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and, above, the blood of cattle from the butcher's stall, plen- 

 tifully and frequently mingled with the earth at a short dis- 

 tance from the main stalk of the vine, will cause a degree 

 of vigor and productiveness altogether astonishing. In re- 

 gard to pruning, the American varieties simply require such 

 thinning out during winter, as is necessary to prevent the 

 branches injuring each other by contact, and the removal of 

 such weak spurs as are immature and imperfect; but no 

 fear should be indulged that the vine, if in a good soil, is 

 not capable of maturing its fruit on any extent of branches 

 it may naturally produce, as among the most productive 

 vines found in Carolina, there are many instances where a 

 single vine covers an acre. Summer pruning is only called 

 for in locations where the vines are confined in too narrow 

 limits, and then is but partially required. 



Among the vineyards that are scattered up and down the 

 Ohio, in the vicinity of Cincinnati, the following particulars 

 of that of Mr. MOTTIER'S will be found interesting: 



The vineyard contains about six acres ; the vines planted 

 in rows six feet apart, and three feet apart in the rows. 

 They are trained to locust posts seven and a half feet high, 

 firmly fixed in the ground, and intertwined from hill to hill. 

 None but American varieties are cultivated, which are of 

 course hardy, and need no protection in winter. A plough 

 or cultivator is occasionally run between the rows, to keep 

 the soil in good order, and the weeds down. He prefers a 

 northern to a southern exposure, as the grape in that vi- 

 cinity oftener suffers from early or spring, than from late 

 frosts. Since 1820, he has lost but one crop from frost; 

 while on the Rhine, if three crops out of five are saved, the 

 vinedresser is fortunate. Fifteen hundred gallons of wine 

 were made in one year ; and the succeeding year, more 

 vines coming into bearing, the product was estimated at four 

 thousand gallons. The Catawba grape makes a white 

 wine, resembling the Rhenish Hock, and in good repute. 

 The Cape grape makes a red wine, more like Burgundy. 

 The wine sells readily at $1 per gallon. 



One of the most successful efforts at the culture of the 

 grape and the production of wine that has been made in 



