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The Grape Culturist. 



rather loose bunch, about the color of 

 the Goethe, but not so large in berry. 

 Its appearance is rather attractive, and, 

 we should judge, would be a variety 

 well worthy of testing. 



"We have endeavored to give you a 

 fair, unprejudiced account of the im- 

 l)ressions the different prominent vari- 

 eties produced upon us. We went and 

 viewed with the sole desire to find out 

 the best and most attractive varieties, 

 and to plant them. 



We have made a couple of hundred 

 gallons of wine from the remnants of 

 our Concords, and they give a fair test 

 of 76 deg. by Oechsle's scale. If any 

 of your correspondents can beat this on 

 Concords, we would like to hear from 

 them. We have still some Clinton 

 wine to make, and will report the 

 quality of the must in our next. 

 Yours truly, 



Edward P. Hipple. 



[Thanks for3'our interesting commu- 

 nication. We also think the Maxa- 

 tawney worthy of general culture, at 

 least here. You were mistaken in the 



color of the Martha, which is, when 

 very ripe, pale yellow, covered with 

 white bloom. In our opinion, the must 

 of the Martha and Maxatawney should 

 be mixed, when it will make an excel- 

 lent wine. We think each has quali- 

 ties which the other lacks, and a com- 

 bination of them will make one of the 

 finest white wines we know. AYe onl}- 

 wish we had twenty-five acres of each 

 in bearing. These and the Goethe 

 will be the grapes from which the light 

 white wines of the country will be 

 made — wines which can be grown as 

 cheap as the lightest French and Rhen- 

 ish wines, and far preferable to them in 

 quality. The Lindley will also be of 

 this class, but of rather heavier quality, 

 while we are not quite satisfied with the 

 habits of the vine as yet. The Salem 

 has suffered with disease here and at 

 Hermann, and although of fine quality, 

 it does not quite come up to our stand- 

 ard of a grape for general cuUure. 

 Concord must has frequently come up 

 to 83 deg. here, this fall, but 76 deg. 

 does very well. — Ed.] 



THE VINE IN EUEOPE— MANUEES. 



{Gontimied. 



Herbaceous plants and vegetables 

 furnish numerous instances of the 

 influence of peculiar manures on 

 the quality of the products. The 

 cheese and milk of certain localities 

 are highly prized on account of the 

 peculiar aroma of the grass in those 

 localities. 



Besides this bad influence of odor- 



ous nitrogenous manures on the wine, 

 we must boar in mind that this process 

 restores to the soil only a small por- 

 tion of the potash consumed by the 

 canes, the leaves and the fruits, and 

 that it also tends to exhaustion, since 

 it returns to the soil but one-fifth or 

 one-sixth of the amount of potash 

 taken from it. Moreover, nitrogenous 



