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SOUTHERN CULTIVATOR. 
A BEAUTIFUL GRAPERY ! 
Odr native American Grapes are now generally admit- 
ted to be one of the surest and most profitable fruit crops that 
can be raised ; and, accordingly, we find that among the 
enterprising and zealous horticulturists of the North, great 
attention has been devoted to their culture and propaga- 
tion, within the past four or five years. We know ama- 
teurs who have now over 100 native varieties on trial, 
and several gentlemen who are regularly in the business, 
cultivate 50 or 60 native sorts for sale. The writer has 
nearly 100 varieties (mostly native) growing at “Vine- 
land,” (near Augusta) and hopes next season, to begin to 
test their comparative merits for the table, for wine, adap 
tation to the climate productive quality, &c., &c. Any 
of our friends or subscribers who may have new seedling 
Grapes of Southern origin, or fine, rark sorts, of especial 
merit, that are generally prodociive and free from disease, 
will confer an especial favor by send ng us descriptions 
and cuttings, or roots, the coming November or Decem- 
ber. Of course, this request does not include any of the 
well-known leading varieties, sui-h as Catawba, Isabella, 
Warren, Pauline, Lenior, Scuppernong, Deveieux, Cape, 
&c., &c.,all of which we now have, with many more that 
“promise well.” 
The Genesee Farvier, of Rochester, N Y., in noticing 
the beautiful Grapery pictured above, says: 
“One of the be.Nt and most substantial propagating- 
houses we have ever seen has recently been erected in 
this city by Messrs C. P. BissCl & Salter, of the E vst 
Avenue Nurseries It is 105 feet long, 24 feet wide, and 
is fitted up in most superior style, with a complete set of 
flues, hot-water pipes, and propagating tanks; the whole 
costing about S'3, 000. It is now principally devoted to 
the propagation of hardy native grape vines, embracing 
all the new and most valuable varieties ; their collection 
numbering upwards of fifty sorts. 
“We have great pleasure in presenting our readers 
tviih an excellent engraving of this model propagating- 
house. It is well worthy of a visit. Messrs B. & S. are 
I experienced fruit growers, and well deserve the patron- 
age they enjoy. They take great pains to test every 
new variety of grape, and recommend none that will not 
be found worthy of culivation. They are gentlemen of 
great skill, intelligence, and reliability; and we cannot 
but rejoice in this new evidence of their prosperity.” 
Messrs. Bissell & Salter, in their Catalogue, remark: 
“ In these houses we have, during the past winter, 
(1858-9) grown with great snccess those most celebrated 
new and rare foreign varieties of vines, the Bowood Mus- 
cat, the Golden Hamburg, and the Muscat Hamburg. The 
notices which we have received from those editors and 
others, to whom we have sent the fruit, have been most 
highly complimentary.” 
For the benefit of our (Southern) readers, we would re- 
mark that many of the fine foreign sorts that are neces- 
sarily grown under glass at the North, can be successful- 
ly raised in the open air at the South, especially if grafted 
upon hardy native roots, and that in this highly favored 
clime we have every possible encouragement to prosecute 
the culture of the Grape wiMi unflagging zeal and perse- 
verance. 
We had the fileasure, notj long since, of visiting the 
splendid Vineyard of Senator Hammond, of South Caro- 
lina (at “Redcliffe ’) and were dtligh'ed with its luxuriant 
growth and fine appearance. In addition to the leading 
native varieties. Senator Hammond has, undoubtedly, the 
finest and most comph te collection (between four and five 
hundred varieties) of foreign Grapes, in the South, or the 
Union. These were collected in France by Prof. Ham- 
mond, and are all growing vigorously. We see little dif- 
ference, thus far, between those ^rafted on native stocks 
and others on their own roofs, but the former will, un- 
questionably, bear our climate better and prove longer 
lived. 
Upon this especial subject of graf'ing Foreign Grapes 
upon Native roots, we will, in onr ne,xt, publish the very 
remarkable statements of Hon A G Semmes, of Florida, 
from Allen’s work on Grape Culture, D. R. 
