Constitutional Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1824-1832, 1827-09-19

attentive perusal. The work itself is large, and
scarce and has fallen into the Hands OF veIy
our mos" intelligent agrcutrsts. Copons from
will without doubt, be acceptable 10 M of our readers
VINO take an interest in agriculture especially me
when our crops of wheat, tobacco are
failing TO yield their accustomed profits, encrnisin
farmers are diligently enquiring- employment, of ari-
cultural iG6our and capital eM best re,card HE soulers.
planter and armerP The publication extracts from this
work will probably promote the it, aud thus diase
over our country, lights su9jcc,sof real Importance
EDlroRs.
THE GRAPE-vINE"
The Grape ZINE is ira ling, decduous, hardy shrub
win twisted irregular stem, nd long flexible branches
iaecumben liko those of the bramble Them,
selves when other of tendrils like the
ea,-the lea:es large, obed eutire, Sierra and
downy, snnnth green in summer. hun when r,au,,
'n"se 9" varieties /" which the pedomnaiiu colour
constantly change tuged with of thar
color aud those OF white green, yellow grapes con-
Siantly >hange to yellow, and never in the least
tinged either with purple red, The breadth of
The leaves varies from five ten inches and the
lensh of the foot stalks from four eight inches The
mowers are produced on the shoots OF the year, which
sons generally proceed fom those year preceding:
they are in the form OF raccrne, greenish white collar
AN" fragrant odor appearing III the open in this
t!y tEnss"n III June; and the fruit the berry
hd, attauS SUCH maturity the stua tinn
will admit by tie end Of Srpren,ber The h.,,r
or grape is generally gnhular often ovate obunn
finger haped the colors green white red yellow
and black, variegaon of two these colors
elevated generous flavor. Every berry ought to enclose
five small heart ped stones; thouph as Some
generally fail, they have seldom three and some
varieties they attain certain age, 4seGjon or
SOidand aisin, none The weight berry depends not
only ON its size, hut on the thickness of its skin, the
texture ~ the esh the shtest being The thin skinned
considered large berries of these varieties will weigh from
five penny weights nd measure on, one n two
thirds OF an c giitI good sized of the same
I sorts may weigh hom six pounds. But punches
nave been grown Il" the Syrian grape, in SyTaa weighing
forty p"und and in England weighing 10 nine
teen pounds single vine in large po', grown
dwarf standard in the practiCed in Tie north of
france ordinarily produces from three nine punches;
but by superior management gardens in Enela nd the
number OF punches podgiosly increased plant,
that OF the red Hamburg S0t i'll the winery of the Roual
Gardens at Hampton Court has produced two thousand
two hundred lunches, averaging pound each
nearly ton. That Jdleies IN Isse5 has produced
two thousand lunches of nearly the average weight
me Gge 10 'ctich tie Olne 5G attain climates
he known supposed 10 euua or even
To snrpass that OF the oak. Plny speaks of vine whc
nan existed six hundred years; and Bose there re
vines in BAsndy upwards of four hundred years old In
ihtly there vinegar which have been ia houbiuc
state for upwards CT three centuries: and .er tells Thai
vineyard one hundred ears old is Young The
extent OF the branches of tho vne tain situations and
circumstances, is commensurate with produce an, age
In the hedges of Italy and woods oflmericG, thew are
found overlapping the highest elm poplar tees and in
ETgi0nd, plant trained against row of houses II,
NOtaHeriOn, (aely dead,) covered snace in I1o or
hundred and ihmtyseven square YARDS it was then
above one hundred years old That Hampion Court
nearly Of the same age, occupies above hundred and
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above one hundred and fory-seven square yards. The
sizo which the trunk sometimes a;ians in I,rcr
countries is so great To have afforded panks fifteen
inches broad furniture and statues and even in this cam
try the SoTLcrfon vine above mentioned, in 7 me-
srcd four feet in circumference ground and one
bl SnCh Of Ham Court vine measures ono nd
fourteen feet IN Length Vine timber is great durab il,v
1t may ne remarked that vines regularly pruned nd drcs
sed rarely attain SIMILAR nit udes nor is II de.
bic that they should.
THE nGlipe country Of The rne ike most rour ncclvn
td{r"'s ScHeraHy eonsidcrcd 10 be PERSIA; and Dr.
o'csfer has given learned and cnus of it's mi
grafton To EGpp Greece and Sicily. From iSjcjly IL i
supposed to have found its way Hy SDoa and FJa,ce
and IN the latter country ii is believed have been cp
waited in the time Of the 4ntonc il the second cen,,
as narc, allied in the temperate climates of
both hcmspheres in the Old World, its culture furms
branch VI rural economy from the 21st degree
of north latitude or from Sciras in ersa Co6nS on
the /tine. Some vineyards be found even near
Drosd and IordUid and by of garden culture it
made to produce fruit for Tie table, farther north
beng grown to considerable degree Of perfection in the
hot houses cf 81. PeierSburgh and Stockholm.
TIE introduction Of The Brain, is supposed by
some to have taken pace under the first Roman v,%rRors
though from Idctlus, it to have been wanting in
4gric!aS time. There evidence, hovrvc 10 prove Thar
vines FIautrd here in the year $50 "a. D1-apd
Bede writing in 79l says there vineyards growing in
.Syerai places Iare observes that the religious raern-
ties OF the dark ages spread from Jv all directions
carrying with them the knowledge Of agriculture and gar
dcnns there little doubt Professor Martin Thai
orchards aid vineyards appendages to Ar
beys and Monastcrics from their first establishments
caN IN the southern parts ofthe Island the time of The
Reformation From this period they dsa ppenred
perhaps from tie culture vine being luG On
dcstood by those to whom the lands OF religions
were sold or granted; and in part, because better article
would he introduced from French provinces in the time
Of the Urles, 5a imported when we losr
1 these.
JHcTrcds lure also ICcJ yfi, IN modern tints and
wine produced nearly, if not entirely, equal to that 81
France In the "ufconl Rnstjcum is stated that a,
1radel Cdss in SH'seC, tine Dnt NJ Norfolk had y,ne-
yard oil winch there we're 10 his g'aces cellar 1863
above sixty pines Of excellent BUrguudy BrGdJgy in
i"fns ms That Udluer gentleman OF Rotnerhithe made
go'd vines from his own vineyards. Sciisrr mentions g..
r'a instances and among others, that Of Rocq,te Nut
liam Green, vino made wine for thirty vea,s ion, = ;
yHra ne had planted IN common teid garden. Hfburp
GTd Hates confirm ihrse and cite others NJ
.,ay ms (l'S10y INNS gives an If a very
productive vineyard, formed by the Honorable Charles M
mutton at PGinJIW in Ners time, which succeeded for
many years and produced exceent Ctampagae II is not
twenty years since this vineyard neglected or de-
Toyed There be hesi,stion therefore in agree