How Many Acres of Grapes Have We in the United States ? 



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Ives. Was recommended as a relia- 

 able, healthy grape, making a good 

 wine^ and thought by Messrs. Colman 

 and Spalding to be a desirable grape 

 for early marketing, and also for late 

 market, as it holds well to the bunch 

 and ships well, although not of very 

 good quality. Seems to have stood 

 the last season remarkably well every 

 where, as it is hardy, healthy, and 

 productive after its third year, though 

 not an early bearer. 



Rentz. Dr. Spalding thought it a 

 promising variet3^ for wine, especially 

 for sparkling; said he had drank the 

 best sparkling he ever tried from it. 

 The vine was health}-, productive and 

 hardy, thought not fit for the table or 

 market. 



Martha. Seemed a general favorite, 

 though some expressed a doubt whether 

 it would make better wine than Con- 

 cord ; had rotted some with Dr. Spald- 

 ing ; seems not to be sufficiently tested 

 with the majority present to express a 

 decided opinion. 



Maxataivney. Was highly recom- 

 mended as a hardy, healthy vine, and 

 the fruit of very fine quality, a fair, 

 though not rank, grower, and suffi- 

 ciently prolific after the third j-ear. 



Telegraph. None seemed familiar 

 with it, except ourselves, and we need 

 not reiterate our opinion to our rea- 

 ders. We think it one of the promis- 

 ing new varieties for red wine, as also 

 for early table and market we know, 

 and the growth and foliage are unex- 

 ceptionable. 



Cynthiana. Those who had tried it 

 concurred m the opinion that it made 

 the best red wine we yet have. Messrs. 

 Eiehl, Spalding and Husmann spoke 

 warmly in favor of it, Mr. Eiehl con- 

 tending that he could distinguish the 

 foliage from the Norton, and still 

 more the fruit and wine. The ques- 

 tion of identity with Norton was dis- 

 cussed at some length, and all con- 

 curred in its vast superiorit}-, in the 

 quality of its wine, over the Norton, 

 as it is more delicate, lighter in color, 

 and of a much finer flavor. 



Draciit Amber. Was recommended 

 by Mr. Mason as a good grape for 

 early marketing, productive and heal- 

 thy. Others thought it too foxy for 

 any purpose. 



[In our next we will give a more 

 detailed account of the j)roceedings. 

 — Editor.] 



HOW MANY ACEES OF GEAPES HAVE WE IN THE UNITED 



STATES. 



This question is often asked and 

 answered so variously and widely 

 apart, that I feel like again putting 

 it up for the replic-s of readers of the 

 Grape Culturist. 



One of our pomologists — who has 

 made the subject somewhat of a study 

 — estimates that if all our vines, now 



in vineyard and in gardens of ama- 

 teurs, were placed in vineyard at dis- 

 tances of 8x10, we should have over 

 2,000,000 acres. He has taken records 

 of townships and counties, gx'aduated 

 them, and throwing in California at 

 200,000 acres, of which 100,000 are 

 figured up by actual records of the 



