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. GEO. E. WOODWARD, PUBLISHER AND IMPORTER, Art, Architectural and Rural Books, 136 Chambers Street, NEW YORK. ORANGE
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.