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The Grape CuUurist. 



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they can not know how good an Ame- 

 rican gra^io can be They must leave 

 them out, unless they intend to grow 

 them in cold graperies, and for that 

 purpose they would very likely pre- 

 fer the Golden Chasselas, Black Ham- 

 burg, Bowood, Muscat, &c. 



For Wine. Do you want to make 

 the every day drink for the million, 

 the wine which is intended for every 

 body, to take the place of beei*, whis- 

 key and other compounds, of which 

 you can make the greatest quantity, 

 but which will also bring the lowest 

 price, in short the cosmo2)olitan wine 

 grapes? Then plant Concord, Martha 

 and Eogers No. 1, if you live in a 

 climate, where they will come to full 

 perfection. We may perhaps add to 

 this, the Clinton, and Eogeis No. 9 as 

 well as Telegraph, promise to become 

 valuable for this class. Or do you 

 aim at high quality ? If so, plant lor 

 red wine, the Cynthiana, Nortons 

 Virginia and Creveling. For white 

 wine the Delaware, Taylor, Herbe- 

 mont, Martha, Maxatawney, Cassady, 

 Cunningham, Louisiana, Eulander, 

 and Eogers No. 3. 



These are the wines with which we 

 can feai'lessly challenge the choicest 

 brands of Europe ; and which are des- 

 tined to make a name and a mark for 

 American wines. 



But no doubt many of our readers 

 ask : Where is the Ives, the best wine 

 grape of the whole country, according 

 to the finding of the Committee on 

 the Lougworth pi'emiums ? Excuse us, 

 kind readers all, we are judging from 

 facts, that committee seems to have 

 judged from suppositions. But very 

 little of the Ives wine has been made 

 outside of Ohio, and what we have 



tasted from there, as well as what we 

 have tasted of it made here and in 

 Illinois, has given us no very exalted ' 

 idea ol it. It may belong to the first 

 class, to the cosmopolitan, cheap red 

 wines; but no sample which we have 

 tasted as yet, has seemed to us at all 

 worthy of taking rank in the second 

 class. If such wine sells at ^3.00 

 and even $4.00 per Gallon from the 

 press, we can only say, that local 

 patriotism must, have been very much 

 developed in the buyer. 



The vine seems to be healthy, hardy 

 and productive after the fourth year. 

 But the grape is little better than 

 Hartford Prolific, which it closely re- 

 sembles. We shall be very glad in- 

 deed, should the sequel prove that wo 

 were mistaken, and that the millions 

 of vines now planted of that variety, 

 because it took the premium of the 

 Longworth Wine House, should piove 

 a profitable investment for their 

 owners. At present, ice woxild I'ather 

 plant Concord. 



We now come to soil and aspect. 

 If you have an eastern exposure, with 

 deep, rather moist soil, plant Concord, 

 Martha, Eogers No. 1, 4, 8, 9 and 

 Telegraph. You may add to these 

 Cynthiana and Nortons, as they seem 

 to flourish every where. Ives would 

 also do here, in short all the Labrusca 

 family. 



If you have a southern aspect, a 

 warm, porous soil, mixed with lime ; 

 plant Herbemont, Cunningham, Eu- 

 lander, Louisiana, Cynthiana and Nor- 

 tons. They are "children of the sunny 

 South" and will flourish best, and 

 make the richest wines in such soil. 



For north eastern and northern ex- 

 posures, also for sandy river bottoms, 



