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sary, for where there is growing young wood, there is of 

 course a full flow of sap to the fruit, without which it shrivels 

 and drops off. 



This day I visited a German settlement on the Ohio, com- 

 mencing about twelve miles above the city, and extending 

 about four miles. The hill commences, close to the river, 

 and rises gradually ; the usual bottom-land being on the op- 

 posite side of the river. The soil is porous and well calcu- 

 lated, in my opinion, for the cultivation of the grape, and nearly 

 the whole of the four miles is occupied by vineyards, and 

 there are also some on the top of the hill. Two of the vine- 

 yards belong to Englishmen ; the owners of all the others are 

 Germans. 



Most of the vineyards in this vicinity have suffered severely 

 from the rot, and some vine-dressers, expecting in the early 

 part of the season to make from 2000 to 4000 gallons of 

 wine, will not make 100. Yet their vineyards are on the 

 sides and tops of the hills, fully exposed to the sun and air. 

 But the subsoil is a stiff clay retentive of moisture. These 

 localities will, I fear, be always subject to rot, and yet the 

 vineyards will be found more profitable than any other crop. 

 To persons having a porous soil, I would recommend the cul- 

 tivation of the Herbemont grape. It is a fine grape, both for 

 the table and for wine, and perfectly hardy. It makes wine 

 of superior quality, similar to the Spanish Manzanilla, or 

 Mansinaella, as it is generally pronounced. This grape has a 

 soft pulp, and resembles the best foreign table grapes. Lick 

 Run, in our immediate vicinity, will make one of the most 

 beautiful rural spots in the world. It will soon be a continu- 

 ous line of vineyards. I wish some of our poets would visit 

 it in May or June, and give it a more beautiful and appro- 

 priate name. They may rack their brains for months, and 

 not find one worthy of the scene. It is different on Mount 

 Adams, which is in a double sense in connection with the 

 heavens its height and proximity to the great Telescope of 



