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some other good kind. Never propagate from a sickly tree if jou 

 can well avoid it, for its disorder will be carried with the buds or 

 grafts, and in all probability will ultimately work their destruction. 

 For the method of propagating fruit trees, &.c, by budding or 

 inoculation, see the Nursery in July. 



THE VINEYARD. 



An infant institution of such important national utility as the 

 cultivation of the vine, merits the attention and support of every 

 lover of his country. The practicability of producing Mine in the 

 United States, cannot be doubted; the experiment has been made 

 successfully in Pennsylvania, Kentucky, and South Carolina. 

 Nothing is now wanting but the liberal and spirited exertions of 

 the citizens to carry it to such perfection, especially in the middle 

 and southern states, as in the course of a few years to produce a 

 sufficient supply for home consumption, and, in time, a large 

 quantity for exportation. 



Work to be done in the Vineyard. 



In severe weather, when other work cannot be performed, pre- 

 pare poles for the support of the vines; these, for sake of durability, 

 ought to be made of red cedar, white oak, or chestnut, split and 

 seasoned, and to be made one inch and a half or two inches square, 

 and six and a half or seven feet long, pointed at the lower end; and 

 if that part which is to be inserted in the ground, and about three 

 inches above it, say fifteen inches, be dipped in boiling pitch, it 

 will be of considerable advantage; if this is not convenient, let that 

 part be slightly scorched in the fire, which will prevent their rot- 

 ting so soon as they otherwise would. Round poles, such as are 

 used for hoops, of about two inches diameter will do, but these soon 

 rot, and will require to be replaced every two or three years, when 

 the former would last, if made of the heart of well grown timber, 

 fifteen or twenty years. Sticks of four or five feet long may also 

 be made for the purpose of supporting young vines during the first 

 and second years of their growth, after which they are to be taken 

 away to answer a similar purpose, and replaced with the tall poles; 

 those may be made once inch and a quarter square, pointed, and 

 dipped in pitch as above. 



You may also at this season cart manure into the vineyard, and 

 spread it as directed in Frhruari/, repair old fences, and prepare 

 posts and rails, or boards for new ones; examine your ploughs, 

 harrows, spades, shovels, hoes, mattocks, and all your other tools, 

 and have such as need it repaired; purchase any new tools that 

 may be wanted, and have all your necessaries in readiness for the 

 opening of the spring. 



