A Practical Treatise On The Culture And Treatment Of The Grape Vine PDF Download

Excerpt from A Practical Treatise on the Culture and Treatment of the Grape Vine: Embracing Its History, With Directions for Its Treatment, in the United States of America, in the Open Air, and Under Glass Structures, With and Without Artificial Heat The first edition of this treatise was prepared at the suggestion of some friends and other gentlemen; it was intended for use more particularly in Massachusetts and the neighboring States. It has had a more extensive circulation, and, from questions proposed to me from distant States in this Union, as also by direct request, I have been induced to prepare a second, enlarged by notes of my own, explanatory of the first, and by copious extracts from such sources as would present most, if not all, of the various conflicting views respecting the cultivation of the grape. In giving the opinions of others, it has been my endeavor to embrace as great a period of time as possible, that the differences in those now held, if any, might be seen; to attain this object, when, by so doing, I could retain the ideas of those quoted, such parts have been extracted as contained selections from previous authors. In the remarks on these opinions and systems, their bearing upon the culture, in this country, has been mainly considered, and they have been made with the object of conveying information, and not with the idea of criticising them. Circumstances of climate, or location, may render a practice successful in one country, that may be highly improper in one differently situated. In the first edition, it was the plan to give a concise account of my own practice, as a system to be followed by others, without giving the reasons therefor. 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.