forms 

 another branch of the company's busi- 

 ness. The propagating-houses, consist- 

 ing of six houses, each 100' long by 

 10' wide, and three propagating-pits, 

 sixty feet long by ten feet wide, 

 furnished with all modem improve- 

 ments, cost the company $20,000. 

 The sale of plants propagated by 

 the company was commenced in 



the fall of 1867, and has increased sa- 

 tisfactorily from season to season. 

 Customers, with but few exceptions, 

 (where the company was not to blame) 

 were well pleased with the plants fur- 

 nished them. The department has sup 

 plied the tenants with the plants re- 

 quired for their vineyards, has realized 

 from the sale of plants $9418.62 and 

 has $10,525 worth of plants on hand, 

 besides 2741 Clinton vines set out for 

 grafting purposes. Seven hands are 

 employed in the department at present, 

 at wages varying from §35 to §50 per 

 month, and arrangements are now 

 being made to grow a quantity of 

 plants the coming season, sufficient 

 for filling orders to any extent in the 

 fall. 



Not the least interesting feature on 

 the company's grounds, is the Experi- 

 mental Vineyard, for testing new va- 

 rieties of grapes. 564 vines, including 

 68 different kinds, can there be ex- 

 amined by the visitor. Large additions 

 will of course be made annually. 



Besides the buildings enumerated, 

 the company has erected two large 

 houses for the use of its officers, a 

 commodious stable, black-smith shop, 

 vrell-house, etc. etc. 



The property of the company was 

 inventoried on the 1st day of Decem- 

 ber 1868, as follows : 

 Value of land $40,000.00 



Buildings & Tenant-houses 36,100.00 

 Prop. Dept.&Exp.Vinej^ard 16,616.62 

 Vineyards 23,000.00 



Mules, Horses & Fodder 600.00 



Office Furniture 179.80 



Amounts outstanding 6,218.45 



$122,713.97 

 The Treasurers last annual report 



