Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1857-09-23
farmers 91partulent.
From the Southern Cultvator. :
GRAPE GROWING And WINE MAKING MADE EASY.

The attention of all our readers, who desire to
participate in the pleasures ana profits OF Vine.
ward culture in the South, is called to the excel
lent treatise of A. DeCaradeuc, Esq, in the
present number. Like very many Others, we
heretofore been deferred from entering largely
into the Culture Of the Vine, by fear of the ex-
pense and difficulty attending it. We have been
taught to look upon the production Of gooa
Wine in the South, IS exceedingly problematical.
No one doubted the capacity OF oar sunny cline
for the growth OF the grape; "but'-the max
ing Of good wine atterwards-.herc lay the dilil-
Guilty! We'll, that difficulty has vanished-thc
mystery is solved granite laboratories and
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 teel OF
making bread from his corn or wheat field.
We have recently made two visits to the vine.
yards Of DR.. McDonnald and our correspondent,
Mr.. DeCaradcuc. We have inquired minutely
into their systems Of planting and culturc-we
have examined their soils, locations and aspects
have eaten their grapes, and drank their wines.
of various flavors and qualiiies-but all PErc,
inyigorating, and vastly superior to the foreign
trash for which VIC pay so dearly. We have, (so
far as our brief time would permit iamiiarizet!
ourselves with their processes ior making these
wines, and with all the advantages and disad
yantares Of the business and the result is, q
deliberate conviction that the Fiei;! Culture cf
tic GruDc, as practiscd b. these gentlemen, is
one OF the S,trc.! end NOS. II nuleIutice 6yinctcS
of ,,u7ul Industry. and destined in q very few
years to become o: great and significant lmpor
tance to the South. There arc thousands; OF
acres of up!ans all around us, too poor 'oI
either cotton or cu::, that will pay from S2g9 tc
$500 per acre in winc. the third or fourth vcai
from planting, and which, il properly managed
NAV be made to clear expenses from the very
outset. Much of this land c2n lie purchase,
for mere triGc, five to ten dollars per acre,
and if it Will pay even two hindrcd dollars pei
acre in wine, otter the third year, what Other
field crop now cuitiratca in the South can begli
to compare with Il? The experience OF th'
Winters in Ohio, shows all average yield OF tout
hundred g,:llons so the acre, and that we ca!
safely count on oqualing this, need not b'
doubted.
In fact, the testimony OF both the gentlemen
above alluded to, (who have had sixteen year
experience,) as well as the recent successes
Mr.. Axt, and many others, justiies Us In claim
Ing ior the Cultare OF Lne ufa i''t iH'e ,''>e,
ton than it has ever yet received i'll the South
and of earnestly urging it upon the notice
our subscribers.
We can fully endorse, from our own knowledge
al the statements Of Mr. DeCaradcuc, and com
mend his article to the special attention OF on
readers. We do not claim perfection for hi
system-nor does Mr.. C. himself-hut we *
contend that it is the cheapest. easiest, and 81
rest way of proftably cultvating the Vine, ye
offered to the public.