CULTIVATION of the VINE, 



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The white Frontiulac, 

 The malmfev Muicat, 



The black Damafk, 



licat, Tlie Chicanti of Italy, which 



The claret Grape of Bourdeaux, makes a rich wine much 

 The white Oporto, 



The black Oporto, 



admired in Italy. 



All the abovementioncd forts will do well In South-Ca- 

 rolinn, and in the colonics Hill farther fouth. To which 

 I fhall add the following forts, as being ftill more tender 

 and later ripe. 



M 



Raifin Grape, 

 ae red Mufcat 



Mai 



The white Mufcat of 



ga Alexandria, 



The gros Noir of Spain, 



exan- The St. Peter's Grape, 

 dria, 



In many parts of Virginia, North and South-Carolina, 

 and in Georgia, the foil is chiefly a hot dry fand, and what 

 ftrength nature afforded has been exhaufted by tobacco, 

 Indian corn, rice, &c. However thefe grounds, where 

 theylie near to rivers and creeks, may eafily be recruited- 

 for thefe rivers abound with rich mud, which is the bell 

 kind of manure for fuch lands, and it would be no orcat 

 expence to procure a fufRcient quantity of it to cover a 

 piece of ground large enough for a vineyard, efpecially if 

 it be confidered, what a number of hands the gentlemen 

 of thefe countries have, who might be employed at fuch 

 times, when other bufinefs is not very urgent; But then 

 this mud mufl lie fome time upon the ground, before it 

 be mixed with the foil, at leaft a fummer and a winter- 

 foratfirft it will bake very hard, and be very crude; but the 

 winds, dews, rains andfrofls, with the help of the Sun, will 

 fwecten, mellow, and bring it into a proper temper. Tlien 

 it mufl be equally fpread and w^ell mixed with the foil. 

 Thus may the land be recruited, and kept in pood heart' 



from time to time, and from a barren ufelcfs piece of 

 ground it may become profitable both to the owner and 

 his country. 



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