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vines which I planted six years since, are now five 

 inches in circumference, and have borne abundantly 

 for three years past I have made wine from them 

 of superior quality, and have kept some of the fruit 

 until April. 



In March 25th, 1853, I planted in the District of 

 Columbia, on land which I purchased, about^ two 

 hundred Isabella and Catawba vines which I 

 carried from Connecticut, in a similar manner to 

 the foregoing, and in a few weeks many of them 

 had set for fruit. An enterprising gentleman from 

 New York purchased a lot adjoining, and planted 

 about eleven hundred scrape roots, principally of 

 the Catawba, with the Ltention ol raising gripes 

 for the northern markets. My small thrifty vine- 

 yard soon brought me a purchaser for the place, at 

 a pretty fair advance. 



BY CUTTINGS. 



The following is copied from an excellent work 

 on the grape, written a few years since by Mr. A. 

 Spooner of Long Island, and contains plain and 

 sensible directions which can be safely followed. 



" Any well ripened wood of the last year's growth 

 is good for a cutting, but the nearer it is to the old 

 wood, the more likely it will be to succeed, and 

 even if a small piece of the old wood remains, it 

 will be all the better. A cutting should embrace 

 three or more buds, and should be taken from the 

 plant before the circulation of the sap commencesj 



