Open air grape culture: a practical treatise on the garden and vineyard culture of the vine, and the manufacture of domestic wine

Front matter

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Chapter I. — ^Natural and Civil History of the Vine. . 17 II. — Choice op Soil, 30

Situation, 36

Aspect, 39

Necessity for Protection from Wind and Storms, . 40

m.— Preparation op the Soil, ...... 60

Draining, 60

Trenching, • . 65

Subsoil Ploughing, 65

Manuring, 69

Terracing, 60

Construction of Vine Borders for Gardens, . . 65

IV. — Planting the Vines, 76

Time to Plant, 77

Choice of Plants— Distance Apart, . . . .79

Marking off the Ground, 80

Digging the Holes, 83

Taking up the Plants, 84

Setting them out, 86

Staking, 90

After-aulture, ^ . 91

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Chapter V — Care of Vines during the First, Second and Third

Years, 92

Mulching, 95

Laterals, 96

Winter Protection, . « 97

Management during the Second Year, . . . 98

Management during the Third Season, . . . 100

VI — ^Management of Fruiting Vines, 104

Winter Protection of the Fruiting Canes, . . .105

Summer Pruning, 108

Thinning the Berries, 118

in. — ^btJBSEQUENT MANAGEMENT OP THE ViNE, . . . 120

VIII.— Theory and Practice of Pruning and Training as

APPLIED to the Grape Vine, 127

IX. — Construction of Walls, Trellises, Etc., . . 158 Effect of Walls, 159

X.— Propagation of the Vine, 175

Layering, 175

Cuttings, 180

Eyes, 186

Grafting, 187

Budding, 194

Seed — Hybridization, 196

XI. — ^Manures and their Application to the Vine, . 202

Sources of Manures, 203

Effects on the Vine, 209

Liquid Manure, Mode of Producing and Principles of its Application, . 215

XII.— Diseases and Insects, 225

CONTENTS. VII

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Chapter Xni — ^JIethods of Hastening the Maturity of the

Grape, 231

Hand Glasses, 231

Wall Glasses, 232

Eeversing tlie Bunches, 234

Einging or Girdling, . 234

XIV.— Care of Old Vines, 241

XV.— To Preserve Grapes, 247

XVI. — ^Descriptive List of Native Grapes, .... 250

Bland, 250

Canadian CMef, . . , 251

Catawba, 251

Clinton, 252

Concord, 252

^- Delaware, 253

Diana, 253

Elsinborougli, 254

Hartford Prolific, 255

Herbemont, 256

^^ Isabella, 257

Logan, 259

Early Northern Muscatine — a Shaker Seedling, . . 260

Eebecca, 262

To Kalon, 264

Union Village, 265

New Varieties, 265

Tabular View of the Size, Color, Shape, Etc., Etc., of all the Varieties of American Grapes, of which any account can be found, 269

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THE MANUFACTURE OF WINE.

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Extracts from Letters from Mr. Jefferson, late President of the

United States, 281

Manufacture of Wine in the South of England, 283

Manufacture of Wine by Mr. Longworth and others, . . . .285

Currant Wine, 293

Recipe for White Currant Wine, . . . . . . . .295

Another Recipe, 295

Mr. Cornell's Recipe for making Red Currant Wine, . . . .295

Black Currant Wine, 296

Elderberry Wine, 296

Another Method, ' . , .297

Blackberry Wine, 297

Strawberry or Raspberry Wine, 297

Orange Wine, 298

Ginger Wine, 298

Currant Wine, 299

APPENDIX I.

Examples op American Vikeyard Practice.

The Ohio Vineyard System, 301

Dr. Underhill's Vineyard, 305

Judge Conklin's Vineyard, 311

McKay's Vineyard, 316

CONTENTS. IX

APPENDIX II.

The Thcmery System of Gkape Culture.

(This is the famous system under •which the splendid Chasselas de Fontainebleau ijrapes are produced ; it is the method advocated by Dr. Grant, The account is literally translated from Du Breuil's Cours d'Arboriculture, and is the cnly complete account which can be found — at least so says the Frenchman, Eendu, in his " Ampelographie Francaise," and he ought to know.)

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Cultivation of the Vine upon Trellises, in Northern and Central France, according to the New Methods in use at Thomery, . 320

Form to be given to the Trellises, 322

Horizontal Cordon of Thomery, 324

Horizontal Cordon of Charmeux, 328

Vertical Cordon, 330

Vertical Cordon with alternate Shoots, 331

Cultivation of Trellised Vines arranged in the form of the Vertical Cordon with opposite Shoots, 334

Walls proper for the Trellis, 334

Exposure of the Walls, 337

Graft, 339

Plantation and Process of Bedding or Laying the Trellised Vine —

First Year, 340

Second Year of the Plantation, 344

Third Year, 345

Method of Pruning adopted for the Vertically Trellised Vine with opposite Shoots — Construction of the Frame — First Year, 348

Second Year, 351

Third Year, 353

Fourth Year, 364

Care necessary to the Lateral Branches — First Year, . . . 355 Disbudding the Lateral Branches or Coursons, .... 358 Pinching the Shoots, 359

Manner of fastening the Shoots in Summer, .... 360

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