Grape Culture — Wine Making, Etc. 



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the experiment. We have shown that 

 grapes can l)e raised in the State, and, 

 from the testimony of those making 

 the experiment, can say that their cnl- 

 tivation is attended Avith less labor 

 than in most other States. Now we 

 will look at the profits of grape cul- 

 ture. 



Many have su])posed that it Avas 

 necessary to send abroad for our 

 Avines — not only foreign Avines, but 

 American Avines. This is not the 

 case, provided Ave raise the grape 

 from Avhich to make the Avine. Ilere 

 is the profit. Every man having a 

 piece of ground can make his own 

 Avine, saAang Avhat he pays out for 

 "whisky straights/' and have a much 

 better^ palatal)le and healthy drink. 

 This is the best temperance lecture 

 we know of. Drive out the Avhisky 

 and substitute Avine, if Ave must have 

 stimulants, or let the fiirmer cultivate 

 grapes as he Avould wheat, corn and 

 cotton — proA'ide his own drink as Avell 

 as proAnsions. American grape cul- 

 ture is certainly Avorthy of all com- 

 mendation, and Avhere it can be so 

 easily and profitably cultivated as in 

 our own State, it should not be OA'er- 

 looked by the poorest man AA'ithin our 

 borders. And as Ave should haA-e some- 

 thing to take the place of raw Avhisky, 

 Avine making Avill be found perhajis 

 profitable by those Avho engage in it. 

 We Avish not to be understood as ad- 

 vocating the cultivution of grapes ex- 

 pressly for Avine making, as their cul- 

 tivation can be made profitable for 

 other purposes aside from making 

 Avine. As a fruit, they are palatable 

 and healthy. A magazine called the 

 Grape Cnlturist has lately made its 

 appearance, published in St. Louis, 

 Avhich Avill be found A-aluable by all 

 engaging in the culture of the grape. 



As this is a great subject for reflec- 

 tion_, the culture of the grape, Ave 

 ti'ust our people Avill give it due atten- 

 tion, and that in a little while Ave shaM 

 be able to note farther experiments in 

 the raising of this excellent fruit. 



We clip the above from the Little 

 Rock Republican, and are glad to see 

 the interest manifested there in grape 

 growing and wine making. We are also 

 informed that several wine companies 

 are being organized there, and trust 

 that our sister State will soon rival Mis- 

 souri in producing the choicest wines. 

 From all we can learn, the climate and 

 soil are specially adapted to the Aesti- 

 valis class, spec! all}' the Herbemont, 

 Cunningham, Devereaux, etc. Their 

 winters are milder, their summers 

 longer, and, from Avhat we can hear of 

 their soil, that State should be the \'ery 

 paradise of this class of grapes, which, 

 no doubt, comprise some of our choicest 

 wine grapes. The wild grapes of their 

 woods, we hear from several corres- 

 pondents, are of very fine quality, and 

 would, as they think, make an excellent 

 Avine. 



AYe say, God speed the people of 

 Arkansas in their endeavors to grow 

 vines and fruits and make wine, and 

 shall be happy to publish any facts 

 they may send us in regard to this new 

 branch of industr}^ among them. — Ed. 



Wire Tuellis. — Having had in- 

 quiries about the cost of Avire trellis for 

 vineyai-ils, we insert the following table, 

 furnished by O. P. Saylor & Co. 



No. 12 is the size most commonly 

 used 



