Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1857-09-23
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GRAPE GR0V ING ANDIq In g NJ MADE EASY.

The attention sof oil our readers, who desire to
participate IN the pleasures and pro6ts5of Vines
yara erltafain the South, lis called tosthe excel
lent :treaHss of "a. sCaradeuc Esq, in the
present nunber I Like very; many others, we
Eherstof fore been deferred from entering largely
ffuto the Culture Of the Wine, byfear. OF the ex
penssa and difficulty attending it. We have, been
taught stos look upon the productions &of good
Vine in the South, as exceedingly predetermined.
sNo0ne doubted the capacity Of our sunny cline
< sfor1h growth Of the grape :" but max
singseE good wine ACCOMPLISHMENTS the diff
4 5cnltyl : ell, that difficulty has vanished-the
B mystery is :solved--ssg granite laboratories" and.
3 deep cellars are perhaps, we'll 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 bread from his corn or wheat field.
We have recently made two visits to the vine
wards Of DR. Med Donnald, and our correspondent,
Mr.. .DeCaradeuc We have. inquired minutely
into; their systems of planting and sculturc--we
have examined their soils, locations and aspects
have eaten their grapes, and drank their wines,
Of various fayors and qualities-but all pure,
invigorating, and vastly superior to the foreign
trash for which we pay so dearly. We have, (so
J; far4as oursbrief time would permit tamiiarlzed
! ourselves with their processes for making these
wines, and with all the advantages and disad-
vantages of the business: and the result is, a
deliberate conviction that the Field :Cultsrc OF
& tie Grape, as practiscd by these gentlemen, is
one Of the s,rcst and most rtnsueratiye branches
of ';raral industry and destined in q very few
years to become of great and significant impor-
stance TO the South. There are thousands OF
acres of uplands all around us, too poor ior
s eithercotton or cora, that will pay from $500 to
S500sper acre in wine, the third or fourth year
from planting, ndswhich, if properly manased
may be made, to. clear expenses from the very
outset: Much of this land can be purchased
fora mere trife, five to ten dollars per acre.,
z and if it Will pay even two hundred dollars pei
acre IN wine, otter the third year, what other
field crop now cuitiFated in the South can begin
I to compare with It? The experience of the
xinters in Ohio, shows an average yield OF tour
hundred gallons so the acre, and that we can
.8sately count on equaling this, need not bt
doubted.
In fact, the testimony OF both the gentlemen
s aboye alluded TO- [who have had sixteen years
experience, as well as the recent successes o
Afr. Axt, and many others, justities US in claim
{ ing for the Culture Of the Grape far more atten
ton than it has ever yet received in the South
and Of earnestly urging it upon the notice
our, subscribers.
We can fully endorse, from our own knowledge
: all the statements Of Mr.. DeCaradeuc, and com
mend his article to the special attention OF on
readers. We do not claim perfection for hi
system-nor does Mr.. C. himseE-but we ds
contend that it is the cheapest, easiest, and sl
restway of f.proftably cultirating the Vine, ye
B ,ofered;to the public.