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The Grrape Culturist. 



■saw-dust. I only write these few 

 lines to warn people that want to 

 transform, by wholesale, Catawba 

 plants into more valuable ones. I 

 may try Mr, Ilusmaun's new wa}-, but 

 that will be the last trial. 



Henry T. Schmidt. 



[We think those who planted so 

 <3lose, would gain by taking out every 

 other vine in the row. We agree 

 with you that it is not advisable to 

 graft whole vineyards, but we hardly 

 think you did the grafting " as well 

 as any one could do it;" or the grafts 

 were disturbed afterwards ; for nearly 

 every variety takes readily upon the 

 Catawba, and we can generally make 

 two thirds grow on that variety, if 

 the stocks are good. We will give 

 our new method in some future No. — 

 Editor.] 



Council Bluffs, Iowa, July 17. 1S70. 



President G-eo. Husmann : 



Dear Sir : I have been reading the 

 Orape Culturist and find reports of 

 grape-vines planted, with their fruit 

 and wine, which 1 read with a great 

 deal of interest, and was astonished 

 at the aggregate amount, in dollars, 

 in Missouri. 



Well, I will report as near as I can 

 in acres in this county. Last spring 

 ('70) outside of my own I found about 

 five acres, and I planted eight acres. 

 With the eight reported before makes 

 sixteen for me, mostly all Concord. 

 Five were set in 1869, and three are 

 six years old. There are about ten 

 acres in bearing in the county all told. 

 vSo you see our folks don't pitch in 

 as rapidly as j^ou Blutt'ton folks, but 

 notwithstanding their backwardness, 

 I succeed well. I cover no vines in 



winter except lona. I have had three 

 crops and the fourth well advanced. 

 Last years' crop sold for $1600, and 

 made 430 gallons wine, a sample of 

 which I sent you about the first of 

 March, requesting you to rej)ort, but 

 I have not heard from j^ou a word. 

 I sent it by express, and requested if 

 you thought worthy, to put it on 

 exhibition at your Association. I have 

 a number of patrons that think it 

 ver^- good ; what say you ? My pres- 

 ent crop is not quite as large as last 

 year, but quality better, being large 

 and healthy. I have had hard luck 

 this dry summer with vines and trees 

 going back. I lost one Martha, Wil- 

 der, North Carolina Seedling, that I 

 got of you. Yours, 



A. S. Bonhan. 

 [We never received the wine you 

 mention, consequently could not re- 

 port on its qualit3\ I should be very 

 glad to taste wine made so far north. 

 VV^e heartily congratulate 3^ou upon 

 your success, and think you are doing 

 remarkably well. — Editor.] 



COLUMBIA FURN'ACES, DANVILLE, Pa.. Aug. 1, 1870. 



George Husmann, Esq. : 



I cultivate some twent^'-five varie- 

 ties of Grapes. Those of the old 

 kinds, such as Catawba and Isabella, 

 are both mildewing, and the berries of 

 the former rotting. The Union Vil- 

 lage and Croveling are losing their 

 leaves, and some of the berries of the 

 Concord are rotting, sa^^ from one to 

 half a dozen berr.es in a bunch. The 

 Delaware and Martha, as yet, are per- 

 fectly hardy. My other varieties are 

 not yet fruiting. 



Respectfully yours, 



M. J. Grove. 



