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bushes standing near, will usually invite away the 

 ugly pests. A large green worm is occasionally 

 found depredating on the vine, as well as on other 

 plants. It can readily be detected by its small black 

 droppings on the ground underneath, and should 

 be summarily dispatched. Reliable horticulturists 

 advise to cover the whole surface of the vineyard, 

 with shavings, spent tan, leaves and twigs of the 

 vine, to prevent ravages of insects and disease of 

 the fruit. Nature indeed, seems to indicate the 

 leaves as the natural manure and protection for the 

 roots of all plants. This we see abundantly ex- 

 emplified, in the warm clothing which annually 

 covers the roots of onr forest trees, and without 

 which they would make but a stinted growth. The 

 vine is so remarkably healthy, and of such luxu- 

 riant ^owth, in any proper soil, that diseases of its 

 roots Ee almost unknown in this country. 



WINE MAKING, 



" Oh for a draught of vintage, that hath been 

 Cooled a long age in the deep-delv'd earth." 



No uncommon skill is requisite in making good 

 wine from grapes, and several other kinds of fruit. 

 In New England where the people are so noted for 

 all domesti! comforts and conveniences of life, 

 almost every family raises some kind of fruit, from 

 which they can manufacture excellent wine with 

 but little trouble or expense ; and in sickness or 

 debility, where stimulus is proper to be administered, 



