216 THE CULTURE OF THE -GRAPE. 



the scions, . first removing the loose bark ; the holes 

 should be two or three inches in dej)th, and the scions 

 should fit accurately. I have never known them fail to 

 grow. Old kinds may thus be changed in two years. 

 If the operation is performed so late in the season, that 

 the root shows a disposition to bleed, grafting cement 

 must be used. The holes should be in the direction of 

 the grain of the wood. I have never known this method 

 fail, and I have never succeeded with any other, though 

 I have frequently tried both cleft and split grafting." 



Amos Goodwin. 



Mr. Charles E. Grant, of Eoxbury, who has produced 

 very beautiful Isabella grapes, informs me, that the vine 

 which bore them, is situated at the south of his house, 

 and is trained on a trellis. The soil is that thrown out 

 by digging for the cellar, previous to building the house; 

 it is a clayey loam ; this was enriched by the addition of 

 stable manure, old leather, &c., and immediately under 

 ■where the vine was planted, about ten pounds of glue, 

 which had been damaged, was placed, and covered with 

 soil. Mr. Grant is particular in limiting the crop, cut- 

 ting away, freely, the bunches, and thinning the berries 

 also. The spur-pruning is followed. 



The following account of the vineyards in Pennsylva- 

 nia was furnished me, at my request, by H. W. S. Cleve- 

 land, Esq., who obtained the information from the best 

 authority, one of the largest cultivators of Eeading : — 



" On the mountains in the vicinity of Eeading, Penn- 

 sylvania, the grape is extensively cultivated by the Ger- 



