VI LETTER. 



Under Mr. Hoare's plan of cultivation, any man who owns a 

 brick house in any town not north of Massachusetts, may, if his 

 yard be open to the south in any degree, raise as many grapes as 

 will supply his family, without an expense of more time or money 

 than is usually wasted in idleness. Indeed, on the common 

 wooden houses and fences with which our yards are surrounded, 

 good and abundant crops may be had by putting up cheap trellis- 

 ses, which would be paid for in two or three years after the vines 

 get into bearing. But the rules laid down by Mr. Hoare must be 

 adhered to, especially in not attempting to fruit the vines before 

 they are of a proper age and size; when I fully believe that pa- 

 tience will be amply compensated. 



I hope you will think it worth while to have Mr. Hoare's Trea- 

 tise reprinted, as it will induce many persons, who have means, 

 to undertake the cultivation of this healthful and delicious fruit ; 

 and, by their example, will lead to a general propagation of the 

 vine throughout the State. 



Very respectfully, 



Your ob't Servant, 



SAMUEL G. PERKINS. 



Brookline, September 1, 1837. 



