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hand and much firmness of purpose, otherwise the old stock 

 will get too high and become incumbered with too many- 

 shoots. It must be borne constantly in mind that one single 

 bearing shoot or cane, having from six to ten eyes, will throw 

 out as many bearing branches. From these ten bearing 

 branches it will be easy to select from ten to fifteen bunches. 

 These bunches, in any ordinary favorable season, may be made 

 to yield one quart of good grapes, which will make, at least, 

 a pint of wine. One acre of ground planted three feet by 

 five will contain 2,904 vines. If each vine, then, yields one 

 pint of wine only, there will be 2,904 pints, or 363 gallons, 

 from each acre. This is more than the average yield per 

 acre — and for the reason only that we are two greedy — by 

 overloading the vines we fail to obtain a reasonable quantity, 

 as well as a good qualit}^ of wine. 



The above contains most fully my views, derived from 

 practice and close observation, on the subject of pruning the 

 vine for wine. If you think they contain any hints that will 

 aid beginners, or others, you are at liberty to make such use 

 of them as you may think proper. 



Yours, respectfully, S. Mosher. 



Latonia S2^rings, Ky., March, \6ih, 1852. 



SOIL FOR A VINEYARD. 



R. Buchanan: — 



Dear Sir. — I consider the proper selection of the soil, as 

 almost everything in the successful cultivation of the grape 

 for making wine. I have visited nearly all the vineyards near 

 Cincinnati, and feel confident that many of them must eventu- 

 ally fail, from a want of selecting at first the right kind of 

 soil ; and yet, in my opinion, there is plenty of suitable soil 

 in almost any neighborhood. Some have planted on land of 

 a grayish, gravelly superficial surface, with a heavy blue clay 

 Bubsoil, impervious alike to water and the roots of the vine, 

 further than is loosened by the spade or the plow in trenching 



