56 MY VINEYARD. 



AERIVING AT A CONCLUSION. 



On carefully summing up all the results, the conclusions 

 arrived at were, that the Clinton was not a desirable grape 

 for my locality ; that deep trenching and a heavy applica- 

 tion of manure Avas not only unnecessary, but injurious to 

 the production of graj^es in soil like mine ; that untler- 

 draining was a necessity where the soil inclined to be 

 wet ; and that the Isabella and Catawba were the most 

 desirable varieties. Basing a plan of operations upon 

 these conclusions, I proceeded to carry it into practice. 

 How this was done, and the results which came of it, will 

 be recorded in the succeeding chapter. 



I may state here that while engaged in my first experi- 

 ence in grape culture, I read with care all that aj^peared 

 in the papers upon the subject, being now better able to 

 understand what was said than I had been before having 

 even a limited practical experience. Conversation was 

 also entered into with any person I chanced to meet who 

 had any knowledge of the subject, either from experience 

 or observation. In this way almost as much was added 

 to my knowledge of grape culture as had been done by 

 four years' of experience. 



