um, 70 00 ------
$662 00

COST OF AN ACRE OF DELAWARE.

Cost of preparing ground, 50 00
1,200 first-class plants, planted 6x6, 400 00
450 posts, 10 cents each, 45 00
450 stakes, 3 " 13 50
600 lbs. No. 12 wire, 16 cents per lb. 96 00
Cost of erecting trellis, 50 00
Cost of cultivation two first years, 125 00
Interest on capital two years, 92 00
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$871 50

COST OF AN ACRE OF CATAWBA.

Preparing ground, 50 00
Cost of 1,200 plants, 6x6, 45 00
450 posts, 10 cents each, 45 00
450 stakes, 3 " 13 50
600 lbs. wire, 16 cents per lb., 96 00
Cost of erecting trellis, 50 00
Attendance during two years, 125 00
Interest on capital two years, 39 00
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$463 50

PRODUCT.

The following has been the produce of a vineyard of Catawba, now under
my management, since 1849:

Bearing Vines Gallons of Yield per
season. bearing. Wine. Price. acre.

1849, 1st year, 1,500 750 $1.25 $600 00
1850, 2d " 2,000 150 1.25 95 00
1851, 3d " 2,000 500 1.25 300 00
1852, 4th " 1,800 210 1.25 120 00
1853. 5th " 1,500 580 1.25 500 00
1854, 6th " 2,500 750 1.50 600 00
1855, 7th " 3,000 230 2.00 150 00
1856 8th " 4,000 150 2.00 75 00
1857 9th " 4,000 2,000 1.20 600 00
1858, 10t