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this country, is that of Mr. JOHN DAVIS, in Indiana, near 

 Clinton, about ten miles from Louisville, Ky. 



Mr. Davis has about seven acres in vineyard. The vines 

 are planted in rows six feet apart, and three feet apart in the 

 rows. The quantity of wine made from one and a half 

 acres is eleven hundred and seventy gallons. No European 

 vineyard has surpassed this ; and the ordinary product is 

 not more than half this quantity. Mr. Davis's mode of 

 training his vines is very simple. Posts eight feet apart are 

 set along the rows, with pegs in them fourteen inches apart. 

 On these, rods of wood or lath are laid and secured, and to 

 these the vines are lashed with bark. The ground should 

 be prepared by the spade, or trench ploughing, so as to place 

 the rich surface earth beneath the point of washing. Of all 

 the varieties he has tried, Mr. Davis prefers the Catawba, 

 and from this the wine was made. He uses cuttings of 

 well ripened wood, from sixteen to eighteen inches long, of 

 the last year's growth, cut before the sap begins to flow, and 

 cut square, immediately above and below a joint, as is gen- 

 erally practised in all countries with grape cuttings. The 

 holes are dug eighteen inches deep, and about the same 

 across, into which, about the middle of April, two cuttings, 

 one on each side, are placed, and the holes rilled with rich 

 earth. One or two buds should be left above ground, and 

 the earth well trod about the cuttings. The cuttings, when 

 taken from the vines, should be placed or buried in a cool 

 cellar ; and when taken out for planting, it is found to as- 

 sist their sprouting, to soak them twenty-four hours in rain 

 water. 



Mr. S. WELLER, of Brinkleyville, Halifax Co., N. C., 

 states that he is indebted for his success in the culture of the 

 grape, to his having abandoned the foreign or European 

 method, and adhering to his " American System." He has 

 obtained as high as $2 a gallon for his wine, of which he 

 makes annually some twelve to twenty barrels, besides the 

 sale of large quantities of grapes and wine-juice from the 

 press. 



