Produced by Steven Giacomelli and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images produced by Core Historical Literature in Agriculture (CHLA), Cornell University) 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. 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. INTRODUCTION 9 GRAPE CULTURE. Remarks on its History in America, especially at the West; its Progress and its Future, 13 PROPAGATION OF THE VINE. I.--From Seed 27 II.--By Single Eyes 30 The Propagating House 31 Mode of Operating 32 III.--By Cuttings in Open Air 37 IV.--By Layering 39 V.--By Grafting 40 THE VINEYARD. Location and Soil 43 Preparing the Soil 45 WHAT SHALL WE PLANT? Choice of Varieties 47 The Concord 48 Norton's Virginia 48 Herbemont 49 Delaware 49 Hartford Prolific 49 Clinton 50 PLANTING.