2-1/2 acre Catawba produced 900 galls., at $1.75, 1,575 00
1/2 " Concord " 700 " 2.50, 1,750 00
1 " Norton's Vir. " 600 " 4.00, 2,400 00
1/3 " Delaware " 120 " 5.00, 600 00
1/2 " Herbemont " 350 " 2.50, 875 00
Balance in other varieties, 150 00
Plants sold, 940 00
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$8,290 00
This vineyard has one of the best locations for Catawba and Delaware in
the neighborhood, and its proprietor one of the most intelligent and
industrious cultivators and wine-manufacturers in the vicinity.
The following are copied from the report of a special committee
appointed by the Cincinnati Horticultural Society, to inquire into the
condition of vineyards, and report whether or not grape-growing was
still profitable. I regret to say that our Cincinnati friends have not,
generally speaking, paid as much attention to the introduction and
testing of better varieties--and there are but few vineyards in that
neighborhood--where any other variety than the Catawba has been planted
to any extent. It is to be hoped that the signal failure of that variety
last season will do much to open their eyes to the full importance of
the subject, and to abandon the Catawba, which evidently will not pay
any longer.
But, as we have already said, there are other varieties of grapes being
successfully grown in this vicinity, and we have extended our researches
to some of those vineyards, and give the results as follows:--
Ives' Seedling is a grape of much promise, not addicted to mildew and
rot. Col. WAHRING, of Indian Hill, in this county, has a small vineyard,
only two acres in bearing, which made, the past season, 650 gallons of
wine. The season previous, only one acre in bearing, yielded 560
gallons. The Colonel makes his account for the past season's business
stand as follows:--
650 gallons of wine, sold at $4.10 per gallon, $2,665 00
Sale of cuttings, 1,500 00
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$4,165 00
Deduct cost of taking care of vineyard, 100 00
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Leaving net product of vineyard, $4,065 00
Or over $2,000 per acre.
Norton's Virginia is another promising grape that is being grown
considerably hereabouts.
The Messrs. BOGEN have given us their figures for the product of this
grape, as follows:
1863--From 1-1/2 acres, first year in bearing,
they made 500 gallons, sold at $3 per gallon, $1,500 00
Sale of cuttings, 400 00
Sale of roots from layers, 800 00
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$2,700 00
Deduct from this, for cost of culture, 100 00
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Leaves net, $2,600 00
Or $1,733 per acre.
1864--Yield of same in wine and cuttings, 2,300 00
Or about $1,500 per acre.
Delaware is another grape of very great promise and profit, now being
extensively grown throughout the country. The Messrs. BOGEN, from
one-third of an acre, first bearing year, give us the following figures
for the past season:
87 gallons of wine, sold at $6 per gallon, 522 00
Sold cuttings, 450 00
Sold roots from layers, 2,050 00
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$3,022 00
Deduct cost of culture, 22 00
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$3,000 00
Or $9,000 per acre.
Mr. J. E. MOTTIER gives us, as the result of his Delaware vineyard for
the past two years, as follows: