1862 Open Air Grape Culture and Wine Making by John Phin, 1st Edition, Illust VG

Description: "Open Air Grape Culture - A Practical Treatise on the Garden and Vineyard Culture of the Vine, and the Manufacture of Domestic Wine" by John Phin. 1862 1st edition; C.M. Saxton, Agricultural Book Publisher; New York. The book features numerous in-text illustrations and tables. The chapters are arranged as follows: Choice of Soil; Preparation of the Soil; Planting the Vines; Care of Vines During the First, Second and Third Years; Management of Fruiting Vines; Subsequent Management of the Vine; Theory and Practice of Pruning and Training as Applied to the Grape Vine; Construction of Walls, Trellises, etc.; Propagation of the Vine; Manures and Their Application to the Vine; Diseases and Insects; Methods of Hastening the Maturity of the Grape; Care of Old Vines; To Preserve Grapes; Descriptive List of Native Grapes; Tabular View of the Size, Color, Shape, etc. of all the Variations of American Grapes of Which any Account can be Found; The Manufacture of Wine; Examples of American Vineyard Practice; The Thomery System of Grape Culture; Bibliography of Grape Culture. There is an 8-page publisher's catalog at the back. From the Preface: "The following work has been undertaken not so much in the hope of adding anything new to what is already known of the culture of the vine, as with a view to collect the scattered information which exists on the subject in periodicals and Kindred works as well as amongst practical men, and to throw it into such a shape as may prove useful to the amateur and the vine-dresser."

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Location: Merrimack, New Hampshire

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