INTRODUCTION. 6 



The subject of soils and manures has received the largest 

 share of attention ; pruning and training, when compared 

 with the above, are secondary affairs, as the vine, if well lo- 

 cated, in suitable compost, will do well under any system 

 judiciously practised. In treatmg these matters, I have en- 

 deavored to keep distinct the subjects of compost for the 

 border of the grape-house, and the soil suitable for the vine- 

 yard. I have not always succeeded in doing so, nor is it a 

 matter of much consequence, for what is suitable in the one 

 case, can hardly be injurious in the other ; it is not to be pre- 

 sumed, however, that the same labor and care will be bestowed 

 on the preparation of the soil for the vineyard, that one would 

 give to the border for the grapery. 



The material of the former edition, which is simply the 

 details of my practice, is, in this, unchanged ; when necessary, 

 rather than alter the original, notes explanatory have been 

 added. 



I will state here, as an explanation for any repetition, or 

 for the want of more system in the arrangement of the mat- 

 ter, that the work has been performed little by httle, as I 

 could spare an hour from other labors ; and, the present edi- 

 tion being an enlargement of the former, the matter now 

 added is introduced where it could best be under these cir- 

 cumstances. 



