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Title: The Cultivation of The Native Grape, and Manufacture of American Wines

Author: George Husmann

Release Date: March 27, 2007 [EBook #20917]

Language: English

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THE CULTIVATION OF THE NATIVE GRAPE,

AND

MANUFACTURE OF AMERICAN WINES.

By

GEORGE HUSMANN,

OF HERMANN, MISSOURI.

GEO. E. WOODWARD,
PUBLISHER AND IMPORTER,
Art, Architectural and Rural Books,
136 CHAMBERS STREET,
NEW YORK.

ORANGE JUDD CO., 245 Broadway.

Entered according to Act of Congress, in the year 1866,
by GEO. E. & F. W. WOODWARD,
In the Clerk's Office of the District Court of the United States,
for the Southern District of New York.

TO THE GRAPE GROWERS OF
"OUR COUNTRY, ONE AND INDIVISIBLE,"
THIS VOLUME IS DEDICATED BY THEIR FRIEND AND FELLOW-LABORER,
THE AUTHOR.

INDEX.

PAGE.

INTRODUCTION 9

GRAPE CULTURE.

Remarks on its History in America, especially at the West;
its Progress and its Future, 13

PROPAGATION OF THE VINE.

I.--From Seed 27

II.--By Single Eyes 30
The Propagating House 31
Mode of Operating 32

III.--By Cuttings in Open Air 37

IV.--By Layering 39

V.--By Grafting 40

THE VINEYARD.

Location and Soil 43
Preparing the