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vines a small yard, (about 40 feet by 60) and, la 
their 5lh or 6th year, the grapes, which they pro¬ 
duced, were worth, at 2s, the pound, 200 dollars. 
Speedily to whom frequent reference has been 
made, says that a single vine near Ilford, in Essex, 
had, when the grapes sold for 5s sterling the pound, 
produced about 100, annually. In Albany and 
New York they are generally sold from 2s, to 2s^ 
the pound. If the quantity were increased twenty- 
fold, the price would not probably fall below fifty 
per cent. From these flicts, you may be able to 
form a probable estimate of the yearly income, 
which a single acre of fruitful and well cultivated 
vines would produce. At a moderate calculation, 
it would exceed 600 dollars. That those who re¬ 
side at a great distance from any city, may not, on 
that account, be deterred from pursuing this agree¬ 
able and profitable branch of husbandry, I am hap¬ 
py to mention, for their encouragement, that grapes 
put up in dry saw-dust or dry bran (gathered pro¬ 
bably before they are quite ripe) are imported from 
Europe into this country ; and that 1 have seen 
them in New-York in a state of great preservation. 
So that the vine*dresser might send his fruit to any 
part of the United State—to British America—to 
the West-Indies—and to other quarters of the 
globe. Btside, if he chose, he might turn his at¬ 
tention to the making and selling of wine. And it 
is almost certain, that it would be much more grate¬ 
ful and salutary, than li large portion of the mix^ 
tiire, which goes by that name, but which has been 
