The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1905-02-17

Good soil will produce better rssukts
,n.n poor soil. though and sandr sell
In eastern North Carolina can De
nade very profitable in Scappernons
Grapes
A word as 10 the profit An aero vh.
nat 10 vines. At three years old win
proper care. they should produce
a peck to a half bushel each AT four
years old they should produce not less
than one to two bushels each. At this
time you can still cultivate sne-haIt
the land. At seven years cid you
should be getting from four hundred to
eight hundred bushels per acre TAX
ing the lowest estimate. say four n
cred bushels at IS cents per eushei.
which we TO pay for caeice
cranes. you have an income Of $500 per
acre. as low estimate for each year
vines live to be over a hundred years
cid. The Old Mother Vine Is stn living
On Roanok Island. n Ia ever three
hundred years old, and bore frait last
year though utterly neglected. And rs
roots are bare. No crop yos can grow
will give such sure returns Ten a6ras
In grapes vii insure any mar . staadS
income after seven years; whish s>Ass
any life insurance policy. VALE II pre-
duces some times larger sreDs MAN
others. IL never falls utterly.
To land owners who will set eat vines
we propose TO give contracts guarantee
ing a market at a regular and fair cal
of prices. for five years or longer. they
to guarantee TO sell US the crop each
year. we to AXE ali the crop hat rs
gathered and offered properly At the
nearest railroad station. or * our
winery.
North Carolina has. in the Dastern
part OF the state. more than . million
acres OF land adapted to the growth OF
this grape. Granting that only ono
acre I'm each one hundred were planted
and that the minimum crop OF go bush
els per acre were produced. n that
zach bushel produced three gallons Of
wine, we have twelve million gallons
of the finest wine In the world when
properly made. This Is nearly half as
much as California makes. France
which is not so very mush larger than
our state. produces over a billion gal
Ions OF wine. North Carolina COULD.
Il her people only WOULD. be in this
respect the SOUTHERN FRANCE or
AMERICA. and could make as much
"ih oo @AAS saS
ducing country in the world. We hope
to see the work started. II the
will make the grapes, we will try to
max the wine and sell IL
There Is no publisher treaties On
grape growing that Is worth q cent as
applied to Scuppernong. Plant Il prop
erly, give 1t half-a-chance. and IL win
make you rich in spite OF y~ourssf-fn-
dependent. at least. It takes q little
time. Do not prune IL ever. except
when necessary to keep 1t in shape while
young. If cut 1t bleeds and dies. or
does not thrive. Give II arborage. n
nice rich soil protected from the sun
and rains by rich loan, or woods-mouiS.
and it will grow SO fast you forget you
planted Ii five years before. Don't be
deferred by the five years-you have
the use of nearly all your land while II
Is growing, and once in full bearing.
you don't want, at most over nifty acres
to take care of a large family in SOM
fort-even afiuence. Ever II IL netted
you only 800 per acre, n you hid only
twenty-five acres, it beats c. "A sr
tobacco as a money crop. Don't - In
too big at first: plant five TO ten acres
each year: then the posting and wiring
don't come all at once and break you.
and you begin to get some income BY the
time expenses OF wiring becomes heavy.
advise If you purpose to have a
vineyard OF twenty-five acres. to set
out five acres each year. II you want
fifty acres set out ten acres each year.
In Ave years you will be on easy street.
in ten years you will be perfectly In
dependent. To any man whs viii set
out vineyard we will give a sontrac;
to TAX his entire product. Get near a
shipping point so you Won't have % far
to haul our grapes. They are heavy
and must be shipped promptly after
being gathered. We have aci will have
to handle them - fast as the
farmers can ship them.
Yours very truly.
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