THE CULTIVATION OF THE NATIVE GRAPE,

AND

MANUFACTURE OF AMERICAN WINES.

By

GEORGE HUSMANN,

OF HERMANN, MISSOURI.

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

• Introduction9

GRAPE CULTURE.

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

PROPAGATION OF THE VINE.

•   I.—From Seed27
•  II.—By Single Eyes30
•         The Propagating House31
•         Mode of Operating32
• III.—By Cuttings in Open Air37
• IV.—By Layering39
•  V.—By Grafting40

THE VINEYARD.

• Location and Soil43
• Preparing the Soil45

WHAT SHALL WE PLANT?

• Choice of Varieties47
• The Concord48
• Norton's Virginia48
• Herbemont49
• Delaware49
• Hartford Prolific49
• Clinton50

PLANTING.

• Planting.51
• Treatment of the Vine the First Summer56
• Treatment of the Vine the Second Summer57
• Treatment of the Vine the Third Summer63
• Treatment of the Vine the Fourth Summer69
• Training the Vines on Arbors and Walls71
• Other Methods of Training the Vine75
• Diseases of the Vine78
• Insects Injurious to the Grape80
• Birds84
• Frosts85
• Girdling the Vine to Hasten Maturity86
• Manuring the Vine91
• Thinning of the Fruit