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Tlie Grape CuUurist. 



must trive it and my orcliard liis whole 

 attention. 



I forjjot to say in tlu* proper ])lacc tliat 

 I liave 11 rude cellar under my dwelling, 

 capable of holding liftecn hundred to two 

 thousand gallons; but although six to 

 seven feet deep, the temperature is per- 

 haj) too high. It has, however, kei)t the 

 wine I have made (thirty to fifty gallons 

 per annum) very well. 



A vineyard of Scuppernongs, after 

 properly in bearing, with one-fourth of 

 the labor required by the bunch grape, 

 will average from five hundred to seven 

 hundred and tifty gallons per acre — even 

 at.*l ])er gallon, .*.J(H) to $750 per acre 

 annually, to say nothing of layers, which 

 Ilolbrook sells at $oO per hundred. As 

 this vine never'blooms until May, and 

 our winters are very mild, it is never 

 hurt by frosts. 



Owing to the lateness in the season I 

 liardly expect one would come before 

 next fall or winter. Should be glad to 

 see one soon. 



In regard to the health of this place 

 I was raised at the foot of the Blue 

 Ridge, in North Carolina: have lived 

 Jiere twenty years, and it has been the 

 healthiest period of my life. Good 

 water; the country hilly and undulating, 

 and heavy timbered; short-leafed pine 

 prevailing. No swami)s near. 



2. I want your opinion, without dis- 

 guise, on the whole, item by item. 



Please let me hear from you at your 

 earliest opportunity. 



These are pretty liberal demands on a 

 stranger, but if you possess the spirit 

 breathed in your book I shall expect 

 ^''cm. Very respectfully, 



John H. Cauleton. 



[Your vineyard wants underdraining, 

 we should suppose. By hunch (/rape 

 we suppose you mean our common 

 ^'raix's, ill contradistinction to the Scup- 

 jx-niong. >rnsca.line, etc. We give your 

 "flrr iMil.liciiy through the Grape Cl'L- 



TURiST, thinking that it will most likely- 

 draw attention in its columns. We 

 think you ought to trj^ the Nortons and 

 Cynthiana. Do not think your plan 

 of planting other varieties among the 

 Scuppernoug Avill work. You can not 

 expect fair returns from them when 

 overrun and shaded by Scuppernongs."] 

 — Ed. 



Walla Walla City, W^ASiiiNfiToN Ter., ) 

 Ajjiil -Id, 1S69. <) 



Dear Sirs: I just received the Api*il 

 number of your Journal, and am quite 

 well pleased with it. It is truly a 

 journal for the grape culturist, and 

 should be patronized by every man who 

 has a vine — and every man who has a 

 rod of ground should have vines planted. 

 We now have varieties so hardy and 

 early, that nearly every locality will 

 ripen some one of them, and if any 

 man is so unfortunate as to be located 

 where none will succeed, we advise 

 him, leave it at once. 



Grapes are the fruit for the poor man 

 especially, as he who has only a house 

 lot of the smallest possible dimensions 

 can plant vines beside his cottage, and 

 their roots will extend and profitably 

 occupy every inch of ground under- 

 neath his house, and from that small 

 amount of space produce all the fruit 

 that his family can consume, while the 

 vines afford shade and protection to his 

 building, and add beauty to his little 

 home. Occupjang no space either above 

 or below the ground to interfere with 

 other interests, the grape vine will in a 

 less time produce more fruit with less 

 labor and attention than any thing that 

 ever was planted. How few there are 

 even in this land of horticultural litera- 

 ture, who have any knowledge of this 

 most valuable fruit! Nearly any man 

 will tell you he understands cultivating 

 and pruning apple trees, but grapes re- 

 quire too much skill, too much work. 

 How absurd! A grape vine requires 



