A practical treatise on the culture and treatment of the grape vine: embracing its history, with directions for its treatment, in the United States of America, in the open air, and under glass structures, with and without artificial heat . y, under proper management,and is favorably situated, is remarkably large ; two buncheson a spur may be allowed to ripen; the berries do not requirethe thinning that foreign ones do ; the small ones only shouldbe cut out. When gathered in perfectly dry weather, and put away ina cool place, just above the freezing point, and packed in lay-ers of cotton, they
A practical treatise on the culture and treatment of the grape vine: embracing its history, with directions for its treatment, in the United States of America, in the open air, and under glass structures, with and without artificial heat . y, under proper management,and is favorably situated, is remarkably large ; two buncheson a spur may be allowed to ripen; the berries do not requirethe thinning that foreign ones do ; the small ones only shouldbe cut out. When gathered in perfectly dry weather, and put away ina cool place, just above the freezing point, and packed in lay-ers of cotton, they will often keep good until March. Beforepacking, each bunch should be examined, and any defectiveberry cut out. The Catawba will not ripen as far north as Boston. Ponds Seedling is one of the best native varieties; thefruit, however, is but seldom seen, and it is therefore pre-sumed to be a shy bearer. Blands Virginian will not ripen at the north. Elsinburgh is too small to be worthy of cultivation. The Ohio grape is tender, and, at the north, requires thesame protection as foreign kinds ; the bunches are large andlong, but the berries very small. The vineyard cultivation of the native varieties of the 140 THE CULTURE OF THE THE CULTURE OF THE GRAPE. 141 grape, in the United States, is attracting more attentionyearly. On the banks of the Ohio River, the planting is in-creasing rapidly, and, on the hills near Reading, Pa., arevineyards for the purpose of making wine. The first attempt to grow the vine in our western country,to any extent, for the purpose of making wine, is generallycredited to a party of Swiss, who commenced their operationsat Vevay, on the Ohio River. According to Mr. Longworth,it has not been successful. This gentleman is interested inthis culture, and, by statements of his in Downings Fruitsand Fruit Trees of America, he had, in 1845, seventy acresplanted with vines, and divided into fourteen vinej^ards, underthe management of Germans and Swiss. Mr. L
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