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The Grape Culturist. 



this jzi-iipt', which he saw growing in 

 my vineyard in this connty, was known 

 as the Warren in Georgia, having 

 been found growing wihl, many years 

 ago, in the county of that name in 

 that State. Mr. Berkmans, of Georgia, 

 another high authority, I feel confident 

 also classes it as a native variety. 



Upon the wliole, I think the weight 

 of teslimony will justify the classifica- 

 tion of this valuable wine and table 

 grape as a member of the JEstivalis 

 family. Mr. Ilerbemont's identifica- 

 tion of it as the Pineau, of France, is 

 considerably weakened by the fact that 

 this name is borne by several very dis- 

 similar varieties of foreign grapes. 



Mr. Ilerbcmont made, for many 

 years, a very superior wine from this 

 grape, and reported in one season a 

 j'ield at the rate of fifteen hundred gal- 

 lons of pure juice per aci'c. My ob- 



servation leads me to attribute to it a 

 very fastidious if not a somewhat 

 capricious taste as to soil and location. 

 While an open, porous, calcareous soil 

 is generally esteemed a condition of its 

 success, I have found the most uni- 

 formly abundant, healthy and thor- 

 oughly ripened crop, for successive 

 seasons, on a low, imperfectly^ drained, 

 and rather compact soil ; while myself 

 and others, on light and well drained 

 soils, gathered heavy crops of disap- 

 pointment instead of grapes. 



If I could have the same assurance 

 of its escape from rot that the Con- 

 cord furnishes, I should be tempted to 

 devote my entire vineyard to its cul- 

 ture, so highly do I estimate its produc- 

 tiveness and other fine qualities, where 

 it feels perfectly at home. 



RiCHMOXD, Vii., Msy 8, 18C3. 



CAUSES OF FAILURE IX GRAPE GROWING, 

 By Isidor Bush. 



II. — UNDERTAKING TOO MUCH AT ONCE. 



" If one acre will net mc so many 

 dollars, ten acres will not me ten 

 times as many dollars, and twenty-five 

 acres even will yield a profit of 

 twenty-five times as many dollars." 

 This form of arithmetic has ho deeply 

 impressed itself upon our mind, that 

 nifmt people, and especially the 

 American people, calculate in that 

 muniior; yet, however true this may 



the more acres a man plants in vine- 

 yards in one season, the less profit 

 will they yield him per acre. While 

 a beginning with two or three acres, 

 adding each year one or two more, 

 may become very profitable, a begin- 

 ning with ten acres or even more, 

 will surely result in failure. 



It certainly is not to the interest of 

 the propagator and dealer in grape 



bo njathomatieally, practically noth- vines to toll you this ; but be it that 

 iiig can bo more errono<.u8. j these are nearly all honorable and 



Tho reverse is nearer the truth: I disinterested men, be it that the truth 



