American watchman and Delaware advertiser. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1822-1828, 1824-12-21
S1805 IS
429 IS
Total profit, exclusive Of labor.
Sl375 s.

ntal proht, exclusive of labor, Sl375 81
With less expense Of labor and trouble than the
same space OF tobacco ground and it is less trouble
TO prepare the wine and have it ready for sale than
tobacco Isl and the labor one acre of vines i, not
OF more value than that of attending three acres OF
corn-the expense OF the stakes to tie the vines to,
frceNed--and where the planter of vineyard has
iand Of his own, he will not have to lay out any mo-
ney tor them
OBSERVATIONS, &c.-This wine was made from
the produce oil two acres of land the produce lin
grapes was upwards Of three hundred bushels. and
upwards OF eight hundred gallons of wine The cut
lungs OF the grape vines sold, off of about four
aeres, TWO OF which had not yet borne fruit The
VINE alone came to S1072 SO, which is upwards NJ
hve hundred dollars profit to the acre-and nv
opinion - that after the vines come fairly into bear
ing (which is generally the fourth year after the
cuttings are planed) The average crop, say for sew
en- years, will be about FIVE hundred gallons Of wine
70 me acre but 1t tho vines well attended to-
there viii be good many grapes on the third wear
AFTER they are planted.
MS year, 1874, was the worst wear for pranes T
ever knew, and others whom have consulted, and
VINO nave attended TO grape vines for upwards Of
twenty years, are OF the same opinion. But such
an occasional missing OF crop I think an ADVANTAGE
70 Inc country, as shows and demonstrates IN the
p.'er Oh vines those that will stand all the vicss-
1.N' ~. MIS- year, my okay, or
Ca'awoa Bland, Madeira, and all the foreign kind
or varieties, persisted; while the SchuyIklI. Mus
eaoei Constantia, or Cape of Good Hone Crane
anu Wor1hlngton bore fair crop; so that, from
'nls circumstance, would recommend to every per :
son VINO may plant vines to have moiety of Ines.
kinos' as believe they will never fail to produce
iair crop, Tor such year as tfis may not haonen|
again IN twenty years. have attended TO grapes
ever since the year 1885, and never knew so MANY
70 perish, which attribute to the cold and wet wea
ther, IN the last week in May and the first week in
June, which caused the blossoms to drop off win.
our inc fruit ever forming or swelling, exccpt the
three varieties aforementioned; and where ,hrr,
was lew late blossoms came, after the first dront
OIL the clusters ard grapes were both imperfect and
inc berries generally cracked and dried up.
for The time to come, | will sell the CUTTINGS of
vines where the various kinds of wine cranes ar.
TAKEN at the following prices any quantity between
twenty and one hundred cuttings, four cents each }.
from one to 1--WE hundred, three and half cents
each from five hundred and upwards three cents
eacn and the Isabella including oil my foreign
KINDS, one dollar the dozen cuttings. Where aoy
person writes for but one kind of wine cranes ii
under one hundred, five cents will be charged, and
Tour cents each if upwards of one hundred are or.
dered. Holm AN w
Georgetown, ID. c. Nor. 18th, 1924.
T. S. am of opinion that, as our wines erow old.
er' no sugar Will be necessary, except in very wet
seasons. But, as we are all quite young in the bv
slness, 1t Will take years to ascertain the fart