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but, early in April, they should be uncovered and set up- 
right. _ By this treatment they will produce one crop of fruit 
early 1 in 1 the summer, ahd another in September or October. 
GRAPES. 
Of all the fruits cultivated in the United States, there is 
none more generally esteemed than the Grape yet, in the 
middle and northern states, this fruit is seldom met with in 
perfection but in cities. The proprietor having attended 
particularly to the cultivation of the Grape for nearly twenty 
‘years past, can confidently assure those who wish to have this 
fruit in perfection, that they may depend on their vines pro- 
ducing well if they wil! attend to the following directions ; for 
aithough a season may sometimes occur when the cold ‘and 
wet will retard the ripening of the fruit, yet even in the worst 
seasons a tolerable crop may be calculated on. 
There are two causes why the cultivation of the vine has 
mot been successful in the country, attention to. which is in- 
dispensably necessary ; the first is the proper selection of 
those kinds which are suitable to the climate, and which 
come to perfection by the middle or end of September; the 
second 1s the want of attention to the culture requisite for 
ripening the wood, which in cities is effected by the dry warm 
air with little or no care, but in the country, art and attention 
are required to produce the desired effect. I have, there- 
fore, given the following list of Grapes, with brief descrip- 
tions of their qualities, “ec. and by reference to page 30, it 
rill be found which are suitable for the country, and which 
will only succeed in the city, er in Grape houses roofed with 
glass. 
1. Raisin prrécoce de la Madeleine.—This Grape has small 
bunches, the berries are also small, and of a dark violet co- 
lour, of inferior flavour, and principally desirable for their 
early maturity; ripens in August. 
2. Early White Muscadine, or Summer Sweet Water.— 
This is a round Grape, with a thin skin, and of a delicate fla- 
your. It isa great bearer, and resembles the White Sweet 
Water in almost every respect, except that it ripens much 
earlier, being usually in perfection from the 20th to the end 
of gee tte 
July Grape, Early Black Cluster, or Morillon noir in 
tif. “This is a small round fruit, of pleasant flavour, and 
grows in very compact bunches; it isa good healt and 
ripens in siete 
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