48 THE VINEYARD. 
into a declined state, replace it with one of the same, or some other 
good kind. Never propagate from a sickly tree, if you can well 
avoid it; for its disorder will be carried with the buds or grafts, and 
in all probability will ultimately work their destruction. 
For the method of propagating fruit trees, &c. by budding or 
inoculation, see the Nursery in July. 
THE VINEYARD. 
An infant institution of such important national utility as the 
cultivation of the Vine, merits the attention and support of every 
lover of his country. The practicability of producing Wine, in the 
United states, cannot be doubted; the experiment has been made 
successfully, in Pennsylvania, Kentucky, and South-Carolina: no- 
thing is now wanting, btit the liberal and spirited exertions of the 
citizens to carry it to such perfection, especially in the middle and 
southern states; as in the course of a few years, to produce a suffi- 
cient supply for home consumption, and in time, a large quantity 
for exportation. 
Work to be done in the Vineyard. 
In severe weather, when other work cannot be performed, pre- 
pare poles for the support of the vines; these, for sake of durability, 
ought to be made of red cedar, white oak, or chesnut, split and 
seasoned, and to.be made one inch and a half, or two inches square, 
and six and a half, or seven feet long; pointed at the lower end, and 
if that part which is to be inserted in the ground, and about three 
inches above it, say fifteen inches, be dipped in boiling pitch, it 
will be of considerable advantage; if this is not convenient, let that 
part be slightly scorched in the fire, which will prevent their rot- 
ting, so soon as they otherwise would. Round poles, such as are 
used for hoops, of about two inches diameter will do, but these soon 
rot, and will require to be replaced every two or three years; when 
the former would last, if made of the heart of well grown timber, 
fifteen or twenty years. Sticks of four or five feet long, may also be 
made, for the purpose of supporting young vines, during the first 
and second years of their growth; after which they are to be taken 
away to answer a similar purpose, and replaced with the tall poles; 
those may be made one inch and a quarter square, pointed, and 
dipped in pitch as above. 
You may also at this season cart manure into the vineyard, and 
spread it as directed in February, repair old fences, and prepare 
posts and rails, or boards, for new ones; examine your ploughs, har- 
rows, spades, shovels, hoes, mattocks, and all your other tools, and have 
such as need it repaired; purchase any new tools that may be want- 
ed, and have all your necessaries in readiness for the opening of the 
spring. 
