New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1847-04-10
On the Culture Of the Grape.

Letter from N. LOngvOrth, Esq. Of Cincinnati
CINCINNATI, March ed lsi7.
To the Editor Of The Tribune:
SIR: received letter this morning from your
City from some person who appears disPoseopo Ct"
gage in the cultivation Of the Grape, making sun
drv injuries find it dificult 10 give him direct
answer. as he neglected to sign his name 70 tne
letter. AS others may be interested ID thesuoJec'
have concluded TO answer him through the medium Oh
vour psner He INQUIRIES whether plant cutungs OF
iavers and If have ever been successful IN piahuns
cuttings directly from the parent Tines "nere lney &
6nav 10 remain" He also inquiries Wnethei we uenSn
1 ,ornds and what depth Where we plant on SIDE
hills SO steep wash, trench the grouno' InIO
inc the good soil to the bottom and putting from TOUT
ak inches Of the poorer coil on the loP, anu ~.
ha,bes Of stone or sodsthe benches from y TO ieet
bigb The cost where sod is uFed Is so per acre
where stone from 800 TO 5000 Mhereon
or not so steep as 10 wash deep powng Is
We usually plant cuttings, and II Is nVafisoy 9One
where the person buys them roots would be 100 dear
and in favorable seasons but little advantage gained
Wsr,rr take the roubi, 10 dter the cuttings In tarorH-
o,gs from to feet apart and from 4. TO feet from
nlsnt 10 plant On benches a feet between Inc rows
and from - feet from plant to plant Inc distance
at which plant depends on the CROWN OF tne variety
we nlant and the exposure With you should suppose
Southern exposure would be preferable. In many
seasons with us Northern exposure succeeds tne
best We plant two cuttings in each hil toge a. 'ne
top and widely separated al the Do,on 'ns' IL oO,n
grow we may the next transplant the one Win
out interfering with the roots OF the other we nave no
part of the cutting above ground, covering the upper
eve about half inch with earth we cut on tne cut
ting at the bottom within threeourths OF an men OF the
owe IA IL ia from the eve that the roots spring. Inc
Catawba Grape far superior to the Isabella both or
the table and for wine but as md II not mueh cut
waited with you conclude it does not suit your climate
The Isabella only makes good wine when manuiac'
tpred as sweet wine By adding from u 10 lbs sugar
TO the gallon. With the Isabella ripens unequsiy
and is more subject than most other grapes Ire
schuvlki Muscadee pressed ss soon as gathered with
the addition of from to l6 or OF sugar to the gallon be-
fore fermentation and portion OF brandy alter as Is
usual with Madeira wine, makes a hquor equa 10 tns
common Madeira or rather the article soo a. such anu
will believe suit your climate as it is native oil the
scbuylkul river The Missouri Is good table grape,
and makes wine OF better quality than the schuykill
Muscadee aud from its growth at Newark, NewJersey'
promises to succeed well in your iautuoe me cuN1
lion of the Grape spreading rapidly on the ONO rVer
and il will soon become second Rhine II the new prln-
cipes of my Progressive Democratic party 90 not np
bud repeating the duty on wines FOR even our
Democratic German emigrants cannot afford 10 manu-
facure wine double the price they sold Tor In Ger
MANY There. when the vintage was abundant II you
would leave them two empty pipes they would MI ono
of them for you without charge But there meat once
month was rarty-here am grained to say they are
most of them content they get It three times per cay
and trust my party may never progress so laf as 20
bring them down 10 foreign regimen. II they do,
shall be compelled desert them Protection IS Que 10
our German emigrsnts for they sober frugal honest
and industrious and make good Progressive Democrats
and we must not them they sanction parry al
the sacrifice ofprincpleor we who profess to be bet
ter informed, daily do the same thing.
| The Hebement and Lenoir grape greatly resemble
each other. The former makes fine wine, and both
are superior table grapes and may succeed in your at
tude The Schuykill Muscsdele was at Vevsy called
The Cape and was the only one they cultivated
Yours, respectfully, N LONUWohlh'
This Is ia accordance with the directions copied into
the Farmers Library of February and March from
Brownies Trees of America