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With respect to i\\Qgreat age, to which the vine: 
may, under the most favorable circumstances of 
soil, climate and cultivation, attain, the same au¬ 
thor mentions one, at Northallerton, in Yorkshire, 
supposed to be 150 years old, and which once co¬ 
vered a space containing 137 square yards, (p. 242.) 
He mentions also, from Millar’s Gardiner’s Dic¬ 
tionary, that the vineyards, in some parts of Italy, 
will bold good above 300 years ; those of 100 years 
being called young. He adds also, that Pliny knew 
a vine in his time, which had arrived to the pro¬ 
digious age of 600 years, (p. 235.) From this mass 
of surprizing evidence, it is extremely probable, 
that vineyards in this country, planted in the most 
friendly soil, favored by eligible situations, and 
iiurtiired v/ith tender care, would probably be coe¬ 
val, at least, with a century. How far, in this res¬ 
pect, does the vine surpass the various species of 
stone fruit known among us ; which, as the peach, 
generally decay within a fourth part of that peri¬ 
od ! and how profitable, on this account, its cuiti^ 
vation i 
I PROCEED now, to form an estimate of the pe¬ 
cuniary advantages which, a well cultivated vine¬ 
yard, may be expected annually to afford ; but here 
I must regret the want of sufficient data, to make 
an accurate calculation. However, from the facts 
which have occasionally come to my knowledge, I 
am persuaded that the profit must be very great. A 
gentleman in the city of New^York, planted with 
