Editor's Letter Box. 



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we are inclined to think j'ou will find 

 it snflicient. Nature sometimes does 

 make mistakes : if she did not. how 

 could we account for the many poor 

 seedlings brought forth. It is for us 

 to observe nature, correct tliose mis- 

 takes where we can, and profit by our 

 observation. We think if only such 

 plants wei'c to be used for viucyards; 

 which made from six to seven feet of 

 growth from cuttings the first year, 

 there would be but few planted. Two 

 feet of healthy growth will do Just as 

 well. 



Thanks for your kind intentions 

 toward the (iuAPE Culturist. If our 

 readers think tliey need it, why, let 

 them support it, and get others to do 

 so ; they may rest assured that we do 

 not intend to sacrifice our money as 

 well as our time on it any longer with- 

 out an adequate recijnipeuse. VV'e have 

 been trying to keep it up for tkeir ben- 

 efit for the last two years. Let us see 

 whether they are willing to do some- 

 thing in return. — Editor.] 



Savaxnah, M(p., Oct. o<l, 187(1. 



Geo. Husmanx, Esq., 



Dear Sir : — Will you be so kind as 

 to give me a little information con- 

 cerning grape trellising? I have been 

 reading j'our Grape Culturist about 

 two A'cars, but cannot get the infor- 

 mation that I want, at present. 



I have 4^500 grape vines that I wish 

 to trellis this fall and winter. I wish 

 to know if old telegraph wire, No. 

 !•, will answer for trellis. If it will, I 

 have a chance of getting all I want, 

 cheap. I thought it would be stout 

 enough hj using four strands on good 

 posts. 



How will Xo. 10, new iron wire, do ? 



How long does iron wire last before 

 being affected by rust '. 



You will very much oblige myself 

 and other friends by answering the 

 above, ^\'o expect to be governed 

 by your instructions, as heretofore. 

 Yours truly, 



Tjtomas Nance. 



[Old telegraph wire, (which is gen- 

 erally No. 8) will do well enough, but 

 it is much heavier than necessary, 

 and unless you can buy it very 

 cheap, will he more expensive than 

 No. 12 wire, new, which Ave use, and 

 of which three strands are enough. 



We cannot inform you how long- 

 new wire will last, but we know of 

 trellis eighteen years old, on which 

 the wire is perfectly sourxd 3'et. We 

 think you will have to live a good 

 while, if it does not outlast you. If 

 we live as long as the wire will last on 

 trellis we have put up the last three 

 years, we will get older than we now 

 calculate on. — En.] 



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