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giv^n me reason to thick that a well sheltered situa- 

 tion, with an open exposure to the south, on a level 

 surface, will answer the best purpose in this country. 

 If the season is favorable to the growth of the grape 

 in this country, it will ripen in any exposed situation ; 

 if it is unfavorable, then it seldom ripens in the most 

 favorable aspects ; for it is the spring frost that 

 hurts the young growth and often the blossom of the 

 grape ; and, if a cold moist summer follows, neither 

 the fruit or wood ripens till late in the fall, and if 

 early frost appear, then neither fruit nor wood is 

 properly ripened. The Isabella, and most native 

 grapes, I have noticed to thrive and bear best in 

 towns and cities on trellisses, situated on a southeast 

 aspect, and I have also noticed that the elevated lo- 

 cation of such places have not been so congenial to 

 them as flat bottoms : this may be accounted for by 

 the latter situation being less subject to the influence 

 the sun and air and sudden changes the effects of 

 which are more severely felt on high locations. 



Art. 3. — Prop-g^.c-n of the Grzpe rim. 



There are many methods by which the grape vine 

 is propagated or increased, as by the single eye, the 

 cutting, the layer, and by seed. The most simple 

 and successful, is by cuttings of the young wood, 

 three or four eyes or joints long, which are inserted 

 about half way in the ground, in rows eighteen 

 inches apart, and six inches apart in the rows. The 

 manner of performing the work is to prepare the 

 ground well, by digging, &c, then set a garden line 

 and insert your cuttings regularly by the proper dis- 

 tance, closing the ground well about them with the 

 foot. 



