The independent press. (Abbeville C.H., S.C.) 1853-1860, 1858-02-12
From the southern Cultivator.1
Grape Growing And Vino Making
Made Easy


Grape Growing And Vino Making
Made Easy.
The attention Of all our readers who L,.
sire to participate in the pleasures and
pr otits OF Vineyard culture in the South Is
called to the cxcelcn, treatise Of 4. DcCar.
a'!"anc, Esq; i'll the present nurni,er. Like
very many others. we heretofore have been
deferred entering largely into the Culture,
OF the Vine, by fear OF the expense an,l ,lit:
ilru'y attending it. We have been taur,,,
to look upon the production of good Wine
!" the South, as exceedingly problcna,ica!.
No one doubted the capacity Of our su,n,,
cline Tor the growth Of the grape "but'-
the making of good wine observation-disclosures
was the difficulty! Well that difficulty
has vani>lrcd-the mystery is solved
granite laboratories and deep cellars are
perhaps, we'll enough, in their way. but bv
no means Indispensable; and hereafter. any
man may plant his Vineyard with the same
certainty OF brin. allie ,o make a larrrlv
paying crop OF good wine, that he would
feel of making bread from his corn or when,
fell.
We have recently mad. two visits to III,
vineyards Of DR.. Mcdonald, and our CORES.
pendent, Mr.. DcCar.lcuc. We have in
l";rcd n'inn!clv into their system uf plan,-
ing aud cuturc--wr have examined their
soils, locations and aspects have eaten
their grapes, an! drank their wines of vari-
"aS iiar"rs and Inai,icS-hut all pm,e, in.
r'Gorating, and vastly superior to the for
"'%n trash for which we pay SO dearly
We have. $50 iar as our brief time would
I"rmit.) iamiliar;zrd ourselves with their
processes for making these wines. and with
all the advantages and disadvantages Of the
business: !: and the result is. Deliberate con-
victi"n that the FTcla Culture Of tie GyuDc.
as rrarticc'l by these gentlemen, is one Of
iii" surrst and mast rr1suuerotirc branches
~ f"'"t t"d"sfry, and destined in a very
few years to become of great aud <;yni:iran,
;mD"rtancc to the Srutli.-Thcrc are thou
sands Of acres of upands all around us. too
poor Tor either cotton or corn. that will p,y
from 5000 to $500 per acre in wine, the
'h'ri or fourth year from planting, and
which, If properly managed, may b" made
I" clear expenses from the very outset. MucI,
OF this land can he purch>e,l for mere ,rille
(iivc or ten dollars per acre,) and if il will
pay even two hundred dollars per acre in
vine, after the third year, what other field
crop now cultivated in the South can beriu
to compare with i,9 The experience of
the winters in Ohio, shows an average yiel]
OF t"ur hundred gallons to the acre. and
that we can safely count on equaling this
need not be doubted.
|" fact, The testimony Of hoth the gentle
me" above alluded TO, (who have had six
teen year experience,) as well as thes recent
successes Of Mr.. Axt, and many Others. iusli-
lies us in claiming for the Culture of the
Crap" far more attention than it has ever
Yet received in the South, and of earnestly
nr"'n" 1t upon the notice our subscribers.
We can fully endorse, from our own know
ledge, all the statements of Mr.. De- Caradcuc.
and commend his article to the special at,
tcntion Of our readers. We do not claim
perftcfton for his system nor does Mr.. C.
limSelf-but we do contend that Il is ,h.
cheapest, easiest, and sures, way of profa-
b'y cul'ivati"g the Vine, yet offered to the
public.