52 VITIS, OR 



Brought forward, - - - - gl6 to 70 



Second year, poles, caues, &c. - - 5 to 10 



Cultivation, pruning, &c. - - - 5 to 8 



Third year, cultivation, &c. - - 5 to 8 



Fourth year, cultivation, manure, &c. 5 to 8 



Total, - - g36tol04 



65. This shows the lowest and highest cost, the me- 

 dium may be ^40 or 50 per acre. On the fourth year 

 the income may cover this whole cost, if it is only 150 

 gallons of wine at 50 cents ; g25 being deducted for 

 casks and making the wine. 



66. On the fifth and succeeding years, the annual ex- 

 penses will be only from ^10 to 30, or g5 to 10 for cul- 

 tivation, pruning, manure, and the remainder for making 

 and keeping the wine, while the income will be from 

 SlOO to 200, for 2 to 400 gallons of wine at 50 cents, or 

 half if only sold at 25 cents. Thus, at the lowest, leav- 

 ing a yearly clear income of ^40 to 100, or as much 

 yearly for ever as was spent at first to plant the vine- 

 yard ! The land will be worth from g500 to 1000 the 

 acre! and may let at g25 to S50 to tenants. Thus 

 upon an average, each vine is worth half a dollar, and 

 any one who plants 100,000 vines, acquires a fortune of 

 S50,000, or a clear yearly income of ^2000 or more ! 



Section V. General principles of Vinijication, or the art 

 oj making Wine. 



1. I do not mean to give the numberless modes of mak- 

 ing all kinds of wines j but rather the general principles 

 of the art, with their application to American wines. 



2. Whatever wines we make here, can never be Bur- 

 gundy, nor Champaigne, nor Hock, nor Port, nor Lis- 

 bon, nor Tin to, nor Madeira, nor Malaga, and so forth -, 

 but American Wines. It is idle, it is silly, it is need- 

 less, and it is a deceit to attempt it, or to give them fo- 

 reign names. 



3. But we may make, nay, we have already made, se- 

 veral very good American wines, quite peculiar to us ', 

 and we may imitate several foreign wines, such as Claret, 



