CONTENTS. 



Pags. 



Introduction v 



CHAPTER I.— The Classification of Grapes 11 



" n,— Propagation of the Vine— By Seeds .... 16 



" III.— Propagation by Cuttings in the Open Air. 19 



" IV.- Propagating the Vine by Layers 21 



" v.— Graf ting the Vine 22 



" VI.— The Vineyard-Location, Aspect, and Soil 28 



" Vn.— Preparing the Soil 30 



" VUL— What Grapes to Plant— Choice of Varieties 31 



" IX.— Labrusca Class, With their Hybrids 35 



" X.— The ^stivalis Class— For General Cultivation 54 



" XL— The ^stivalis Class— Varieties Promising Well 61 



" XII.— Cordifolia Class (or riparia according to Engelmann) . . 65 



XIIL— The Cordifolia Class— Varieties Promising Well 70 



" XTV.— Varieties Difficult to Classify, etc 77 



" XV.- Varieties for DiflTerent Localities 79 



" XVI.— Planting the Vine 81 



" XVIL— Treatment of the Vine the First Summer 84 



" XVni.— Treatment of the Vine the Second Summer 87 



" XIX.— Treatment of the Vine the Third Summer 91 



" XX.— Treatment of the Vine the Fourth Summer 96 



" XXL— Training the Vine on Arbors and Walls 98 



XXII.-Other Methods of Training 99 



" XXni.— Diseases of the Vine 102 



" XXIV.— Insects Injurious to the Grape 105 



" XX\". - Frosts— Winter Protection 115 



" XXVI.— Girdling, Thinning, and Miscellaneous Matters 117 



" XXVII. —Gathering and Marketing the Fruit 121 



" XXVni.— Grape Growing in Southern Ohio 127 



" XXIX.— Grape Culture and Wine Making in Ohio 135 



XXX.— Grape Culture at Kelley's Island, Ohio 138 



" XXXL— Grape Growing, etc., on Lake Keuka, N. Y 142 



*' • XXXn.— Grape Growing in Southern Texas 145 



" XXXIIL— The Grapes of Southern Texas 151 



" XXXIV.— The Vineyard in Texas 154 



XXXV.— Grape-Growing in Western Texas 159 



" XXXVI.— The Culture of the Grape in California 162 



" XXXVn.— Viticulture in Sonoma Valley, California 166 



" XXXVTn.— Viticulture in Napa Co., California 169 



XXXIX.— Grape Culture in Maryland— Cashin's Trellises 174 



" XL.— Grape Culture in Missouri 180 



" XLI. -Grape Culture Near Chattanooga, Tennessee 182 



" XLIL— White Elk Vineyards, Iowa 184 



XLin.— The Phylloxera Problem 186 



" XLLV.- Egg Harbor Wines.— Early Winter Grape.— Cost of a 



Vineyard 190 



" XLV.— Wine Making 195 



*' XL VI.— Dr. Galls and Petiol's Methods of Wine Making 213 



" XLVn.— Wine Making Rendered Easy— Conclusion 236 



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