88 THE CULTURE OF THE GRAPE. 



made, M-hicli bad been well inannred for several years, 

 the other half was coarse manure from a barn-yard, 

 where horses and oxen were kept; all the litter, and 

 pieces of cornstalks, (Indian corn,) were mixed with ft, 

 and it was considered very coarse for the purpose ; the 

 depth of the soil was about eighteen inches, and the 

 bottom covered with rocks, as the situation was a wet 

 one. 



I have ■ frequently suffered vines of the Black Ham- 

 burgh, "White and Grizzly Frontignan, Zinfindal, and 

 other sorts, to bear fruit the second year from the eye, 

 and have exhibited bunches of the last named variety at 

 the rooms of the Massachusetts Horticultural Society, 

 thus grown, which have weighed between two and three 

 pounds. Vinos from Europe, after growing one season 

 only, have also been fruited, when it has been particularly 

 desired to prove the correctness of the plant. But, in 

 almost every instance, the vines have been injured hj it ; 

 the imported ones the most so. 



The border he recommends, should be prepared in a 

 different manner from that advised by myself. But it 

 must be remembered, that, although we have more rain 

 in this country than they have in England, yet the "wet, 

 c'oudy, and foggy weather there is very much greater 

 than in the "United States of America ; (the foggy wea- 

 ther in the province of N^ew Brunswick undoubtedly 

 approaches that of England more nearly). Therefore, 

 is of questionable utility, the plan of main and cross 

 drains. In America, the proportion of bright sunshiny 

 days is much greater, also, than in England, producing 



