Manual of American Grape-Growing

About this eBook

Author

Hedrick, U. P., 1870-1951

Title

Manual of American grape-growing

Credits

Produced by Steven Giacomelli, Chris Logan and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images produced by Core Historical Literature in Agriculture (CHLA), Cornell University)

Language

English

LoC Class

SB: Agriculture: Plant culture

Subject

Grapes -- Varieties -- United States

Category

Text

eBook-No.

29659

Project Gutenberg

https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/29659

Release Date

August 10, 2009

Copyright

Public domain in the USA.

Contents

1. 1.MANUAL OF AMERICAN GRAPE-GROWING
2. 2.PREFACE
3. 3.TABLE OF CONTENTS
4. 4.LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS — PLATES — FIGURES IN THE TEXT
5. 5.MANUAL OF AMERICAN GRAPE-GROWING — CHAPTER I — The European Grape — American Grapes — CHAPTER II — The Grape Regions of America — The Determinants of Grape Regions — CHAPTER III — Seedlings — Dormant Cuttings — Herbaceous Cuttings — Layering — Grafting — "Pedigreed" Grape Vines — CHAPTER IV — Adaptations of Resistant Stocks to Soils and Climates — Proper Planting of Grafted Vines — Influence of the Stocks on the Cion — Direct Producers — CHAPTER V — Laying Out the Vineyard — Preparation for Planting — Selecting and Preparing the Vines — Planting — Care of Young Vines — Catch-crops and Cover-crops — Tillage — Irrigation — CHAPTER VI — An Experiment in Fertilizing Grapes — CHAPTER VII — Pruning and Training Distinguished — Some Principles of Pruning — Renewing Fruiting Wood — The Work of Pruning — The Trellis — CHAPTER VIII — CLASSIFICATION OF METHODS OF TRAINING THE GRAPE IN EASTERN AMERICA — Training on Arbors, Pergolas and as Ornamentals — Pruning and Training Muscadine Grapes — Rejuvenating Old Vines — CHAPTER IX — Vine Pruning in California [16] — CHAPTER X — European Grapes at the New York Experiment Station [17] — CHAPTER XI — The Grapery — Varieties — Planting and Training — Care of the Vines — Pests — CHAPTER XII — Insect Pests — Fungous Diseases of the Grape — Control of Insects and Diseases — CHAPTER XIII — Harvesting in the East and North — Harvesting and Handling Muscadine Grapes — Handling the Grape in California — Marketing — Vineyard Returns — CHAPTER XIV — Wine — Grape-juice — Raisins — Grape-vinegar — By-products of Grape Industries — Domestic Uses for Grapes — CHAPTER XV — Grape Hybrids — Hybridizing the Grape — Results of Grape-breeding — CHAPTER XVI — Cross-pollination — Ringing Grape Vines — Bagging Grapes — Winter-protection of Grapes — Ripening Dates and Length of Season for Grapes — CHAPTER XVII — Plant Characters and Growth Habits of the Grape — The Genus Vitis — Species of American Grapes — CHAPTER XVIII — Actoni — Agawam — Almeria — America — Aminia — August Giant — Bacchus — Bakator — Barry — Beacon — Berckmans — Black Eagle — Black Hamburg — Black Malvoise — Black Morocco — Brighton — Brilliant — Brown — Campbell Early — Canada — Canandaigua — Carman — Catawba — Champion — Chasselas Golden — Chasselas Rose — Chautauqua — Clevener — Clinton — Colerain — Columbian Imperial — Concord — Cottage — Creveling — Croton — Cunningham — Cynthiana — Delaware — Diamond — Diana — Downing — Dracut Amber — Dutchess — Early Daisy — Early Ohio — Early Victor — Eaton — Eclipse — Eden — Eldorado — Elvira — Emperor — Empire State — Etta — Eumelan — Faith — Feher Szagos — Fern Munson — Flame Tokay — Flowers — Gaertner — Geneva — Goethe — Gold Coin — Green Early — Grein Golden — Gros Colman — Hartford — Hayes — Headlight — Herbemont — Herbert — Hercules — Hicks — Hidalgo — Highland — Hopkins — Hosford — Hybrid Franc — Ideal — Iona — Isabella — Isabella Seedling — Israella — Ives — James — Janesville — Jefferson — Jessica — Jewel — Kensington — King — Lady — Lady Washington — Lenoir — Lignan Blanc — Lindley — Lucile — Lutie — Malaga — McPike — Marion — Martha — Massasoit — Maxatawney — Memory — Merrimac — Mills — Mish — Mission — Missouri Riesling — Montefiore — Moore Early — Moscatello — Moyer — Muscatel — Muscat Hamburg — Muscat of Alexandria — Niagara — Noah — Northern Muscadine — Norton — Oporto — Othello — Ozark — Palomino — Peabody — Perfection — Perkins — Pocklington — Poughkeepsie — Prentiss — Purple Cornichon — Rebecca — Red Eagle — Regal — Requa — Rochester — Rommel — Rosaki — Rose of Peru — Salem — Scuppernong — Secretary — Senasqua — Sultana — Sultanina — Taylor — Triumph — Ulster — Verdal — Vergennes — Walter — Wilder — Winchell — Woodruff — Worden — Wyoming
6. 6.FOOTNOTES:
7. 7.INDEX

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