68 MY VINEYARD. 



only large and perfect bunches were used for this purpose. 

 The rest of the crop, after picking the table grapes, was 

 made into wine. One of my neighbors, who was the first 

 to follow me in the grape business, and who had more 

 capital and perhaps a little more enterprise than myself, 

 had built a Avine press and a small wine cellar. He made 

 his entire crop into wine, but I found it more profitable 

 to pack such of mine as were suitable for that purpose. 

 My wine grapes were worked up at his establishment, on 

 shares. 



ACTS AND FIGURES. 



At the present writing, I have five acres of vines in full 

 bearing. It would be quite difficult to give a statement 

 of the profits of the crop which would be accurate to the 

 nearest cent, but the following figures, in round numbers, 

 are within a few dollars of accuracy. No separate ac- 

 count has been kept of the labor bestowed uj^on the vine- 

 yard, it having been performed along with the other farm 

 work as necessity required. After a vineyard is establish- 

 ed, it is a pretty accurate calculation that five acres Avill 

 require the labor of one man, with some extra assistance at 

 picking time, and perhaps a little at the summer pruning. 



The figures given, are for 1865. It will be seen that 

 the grapes are credited at ten cents per pound, but many 

 of the Catawbas sold for t^velve and a half cents. No 

 account is made of the wood cut away at the fall prun- 



