Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1832-08-23
ISAREILAGR APE.


Ihia grapa IS rapidly coming into favor and will
Sc o, = tt.9i r',nk among the first IN all our VINE
,,u,ls mt .'n'iens. 1t is asineular circumstance
60! t,e .seoI qualities Ola srape 50 long known to
-u.Leatats. .ael.l have escaped notice for many
yeors 0o!y about Two yea aeo garlencr OF cen
,'ie aisle M Hgence, who makes gardenrge bust
ness, nd who bad cultivated the Isabella grape for
sale among other kinds, Informed us that hc would
not give 1t place III his ground were il not that
the vines were sometimes called for by his cuso
mcrs. lie advised US not to take it 1--WE were a.
bout buying sotne,) for 1t was, he SAID, a worth
less, contemplate variety, scarcely deserving the
name OF grape. fha. very yeas however u
vine that remained unsold aud which had escaped
his grubblng hoe bore fruit which fruit he did not
thing worth gathering. About the first of October,
a vslter seeing the grapes, and not knowing the
KIND, asked him what grapes they We're moth
my but the miserable Isabella" said he. The visiter
pulled bunch and tasted them. Why, said he
they appear good to me. Good, said the garden
er, here, try these handing him some ctasselas
that he had preserved. Indeed SAID the visiter,
tililk the Isabella as 200 is these. The gardener
was yeNed Il he bad ste Of the visifer aud rather
PreVlsiitY caught bunch o. the isabtas and labt.
I'd one hnasc.t, when as the sailors say, he was
S'rast. III Ab i1h = hc then acknowledged that al
inou. p aebad cultivated the ISABELLA formany years
iot wig l. lever bsIe.c knew thoir god qualities
ie no" eoas,de-s item lie best grape under all cir
eumstne.= o l. aorsry.
fA. sa'lls tse. a..1' Is . the qualities of the
lNaHi'2, has atlss=6 =..'.. = mistake IN the marks
and Ia y i1e a. sr'y of H. fruit It has al
Nost Universally III Sd posed 10 Dc ripe when ii
oeca'no ia * OF rather derf arple, aud tins takes
rloce ~ iatc ID OF August and beginning of
seut"io.s-i W1en II IS nov found not To be ripe
torn-'si9l oatt al wards. Let those there
fore, VA n" el1ia of this grapc under the bans
allow the ffld 70 5e.nta, On the vines till the latter
end of SEPTEMBER, the forepar of October
and then Try them. Besides being fine table grapes
when thus mature, they may be put away IN jars
and preserved slli the ,ext spring They also make
an excellent VINE, l.as been proved by gentle
man at the north.
The following notice Of an Isabella vine is taken
from the Gcnessee Farmer (Wc ought to have
that 1t is one of the hardest grapes
known and one of the surcst and most abundant
bcrers.) american Fhrmcr.
We lately examined grape vine of the variety
known in this vicinity the lsabe la grape, in the
garden of II. B. Williams Esq. of three years
growth, on which WIS upwards Of one thousand
clusters of grapes. Welhink il would not be over
atitS 10 say, that III prospectus NcIe idt ior lis
vine to produce two hundred and fifty pounds of
grapes this Similar grapes we're worth in
ibis market the past season, twelve and half cents
per pound but should the produce be two hundred
and fifty pounds end be sold at ten cents per pound
the amount would be twenty-five dollars One
acre of ground would be capable of supporting one
hundred aud fly vines-whch at the above rate
might produce $500 Now VIC arc sensible that
tins sum viii appear so large to some of our Car
mers, that they viii say ii is impossible to make
an acre of land produce much, but yet we think
1t mightbe donc.--LeL them examine for themselves
make far allowances for the uncertainty of al
crops, as to growth, markets, &c and then say
whether there is nota greater prospect for profit
IN the cultivation ofgrapes, than any other crop
whatever.