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. ESSAY . ■ 
ON THE CUITUEE OF THE VINE. 
By the Reverend JOHNS. JOHmOJV. 
T^HE regions of the earth, favorable to the 
growth of the vine, extend, according to some, for- 
ty-nine degrees; according to others, from the 
twenty.fifth to the forty.ninth degree, on both sides 
of the equator. In either case, the United States, 
lying between the thirty-first and forty-seventh de«» 
gree, is wholly included within the vinous latitude. 
This fact, as it opens a most agreeable prospect^ 
ought to prompt and encourage American husband¬ 
men to make careful, repeated, persevering attempts 
to introduce and cultivate the heart-cheering grape. 
The first object which naturally suggests itself 
to the man, who wishes to bring to perfection the 
culture of the vine, is the situation and soil most 
proper for a vineyard. Every sound judgment will 
immediately declare in favor of an airy and sunny 
situation. Grounds, gently declining ; the sides of 
hills and mountains which have a southern exposure, 
ought to be preferred. It is said, the higher the 
vineyard, the richer the vine. The shelter of a 
good fence, or thick grove, to the north, should also 
be sought, in order to assuage the keenness of the 
winds from that quarter. 
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