\ i BRIGHT ON GnATE CULTURE. 



of obtaining and using all these necessary constituents- 

 of the grape, in a brief hand-book like this, has seemed 

 to us almost a hopeless task. It would require at least 

 a complete elementary treatise on the chemistry of the 

 substances named, which few would read, unless pre- 

 viously instructed in chemistry, and still fewer would 

 understand, or attempt to follow. There is nothing of 

 which the purely practical man is more justly doubtful 

 than his ability even to use potash, or any other simple 

 chemical agent, with safety and success in the prepara- 

 tion of manure. 



With these views, and by the urgent request of 

 numerous friends, we have prepared a Grape Fertilizer 

 for popular use, containing all the ingredients necessary 

 to grow and fruit the grape, in pots, in the hot-house, 

 in the garden, upon the trellis, and in the vineyard : 

 precisely that compost or combination of agents, which 

 we have ourselves so successfully employed for years in 

 the growing of grapes, only more perfectly made, and 

 more scientifically combined, than we have usually made 

 it for our own use. 



People who have visited our grapery have often asked 

 us " What manures do you use to make your grapes 

 grow so finely, and fruit so heavily V It was impossi- 

 ble to answer this question within the limits of a brief 

 conversation, and hence many have thought us very 

 secret and selfish in our grape culture. This is not so. 

 We have been willing to explain the whole art, and here 

 publish it ; but we are quite convinced, that unless the 



