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the wine press. The exact amount received for the crop 

 of any particular year can not easily be ascertained, 

 since the wine is not sold until it is four years old. 

 But the statistics are sufficient to show that the profits 

 must be very great. About half of each crop is sold in 

 the New York market, and the other half is converted 

 into wine. The vintage of 1863 gave 5,550 gallons.* 

 In 1864, the product was 6,000 gallons ; in 1865, it 

 amounted to 7,000 gallons ; while in 1866 the total 

 was diminished in consequence of the severe winter of 

 1865-6. 



It must be admitted that the situation of this vine- 

 yard is much more favorable than can be secured ordi- 

 narily ; and in the vicinity of such a market as that of 

 New York there are advantages which can not be pos- 

 sessed by every one. But the example is an interest- 

 ing one on many accounts. 



The practicability of cultivating grapes in vineyards, 

 and on a large scale, in our Commonw^ealth, is demon- 

 strated by Mr. Bull and his enterprising neighbors at 

 Concord. There are in that town more than twenty 

 acres of vineyards. Experiments are also being made 

 in Haverhill, which will furnish additional proof, w^e 

 doubt not, both of the possibility and the profitableness 

 of this crop. Indeed, we hope ere long to see every 

 suitable spot occupied, and the County of Essex adorn- 

 ed with vineyards, beautiful and remunerative as those 

 which grace the slopes of the Jura, as seen from Lake 

 Geneva. 



Mr. Bull, of Concord, to whose experiments and suc- 

 cess, and intelligent communications on this subject the 



*The pure juice of the grape. We understand that Dr. Underhill does not 

 adulterate his wino with sugar, or water, or alcohol, or any form of drugs. 



