The Sumter banner. [volume] (Sumterville, S.C.) 1846-1855, 1853-03-01

Of disorder or prcdlsposItlon to dis
ease in the grape.
The vine growers in this country
tell us that rocky and pcbbly soil
is best adapted to the culture of the
vine. This notion had its origin in
their Ignorance Of the agencies that
retard the healthful development Of
the grape. If the ground be billy,
it matters not whether it be rocky
and pcbbly, or not; because, forsooth
that pebbles and rocks are always
found in mountainous regions, it does
not follow that they are the cause Of
the better growth of the grape, far
from it. 1t is the hilly land that
makes the grape vine ilorish.
The wine Of which BACHUs was
the gcd, and which is rendered still
more celebrated or immortal by the
odcs Of ANACRAEoN, was made in the
mountainous regions Of Greece and
if a retrospective view be taken Of
the entire face Of this colossal Globe,
it will be seen that wine never was
yet made Of good quality, on lercl
io"d. When CLEOPATRA wanted 4
sparkling goblet to dissolve pre-.
cious jewel in, or 10 drink The health
of MARK ANTONY, why are we in
formed that she had to send to
Greece for it? Answer Wine
could not be made on the SEQ, ,cling
and level shores Of The Nile, although,
in the production Of all other species
of vegetation, they were most prolific.
The vine never will be cultivated
to any advantage in this part OF
ath Carolina, nor in any other lev
4, lain, Lain, unless a knowledge is Oh
jtainc1 Of III" fundamental LScicncc Of
y gr!cnlture, as we'll as tie pccu
liaritlcs Of the vine. Nncs are not
intended By Nature to support them
selves ;thcy are inte!idc'l to grow
on trees Gheno&s,it IS true, that
i,ilssss grapes are
e SisSs ~
tlss5S as ii Ii I otlcr
|placcs A l,ss Inasinucla as the
stofes I saiWa. slower in temperature
I8tlian in open fields. and grapes do
not rot and-shcd prema,urcly, it fol.
lows that the vine requires country
with such rccuIiari,ics, as will obvi,
ate i'll certain degree, that intcMsi-
ty Of the sans heat, which is known
to exist in all level regions. Noun.
famous regions, then, by rejecting
the suns rays in direction accord
lnS to the angle Of their irregular re.
ilcctlng surcriccs ere colder than
level regions, as may he demonstra.
ted on the principles Of science.
MIR. LoNGWOKTll Of Cincinnati and
MIR. GUIGNAID Of Columbia in this
State, have both hccn trying to make
wine perhaps for the last forty years,
but have not succeeded The diff.
entity with these gentlemen seems to
be that the grapes shed Of and rot
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