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grape culture, and how to use them, and will not come 

 to us for instruction, though he may not decline a hint 

 from us, when sustained by successful practice. To the 

 gentleman, however, who does not study horticulture, 

 and whose gardener does not understand chemistry, we 

 believe a well prepared Grrape Fertilizer, at a low price, 

 adapted to the grapery and trellis, will prove a valu- 

 able acquisition, as it may save him much time, expense, 

 and probably serious failure in the efforts of his gardener 

 to attain a high point in grape culture. To the amateur 

 grape-grower, in small gardens and vineyards, and to 

 the owner of a single vine or arbor of vines, it will be 

 exceedingly useful and convenient. TVe have long had 

 special manures for corn and wheat, and why not for 

 grapes ? The latter is indeed more imperatively de- 

 manded than the former, because the art of selecting 

 and mixing the necessary ingredients is less generally 

 known, and hence greater mistakes are liable to be made 

 in any attempts to accomplish it. 



The Grape Fertilizer which we have prepared, con- 

 tains all the ingredients necessary to grow and fruit the 

 grape, in abundance, except carbonic acid, or carbona- 

 ceous matter. Well rotted sod, peat sweetened with 

 lime, or rotted straw, and well rotted stable manure will 

 supply carbon. 



The Grape Fertilizer contains ammonia, phosphoric 

 acid, potash, salts of lime and soda, iron, &c., &c., all 

 the inorganic elements of vine and fruit, in proper com- 

 bination with vegetable acids, especially the tartaric acid. 



