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with a reasonable allowance for rot, frosts, &c., 200 gallons 

 miglit be expected as a fair product per acre for a series of 

 years. This is also Mr. Longworth's opinion. But even 

 then, bad seasons must not be too frequent, or the average 

 will be still further reduced. In the report of Dr. Flagg, 

 May 1846, he makes the yield per acre, for 1845, about 200 

 gallons, and the vineyards suffered much from frost and the 

 rot that year. 



The Doctor says : — "There are in this county eighty-three 

 rineyards, containing 247|- acres ; 114 being in bearing, from 

 which 23,219 gallons of wine were made last year. Many of 

 the vineyards bore for the first time last year, and more than 

 one-half of the crop was cut off by the frost and rot." The 

 Doctor estimated the crop for five years in succession, with 

 proper care and attention, at 400 to 500 gallons per acre — 

 but this is entirely too large. 



In Mr. Resor's statistics, it w^ill be observed that in nine 

 successive years, after his father's vineyard commenced 

 bearing, viz : from 1837 to 1845 inclusive, it produced, equi- 

 valent to about 480 gallons to the acre, each year. This 

 vineyard, however, was small, very favorably situated, and 

 ander the supervision of a judicious and careful proprietor, 

 md the product should by no means be assumed as a general 

 average for the county. 



Mr. Yeatman fixes the quantity higher, but judges from 

 his own vineyard, which occupies a fine position, is carefully 

 attended, and contains a little over 3,000 vines to the acre. 

 The number of vines to the acre is generally about 2,400. 



A bushel of grapes on the stem will yield three to three 

 and a half gallons of juice — some have produced four — 

 but this is rare. In measuring, the bushel is " heaped," or 

 liberally rounded on the top, not strict measure. 



Paper calculations of profits are often deceptive, and some- 

 times mislead those who are not accustomed to act from their 



