20 PRESENT METHOD OF CULTIVATING 



I am persuaded, therefore, that, if the method of 

 cultivating the vine on correct principles, and the 

 certainty which, under proper management, never fails 

 to attend the production of its fruit, were more gener- 

 ally known, its propagation and culture would in- 

 crease both in town and country, to an extent that at 

 present can scarcely be conceived. 



It is for the purpose of diffusing a mode of cultivat- 

 ing this valuable plant, which is more definite and 

 simple in its nature than any that has hitherto been 

 promulgated, and by v/hich the quantity of its fruit 

 may be prodigiously increased, and the flavor greatly 

 improved, that the following pages have been written. 

 It is hoped that the whole management of the vine is 

 therein made sufficiently clear, to enable every person 

 Avho possesses facilities for the growing of grapes to 

 employ them in the most advantageous manner, in 

 the production of this highly esteemed fruit. 



CHAPTER II. 



OBSERVATIONS ON THE PRESENT METHOD OF CULTIVAT- 

 ING GRAPE VINES ON OPEN WALLS. 



There is, I believe, no branch of practical horticul- 

 ture, which the possessors of gardens are so deficient 

 in the knowledge of, as in that which embraces the 

 culture of the grape vine; and yet, singular as it may 

 appear, there is no fruit-tree of any description that 

 grows in this country, that can be depended upon 

 with such certainty for a full crop, or that will yield 

 so ample a return, as a vine judiciously cultivated on 

 an open wall. 



Let any person, in the month of September, make a 



