The Cultivation of The Native Grape, and Manufacture of American Wines
The book includes chapters on propagation of the vine, the location and soil of the vineyard, sorts, planting of the vine, varieties of grapes, wine making and the statistics. The author says in preface: It is with a great deal of hesitation I undertake to write a book about Grapes, a subject which has been, and still is, elucidated every day; and about which we have already several works, which no doubt are more learned, more elaborate, than anything I may produce. But the subject is of such vast importance and the area suitable for grape culture so large, the diversity of soil and climate so great, that I may be pardoned if I still think that I could be of some use to the beginner…
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