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Introduction, »,...•• 5 



Soil and location for the -vine, *7 



Propagating, and planting, • • • • ^ 



by layers, 10 



from the root, 10 



by cuttings,.* •*••• ••• 12 



Grafting the vine, • ^^ 



Manuring and culture, * ^"^ 



Pruning the vine, • ..,♦...♦* 19 



Disease, insects, &c., * • '^^ 



Wine naakine:* ♦..,,.... ..27 



^ine from t'e grape, ^8 



Fermentation of wine, f • .32 



Wine from grape leaves, 36 



Fining of wine, • 37 



Profits of the vineyard, ..........39 



Temperance — Health fulness of the grape, 45 



Varieties for the north, *>^ 



Vineyards in the United States, • • -59 



Foreign vineyards,. ..,..,,..... « o6 



Durability and fruitfulness of the vine, *^^ 



Blackberry wine, ......74 



Blackberry syrup, • 75 



English cherry wine, .........*.* 76 



Currant wine • • • .76 



Elderberry wine, •*^'^ 



Whortleberry wme, • '° 



Strawberry wme, • • • '^ 



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Tomato wine, * • ' ^ 



To improve poor wine, - • • ^^ 



Elderberry syrup, ••• ...ou 



Strawberry, grape and currant jellyj. • • • * • » . .81 



To make raisins, • • • « * -82 



To keep grapes fresh in winter, • .83 



