The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1894-08-09
Wine Cranes,

81. x. W., Jerusalem, Ga. Am thinking of
planting with view of making wine three
acres in grapes. The land Is high, dry, red
land, exposed to the sun at all times Of the day,
being rather round knoll. 1t Is not rich, but
/. expect to improve inn 1t. VIII such piece Of
of grape would best suit this section Dickens
county, How thick should they be set !:
Sn9u S 5nsy DE oanea TO scan0 g OF confined
would be a moderate yield to the vine when In
full bearingT Where can get the vine you
would recommend and what would they cost in
large quantities
Answer, by Hugh N. Starnes, Horti-
culturist.
1. The land described will do very
well, especially on south and west
slopes.
9. For wine in your county (Pickens)
Norton's Virginia would be the best
grape you could select. 1t is only suit
able for wine, however, and is not ta-
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3. Plant in rows, circling around your
knoll, twelve feet between rows. This
will allow free passage of vehicles. Set
the vines ten feet apart in the rows
This distance is not too great for ram
pant growing vines of the Aestivalis
species, to which Norton's Virginia be-
longs, and will give you more satisfac-
tory results than closer planting.
4. Train on a trellis of three wires on
what is known as the Fan" system,
This is fully described by L. II. Bailey
in a little work entitled American
Grape Training published by the Ru-
raj Publishing Company of New York.
1t is impossible to sufficiently condense
a detail in the limits of this paper. An
excellent and economical method of
training IS the "Munson" system This
you will find fully described in ''Our
I Native Grape" by Charles Mitzky, pub
ished by Charles Mitzky & Co., Roch-
ester, n. Y. In this connection | would
also advise you to purchase 'Huss-
mans American Grape Growing and
Wine Making" published by the
Orange Judd Co., New York. A peru
sal of these three books-none of them
large-will render you pretty well up
in the theory, at least, of grape culture
and wine making. Practice and expe-
rience must do the rest for you.
5. Norton's Virginia ought to yield
you, the third year, an average of five
pounds per vine, if properly cared for.
The fourth year this should reach eight
pounds, and yield of ten pounds per
vine be reached the fifth year and
maintained thereafter. The latter yield,
would give you per acre, if vines are
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grapes, on basis of 357 vines per acre.
This may be considered medium
yield. At Z pounds to the vine, $500
would of course be the yield The
amount of wine obtainable depends
considerably on the method of treat
ment that is, the amount of water ad-
ded and the number of DRESSINGS
through which the husks are passed.
California grapes yield only about 1870
gallons per ton, but American grapes
will turn out under skillful treatment,
from 200 to $50 gallons per ton, of fair
ly good claret. Hussmans Grape
Growing and Winemaking," previously
cited, will give you full information on
this head.
6. For vines, write for special prices
per thousand to either of the following
parties: 2. j. Berckmans, Augusta,
Ga. G. H. Miller & Son, Rome, Ga. ;
Bush & Son & Meissner, Bushberg, Mo-,
or Elewanger & Barry, Rochester, N. Y.
On your acreage you will require some
thing less than 500. They ought to
cost you not more than S35 per thoN-
sand, if SO much.