78 FRUIT GARDEN. 
vineyards are on the sides and tops of the hills, fully exposed 
to the sun and air. But the sub-soil is a stiff clay, reten- 
tive of moisture. These localities: will, I fear, be always 
subject to rot, and yet the vineyards will be found. more 
profitable than any other crop.’ To persons haying a porous 
soil, I would recommend the cultivation of the Herbemont 
grape. It ig a fine grape both for the table and for wine, 
and perfectly hardy, It makes wine of superior quality, 
similar to the Spanish Manzanilla, or Mansinzella, as it is 
generally pronounced., This grape has a soft pulp, and re- 
sembles the best foreign table grapes. Lick Run, in our 
immediate ‘vicinity, will make one of the most beautiful 
rural spots in the world. It will soon be a continuous line 
of vineyards. I wish some of our poets would visit it in 
May or June, and give it a more beautiful and appropriate 
name, They may rack their brains for months, and not 
find one worthy of the scene. It is different on Mount Ad- 
ams, which is;in a double sense in connection with the 
heavens—its height and proximity to the great Telescope 
of Professor Mitchel. The highest street is called Celes- 
tial Street. Commanding as the view is, the name surely 
equals it. 
“T have just returned from a visit to the vineyard of 
Mr. Langdon, on the bottom of the Little Miami, eight 
miles above the city, in a sandy soil. That porous soil ,is 
not subject to the rot in grapes is exemplified here. His 
misfortune is, in fact, too large a crop of fruit, an unusual 
complaint this season. Yet he will have a poor vintage, 
arising from two causes, which prevent the fruit from ripen- 
ing. The first and least cause is too much fruit, from leay- 
ing too much bearing wood, There was more than the 
vine could give a supply of sap for, in a favorable season. 
The second and great cause is the same as at the vineyard 
