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The Grape Culturist. 



oIpo — and I for one am satisfied it is 

 tills : Tlio German characteristic is "to 

 go slow and sure/' the American char- 

 acteristic is " a fast go-aheadative- 

 ness," too fast for success in grape 

 culture. But hoio slow must we be, 

 and how little, or rather how much 

 may wo undertake in order to avoid 

 failure, and yet attain the most satis- 

 factory results? I might answer as 

 an old man once answered me, Avhen I 

 asked him how long I would have to 

 walk to reach a certain town: "Walk 

 on," he said. I did not understand at 

 first what he meant, but after a 

 luomcnt's reflection I thought the 

 man Avas right ; he must first see how 

 last I could walk, what kind of steps 

 I made, etc. So also it depends on 

 the energy and industry of the man ; 

 not merely his mental and physical 

 capacity, but on the labor he can com- 

 mand or hire, and especially the 

 amount of capital at his disposal. 



One hard working, industrious man 

 cannot well prepare the ground, new 

 timber land, for more than two acres 

 of vineyard in one year ; he cannot 

 well plant more than two in one 

 season, nor can one man cultivate 

 more than six acres, as vineyards 

 ought to be cultivated after they are 

 trcllised and bearing; and the}^ ought 

 not to be all of one variety, but some 

 ripening early and some late varieties. 

 With hired hands, I would calculate 

 fully a man to three acres; any attempt 

 to work with less will result in ne- 

 glect, inferior cultivation, and worse 

 crops. But the greatest danger, in 

 undertaking too much, is the in- 

 sufficiency of capital. So frequently 

 is this the case and so important its- 

 consideration, that, for fear this 

 article might become too lengthy, I 

 shall postpone its consideration to the 

 next number. 



It is surprising 

 to notice what a 

 J,' r c a t c h a u g e 

 sometimes takes 

 place in tlie fau- 

 na and llora of a 

 newly settled 

 country like our 

 own, in the short 

 fipace, oven of a 



THE GEAPE BEEEY MOTH. 



{Penthina vitivorana, Packard.) 

 [Fig. 123.] 



single decade of 

 years. It is a 

 well known fact 

 c among botanists 

 that a great 

 many of our in- 

 digenous North 

 A mei'ican plants 

 have already be- 

 come almost, if 



Coloi-s-(c) <l,-L')) brown, pale buff and slaty; {b) olive-green or brownish. 



