Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1857-09-23
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- Fromd the Southern Cnltiyator. -
GRAPE GROW AND WINE MAKING MADE EASY

The attention of al our readers, who desire to
participate In the pleasures and profits OF Vines
yard culture in the South, is called to.the excel
lent freafise of A. DeCaradeuc, Esq, in the.
present number. ! Like very. many others, we
heretofore been deferred from entering largely
into 4he Culture of the Vine, bytear of the ex-
spense and difficulty attending it. we have been
taught !stoss look upon the production of good
Wine in the South, as exceedingly problentatical.
! Noone doubted the capacity OF our sunny cline
forsthei growth of the grape but''-the max
singsof good wine afterwards-there,! Jay the diff
{ Guilty! : Well, that difficulty has vanished--the
mystery is SOLVED granite Laboratories" and
1 deep cellars are perhaps, well enough in their
way, but by no means indispensable; and here
: after, any man may plant his Vineyard with the
same certainty of being able to make largely
paying crop of good wine, that he would feel OF
making broad from his corn or wheat field.
- We have recently made, two visits to the vine
2 yards Of DR. Med Donnald, and our correspondent
Mr.. eCaradcac.. We have inquired mlnutely
into their systems of planting and cuiture--we
have examined their soils, locations and aspects
have eaten their grapes, and drank their wines
of various: havors and qualites-but all pEre
= invigorating, and vastly superior to the torelgl
8. trash for which we pay so dearly. We have, lsc
fur as our. brief time would permit,) tamiharlzee
ourselves with their processes for making these
wines, and with all the advantages and dlsad
vantages of the business: and the result IS,
deliberate conviction that the Field Culture 81
i tie Grape, as practised by these gentlemen, Il
one of the S,c.t and most rtaattserGttue 6rG'se
of .raral industry and destined in very few
years to become of great and significant impor
lance to the South. There are thousands o
acres iof uplands all around us, too poor To-
either cotton or cora that will pay from S2Q0 t.
$500. Der acre in wine, the third or fourth yea
from planting, andswhich, if properly managed
may be made to clear expenses from the ver
outset. Much of this land can be purchased
: fora. mere trife, tive to- ten dollars per acre,
and If it will pay even two hundred dollars pc
acre IN wine, otter the third year, what othe
field crop now cultivated in the South can begl
to compare with it? The experience OF tn
winters in Ohio, shows an average yield OF tou
hundred gallons so the acre, and that we cal
= safely count on equaling this, need not b
doubted.
In fact, the testimony OF both the gentleme
s aboYe alluded to, (who have had sixteen year
experiences, as well IS the recent successes
I Mr.. Axt, and many others, justifies US IN claim
= ing for the Culture of the Grape far more after
ton than it has ever yet received i'll the Soutl
: and of earnestly urging it upon the notice
our subscribers.
we can fully endorse, from, our own knowledge
:, al the statements Of Mr.. DeCaradeuc, and con
mend his article to the special attention OF ou
readers. We do not claim perfection for n
system-nor does Mr.. G.. himsel-but we d
contend that it is the cheapest easiest, and 81
rest way of .proftably cultivating the Vine, ye
offered; to the public.