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Queries And Notes On Grape Culture

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Day
22
Month
January
Year
1864
Copyright
Public Domain
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ïlte flklupi gtgH i ne gtettt mserest which has been av.akci.,1.! !n grapo culture, immifcsts itfolf, tummg oíl.er vrftys, i.i he numerous letters uf iujuiry scDt to tbü AgricuUuruit. 01110 uf the wrhera will üud that their ques ioHs aro alrt-adv antiuipated iu jrevious nuujbors; ctijeryaro replied to iu tlid prcesiit art i ele. It nay be well to stftto, in passng, that lbo demaud for vinca duriiig the past Auturuu has been unpreeedeiitèdly largo, aijd suany oí tho narseriee arj RJrcadj exhaasted of sotuo vurieu.3. It will bo v?oll for thosa who Btend to plaut nest tpring, to seud t'ceir o: dera to the uuisen ïnon at oppe, - Severa! huvo requeeted a list of the tiina ' ï fcipeuuig of tho leading varieties. It fs nct possfble to givo dates whiub will anscr for a!l regions, but wo ñama tbose of a sipglo looaiity ne:ir the City of New York, reinarkmg tbaí thig ia only for tlio p-.-.bt ycar, and tbat its only vaiue fe !n giving t!c comparativo tiqje of ihe diferent soris: (Crevslíng in Penn., dug.25;) Haitford Prolifio, Aug, 25, totíert. 1; Dekware, Sept. 1- 10; Alleu'd IlybliJ, Sept. 1 - 10; Concord, Sept. ÏÜ- 15; Ca'awbn, Sept. 15-20; I m.a, Sept. 15-20; Diana, Sept. 15- L0; Elsu;b:irgh, Sept, 20; Uuion Village, S4JH, 20- L5 ; Anna, Oet. 1 ; Herbemont, 'Oet. 1-10. These dates are geoerally earlier than those at a short distases Nortb, aud some oí" thera w later iLa.n ■ havo ..been publiihed. We a:e askcd to ní.uie asi early grape whieh will sel.l as welias the later ones. Tbo t-ailic-'st roliabio grapa we havo is the Ha:t;'öttF IT,oHfi.V, büt there aro others of great' troraise; w"hio!i are yet to be tested iu geueral cuhivation. The Öreïoling :iud Israella have in eert'iia looalitits shown tliat they have claims to an exteiided trial, but as yet tliey havo not been suSieiently proved to induce us to recommeod them for geueral plantiiig for marketing. The inqiiiry 3 made, if tender foreign grupos may be made juore hnrdy by grafting upon uative stocks. Doubtlesa those varietiea whicb havo bardy wood and tender roots may be benefited by this treatmeut, but the rigor of our Winters is gueh that tha hardiest of tho foreign grapes will succeed oniy in very sbeltered localitiea. A subscriber in Kentuoky, asks for a list oí w'iue grapes for bis State. Norton's Virginia, Cassidy, Louisiana, and Concord, are among rhe prominent sorts growu in Missouri, and would probably . answer for Ken tucky. The statisties he asks, are not in our

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