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Early Bearing o.nil Maturity, at the South. — At llie 
West, (in Ohio and elsewhere) the Vines only begin to 
bear a lew Grapes the third year ; and, if well managed, 
from the sivth year onwards, will average from 300 to 400 
gallons of wine per acre. In the South, we can easily get 
mte thou mud (WOO) gallons of wine per acre, the 
full vintners of Ohio and other States, only claiming for 
our own favored region, those natural advantages which 
it so obviously possesses ] 
Invitation to the Vineyards of Mr. A:ct. — Mr. A. states 
that he has not yet had the good fortune to see, in this 
section, a Vineyard well and properly planted, trimmed 
year after planting the cuttings; and. under favorable cir- j and managed ; especially with reference to the peculiari- 
cunastances, from the 5th year, onwards, each acre will j ties of our soils and climate. He is, therefore, willing to 
average from 2000 to 2500 gallons of pure unadulterated j throw open to public inspection the Vineyards now un- 
wine. In Ohio, one good vine-dresser can attend to Jive j der his direction at different places in the South. In 
acres; while, in the South, from the increased length of j Wilkes Co., Ga , he has 1, 2 and 4 year old Vineyards — 
the season and additional time to do the work, the same j the latter m full bearing. In Whitfield Co., (near Dalton, 
hand can easily manage acres — both, of course, need- 1 Ga ) 2 and 3 year old Vineyards — the latter in bearing, 
ing much additional help at the gathering time and vint- i In Montgomery and Autauga counties, Alabama, 2 year 
age. j old Vineyards, bearing Jiiieiy — an additional proof that 
Superior Climate of the South.— Ohio and other West- * climate of even the far South is perfectly adapted to 
ern States are liable to many disasters from the fickleness ! growth and early productiveness of the Grape, 
and variableness of the weather; it being often too wet, i persons who take any interest in the Grape enter- 
too cold, too damp, foggy, &c., &c., to say nothing of: cordially invited to visit any or all of these Vine- 
various other mishaps ; causing a loss nearly every year . in the latter part of August of the present year 
of half the crop. In fact, a fine, warm, sunny summer is ! witness tne gathering ot the Grapes, the mak- 
indispensably necessary, at the West, to make a good crop | of the Wine, &c. With the Vines and the Grapes be- 
of Grapes, and a finely flavored Wine. For instance, the ! ^ore them, Mr. Axt will be better able to give his visitors 
year 1653 produced a very superior crop, and the vint- 1 satisfactory explanations on the subject, and to remove 
age of that season is still deservedly esteemed; but, neith- ! ll'cir minds al! prejudice, doubt and misapprehen- 
er at the West or in Europe can they depend on such a I ®'on. His Grapes being in perfection, he will, he hopes, 
season more than once in ten years. In the unfavorable ! enabled to satisfy the palate as well as the eye and the 
years, the Wine is generally too rough and sotir to drink j .i^^^gment of all who may avail themselves of his invita 
in ns natural state, and it is, therefore, necessary to add 
sugar to produce what is known as Champagne or 
“Sparkling Wine.” This popular drink is very pleasant, 
palatable, and not particularly injurious; but'in point of 
purity or healthfulness it does not rank with the perfectly 
pure “Still Wines” before alluded to. We, of the South, 
tation. He will, also, be happy hereafter to answer, 
through the columns of this journal, all inrptiries on this 
subject, and solicits the views and opinions of all intelli- 
gent and experienced Grape Growers throughout the South. 
[^^"Editors favorable to the successful development of 
this new and important source of profit to the South, are 
are exempt from all climatic disasters— the only contin- '’espectfully requested to make an abstract of, or copy the 
gency being a frost in May, or a hail storm during the | 
period of fruiting. The summer weather of the South 
always favorable to the Grape, and we are, therefore, able I 
to make, every year, a full, heavy crop, allowing the | 
bunches to hang on the vines until they are fully ma- j 
tured — an indispensable requisite to the makins: of ! 
good Wine, 
to pick the 
pomological meeting. 
All who feel an interest in Southern Fruit Culture .are re- 
quested to meet at Athens, Ga., on V~ed nesdnit/, Aoo-uat f>. 
1856 — during College Commencement Week— and to bring 
specimens of the best and rarest ripe Fruit (especially 
At the West, the vintner is often forced Si’tithern Seedlings] and such Fruit Buds (carefully packed) 
Grapes before they are fully ripe, ow- I An effort 
^ ^ \ will lie made to establish a Pomological Society on a perma- 
ing to decay commencing. By allowing our Grapes | attendance is urged upon } all Tlorti 
to attain full perfection on the vine, we can produce j culturists and Fruit Growers. 
Wine equal or superior to the very finest imported 
and such Wine, if “made” into a Sparkling Champagne, 
will be mild, fruity, entirely free from roughness, and al- 
together unrivalled by any in the world. 
General P roposiliojis — From the facts above stated, 
any person acquainted, by travel and observation, with 
the different climates and modes of Grape culture in this 
and foreign countries, will readily admit that if the South, 
with her cheap land and slave labor — her unrivalled, cli- 
A NEV/ SOUTHEEN FEUIT. 
Several of our fiends have recently sent us specimens 
of the Aoialauchier Canadensis, generally called “Cur- 
rant,” “May Cherry,” “Shad Berry,” &c.; and we are 
indebted to H. W. R.avenki,, E.sq , of Aiken, So. Ca., for 
a full botanical description of the different varieties of this 
valuable filant, which description will appear in our 
next. The Amnlanchier is a decided acquisition, and well 
mate, good soils, wealth, &c., &c., will only enter upon ! deserves th.e attention of horticulturist.^ iuid pomologists. 
and prosecute vigorously the culture of Grape and Wine | 
Alakin g, she will, in 30 or 40 years hence, control the . , , • j j 'i - 
Wine marke.s of ihe world, as she now does the Cotton I 
To CoRRESPO.vDENTs. — Articles, bearing tlie following 
market ; and that, too, without any serious detriment to i 
ihe production of the latter— for the Grape has been and j p 
can be easily and successfully grown upon our exhausted 
cotton fields and old waste lands, by proper preparation 
at first and a slight annua! manuring afterwards. Indeed, 
we ca n afford to make Wine in the South at 50 cents per 
gallon , and then realize more money than from almost any | T 
other crop. In Ohio, however, owing to the uncerta/miy ” 
of the crop and the comparatively smollyield, such a price 
would not be sufficiently remunerative to hold out in- 
duceme nts for men of enterprize to engage in the biisine.ss. 
fin mak ing the foregoing comparisons between the West 
and the South, no invidiousness is intended. We cheer- 
jully a ward the highest credit to the enterprizing and skil- 
tion and insertion ; 
Felix — D. E. Palmer — Jefferson — J. C. Thompson — J. 
Enquirer — L S. Gush -A. T. Sherrill— Texas Jn- 
qnirer-^Daniel Harrist — Subscrilier — F. — J. F. M. — S. 
H. Gibbons— H R Lott-Old OVerseer-L. H. Hall--VVm. 
Sproul — D. F. B — A Snbscrilier — E. W. Rnsha — Esse-x 
W. H. Roane — F. Hovey — Judas — 
J. L G. — J. 31. Parks, &,c. 
Several Communications, and much other matter in 
type for present nnmner, i.>i nna voidably deferred. 
White LAGERSTRm.MiA. — A lady friend wishes to obtain 
some plants of the White La.gerstrmniia, or Crape I\lyrtle, 
Have any of our readers such a plant ] If not, can they 
direct us where to obtain it] 
