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cannot be expected to last long ; as vineyards increase, and 

 they are doing so rapidly, the price of Avine must come down ; 

 it can be manufactured and sold at fifteen cents per bottle, 

 and then pay the producer better than any other crop he can 

 raise. The Champaigne, manufactured from the Catawba, is 

 equal, in my judgment, to the best European brands. I do 

 not manufacture my own wine, but sell the juice to the vint- 

 ners." Amos Goodwin. 

 Near Charlestown, 



Clark County, Indiaiia, 1848. 



In a subsequent letter from this gentleman, dated in June, 

 he says, " our grape crop looks remarkably well this season ; 

 the most trying time, however, is yet to come, from the mid- 

 dle of July to the period of ripening." 



" Permit me to describe a method of grafting the grape 

 upon old roots, that I have never seen in print. Cut the old 

 root off, some two inches below the ground, by a horizontal 

 cut ; then choose a gimlet just the size of the scion to be in- 

 serted, and bore from one to three or four holes, according to 

 the size of the root, and insert the scions, first removing the 

 loose bark ; the holes should be two or three inches in depth, 

 and the scions should fit accurately. I have never known 

 them fail to grow. Old kinds may thus be changed in two 

 years. If the operation is performed so late in the season, 

 that the root shows a disposition to bleed, grafting cement 

 must be used. The holes should be in the direction of the 

 grain of the wood. I have never known this method fail, and 

 I have never succeeded with any other, though I have fre- 

 quently tried both cleft and split grafting." 



Amos Goodwin. 



Mr. Charles E. Grant, of Roxbury, who has produced very 

 beautiful Isabella grapes, informs me, that the vine which 

 bore them, is situated at the south of his house, and is trained 

 on a treUis. The soil is that thrown out by digging for the 



