56 MT VINE YARD. 



ARRIVING AT A CONCLUSION. 



On carefully summing up all tlie results, the conclusions 

 arrived at were, that the Clinton was not a desirable grape 

 for my locality ; that deep trenching and a heavy applica- 

 tion of manure was not only unnecessary, but injurious to 

 the production of grapes in soil like mine ; that under- 

 draining was a necessity where the soil inclined to be 

 wet ; and that the Isabella and Catawba were the most 

 desirable varieties. Basing a plan of operations upon 

 these conclusions, I proceeded to carry it into practice. 

 How this was done, and the results which came of it, will 

 be recorded in the succeeding chapter. 



I may state here that while engaged in my first experi- 

 ence in grape culture, I read with care all that appeared 

 in the papers \ypon the subject, being now better able to 

 understand what was said than I had been before having 

 even a limited practical experience. Conversation was 

 also entered into with any person I chanced to meet who 

 had any knowledge of the subject, either from experience 

 or observation. In this way almost as much was added 

 to my knowledge of ^rape culture as had been done by 

 four years' of experience. 



