64 CULTURE OF THE GRAPE. 



1 848. Gathered a fair crop from the first two acres, and 

 a few bunches from the second acre made 530 gallons of 

 wine, which sold, after the second fermentation, at $1,25 per 

 gallon lost by lees, evaporation, etc., about fifty gallons. 



1849. A bad year for rot, but got a tolerably fair crop 

 from three acres in bearing, and a light one from two acres 

 first commencing to bear. Made 860 gallons of Catawba, and 

 75 of Isabella wine. The Catawba was sold, in 1851, at 81,25 

 per gallon loss in making, ten per cent. The Isabella un- 

 sold. 



1850. This was a good year for the grape crop, and but 

 little rot. Made from three acres, fair crop, and three partial, 

 equal to three and a half acres in full bearing, 1,638 gallons 

 of wine. 1,200 good Catawba, 288 inferior 75 Cape and 

 75 Isabella. Sold 400 gallons of Catawba at 80 cents 288 

 inferior at 50 cents per gallon, soon after the first fermen- 

 tation. 



The remainder will be ready for market this summer at 

 $1,25 per gallon. 



Trenched a quarter of an acre of waste ground to add to 

 the vineyard. 



1851. Planted in the addition, part cuttings, part roots one 

 year old. A frost, on the second of May, destroyed two-thirds 

 of the grape buds, and all the orchard fruits. No rot this 

 year grapes about one-third of a crop, but of a finer quality, 

 and richer in saccharine matter than ever grown here before. 

 Lost about twelve per cent, of the young roots planted, and 

 twenty-five per cent, of the cuttings, owing to the drought, 

 which was more severe during last summer and autumn, than 

 known in this climate for many years. Lost sixty per cent, 

 of the cuttings in the nursery. 



Made 630 gallons of Catawba wine, and seventy-five of 

 Cape quality very fine. Will not be ready for market 

 under two years. 



