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also, and wherein we differ freely stated, the reader can 

 select for his own adoption, that system which recom- 

 mends itself as the best to his mind. 



This treatise is not offered to the public as containing 

 anything new, but simply as recommending a plan which 

 has operated well with thp author ; it is intended as a 

 guide to the person entirely unacquainted with the grape 

 culture, and for the benefit more especially of those liv- 

 ing remotfrfrora cities, in newly settled places. This will 

 explain, why matters, which appear to the experienced 

 of small account, have been so particularly noticed ; it 

 has given occasion to some repetition also, but I thought 

 it best to err on this side, than that there should be any 

 want of plain explanation of my meaning. Eules have 

 been given for the propagation of the vine, the planting 

 out, pruning, training, and other routine duties. 



Views of grape-houses, with minute descriptions of the 

 manner of building and warming them, and every little 

 matter which could be supposed to occur to one unaccus- 

 tomed to the subject, have been added. 



The subject of soils and manures has received the 

 largest share of attention ; pruning and training, when 

 compared with the above, are secondary affairs, as the 

 vine, if well located, in suitable compost, will do well 

 under any system judiciously practiced. In treating 

 these matters, I have endeavored to keep distinct the sub- 

 jects of compost for the border of the grape-house, and 

 the soil suitable for the vineyard. I have not alwayj 



