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Notes on Vines of the Grape.
from Adlums memoir on the cultivation of the Grapevine in America
published in 1823

page 18  
Towards the middle of June, you should stop the bearing 
branches, leaving 3 eyes above the Bunches, those [illegible]
for bearing the next year, to be stopped about the middle
of July.

Page 32
About 10th October about the best time for pruning these

Page 34
Prune off all weak dangling shoots in May repeat
this every three weeks from 1st May to 1st July.

Page 55
½ oz Isinglass p [per] <s>illegible</s>, proper quantity fining wine

Page 63
1 oz Isinglass or the whites of 18 eggs for 110 gallons

Page 106
In mixing sugar, it is best to put it in before fermentation

Page 124 
Sandy Soils produce fine pure wine

Page 139 
Orwicksburgh - a fine white Grape.

Page 66
A drachm of the Sulphate of Potash to a pipe of [illegible]
sufficient to check fermentation.

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Mr Togne's mode of planting & trimming
described & delineated, American Farmer
Vol. 6 p. 188 - 1824

Scuppernong of No. Carolina - see Calvin Jones
letter - American Farmer Vol. 3 pa - 332 - 3. - and
James G Hall's letter - American Farmer Vol. 9 page 139-140.
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vines light cold [colored] are the proper - dark wood are the
spurious kind.

June 3. 1828 
All the vines grafted last year grow on average at
least 10 feet.  They were cut down to 3 eyes this Spring
and all produced fruit - viz Blue Canaan, White
Spanish Queen & Elsenborough or Salem Grapes.
All the vines mentioned in the last article were frozen to
the Earth in the winter of 1829-30.
        