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at an average price of about 12 cents 

 a pound. Gallons of wine made, 

 32,870; on hand, 23,140. 



To this is to be added the report of 

 the Bluffton Wine Company, of Bluff- 

 ton, as follows : Planted in 1869, 12^- 

 774 vines^ 6x6 and 6x10 ; two 3-ears 

 old, 22,652 ; over two years old, 24,- 

 408. Wine made, 13,490 gallons ; on 

 hand, 13,000 gallons. 



Notes. — A. E. Trabue, Hannibal, 

 lost 9-10 of his crop by bad weather ; 

 some by birds. " Grapes did best on 

 the wettest, poorest ground; also, 

 bunches down in the weeds rotted 

 less than those exposed to the wind, 

 sun, etc. On the richest, best drained 

 ground. Concords all rotted en masse." 



Hon. Fred. Muench, Dutzow, War- 

 ren county, writes: "My principal 

 reliance, as yet, is on ISJorton and 

 C_ynthiana for dark wines : on Her- 

 bemont and Louisiana for superior 

 light wine ; on Concord and Goethe 

 for a more ordinary and yet whole- 

 some and pleasant beverage. All the 

 said varieties do very well with me, 

 while the Catawba, Cassady, Delaware 

 and others never paid for my labor. 

 I have about sixty varieties on trial, 

 some promising well. I expect to 

 raise hardy seedlings from the Her- 

 bemont and Louisiana ; the latter I 

 consider the ne plus ultra of all our 

 grapes." 



Dr. N. de Wyl, Jefferson City, re- 

 ports most varieties there doing well, 

 except Catawba and Taylor, which 

 are worthless. About 13 acres bear- 

 ing vines in the county, and about 7 

 acres at the opposite bluff, in Callaway 

 county. 



F. M. Eedburn, Keytesville, says : 

 <' I have not had a diseased vine in 



my vineyard as yet. My Delawares, 

 some four j-ears old, are perfectly 

 health}- and fruit well." 



John Ballinger, Gallatin, is well 

 pleased with his success, and prefers 

 the Concord to any other of his twenty 

 varieties. 



Eeports from St. Joseph and vicin- 

 ity are quite favorable. 



Gottlieb Graff & Bros., on Graff's 

 Island, in the Missouri riyer, three 

 miles above Hermann, report the Del- 

 aware doing very Avell. 



Li a southwest direction a good 

 deal of interest and good success re- 

 j^orted from St. .James. 



The following from the extreme 

 Southwest is of interest : 



Granhy, Kcwtoii County, Mo., ) 

 April 1,1870. ^ 



L. D. Morse, Esq. : I should have 

 given you a more detailed report 

 about grape culture here with pleas- 

 ure, but now it is too late for any- 

 thing but short answers, if this reaches 

 you before the meeting. 



1st. There were about 2,000 grape 

 vines planted in this county in 1869; 

 distance from 6x6 to 8x10. I planted 

 Concord 6x6, intending to dig up every 

 alternate row, and every alternate 

 vine in the rows, after they get too 

 large. 



2d. There were about 350 vines in 

 bearing last year ; 300 of them in 

 their first bearing (third season). 



3d, There were about 4,000 vines 

 planted in vineyards in Newton Co. in 

 1869, and about 4,000 more we had in 

 the nursery. Of these about 3,500 were 

 Concord, 100 Clinton, 80 Isabella, 40 

 Norton, 30 Delaware, 30 Taylor, and 

 the balance of about 35 other varieties. 



4th. Hardly an}' grapes sold. 



