Excerpt from The Culture of the Grape, and Wine-Making The year 1853 was the most favorable for the Grape Crop since 1848, and the yield unusually large, averaging about 650 gal Ions to the acre, from the best cultivated vineyards, and from a few, 800 to 900 gallons. The writer obtained from 5 acres, gallons, or 847 gallons per acre. In some parts of the country, the crop was shortened by the rot, and in many vineyards by careless cultivation; so that the average yield for the whole county did not exceed 400 gallons to the acre. In culture, nothing new has been discovered within the last year. A light dressing of ashes, turned in with the first Spring hoeing or ploughing, is still thought to be a valuable application, to correct acidity in the soil and in the grape. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
