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my view is to prepare them for bearing an average of fifty 

 clusters to each, leaving several shoots of from three to five 

 joints on a vine, for this purpose. When fresh pruned they 

 will not be more than four feet high, at their greatest age. 



" Although I have succeeded in making good wine, and 

 hope still to succeed, as that made last autumn, two hundred 

 and forty gallons, in four separate casks, all promises exceed- 

 ingly well. I do not consider that I have any settled prac- 

 tice, it being yet in some sort a matter of experiment. I 

 therefore feel that it would be premature for me to treat on this 

 branch of the subject. The important fact, and which is as- 

 certained beyond dispute, is that we can make good wine in 

 this country, I believe, equal to the better qualities of foreign. 

 An interest in the business has already been awakened, and is 

 rapidly extending itself through a large portion of our coun- 

 try, and practical instructions on the subject, accompanied by 

 an exhibit of its proceeds, when actively and judiciously pro- 

 secuted, seem called for by the exigencies of the present time, 

 and will no doubt, by prompting to the more widely extended 

 culture of the vine, prove a public benefit at the same time 

 that it greatly promotes the personal interests of those wha 

 engage in it. 



