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a matter of chance : we are just as apt to kill 

 as cure. 



In selecting a site for a vineyard, wherein no 

 inconsiderable capital must necessarily be em- 

 ployed, prudence would suggest that we seek 

 the advice of some experienced Mend, whose 

 practiced eye would quickly detect most of the 

 conditions which are favorable or unfavorable 

 to the successful growth of the vine. We 

 have received many letters, asking whether 

 some particular spot is adapted to the grape, 

 to which we have but one reply: the con- 

 ditions can only be safely determined on the 

 spot ; and it should not be concealed, that in 

 some cases, even where the best judgment has 

 been exercised, hidden local causes will operate 

 to defeat in a measure our purpose. 



Exposure. Having thus briefly treated of 

 the location, we pass next to the subject of ex- 

 posure, by which is meant the aspect which the 

 vineyard should have in reference to the points 

 of the compass. On this point some diversity 

 of opinion exists among practical men, owing, 

 no doubt, to the fact that good grapes have 

 been grown in various exposures. There is a 

 pretty general agreement, however, that a south- 



