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Contents Acknowledgments ix Introduction 1 Part One. Maxims 31 Part Two. Treatises An Essay on the Culture of the Grape Vine, and Making of Wine; Suited for the United States, and More Particularly for the Southern States (January–July 1828) 39 Wine Making (January 23, 1833) 86 Part Three. Published Letters on Grape Growing and Wine Making Requisites for Success in Grape Cultivation (January 22, 1820) 109 Acculturation of French Vines (December 6, 1822) 113 On the Culture of the Grape (August 20, 1826) 117 On the Use of Sugar in Making Wine (August 27, 1826) 124 Speech to the Agricultural Society of S.C. on the Benefits of Publicly-Sponsored Grape Cultivation (February 17, 1827) 130 Memorial to the Senate of South Carolina (December 1826) 135 Domestic Wine (December 23, 1826) 139 American Wine (January 18, 1828) 141 Pruning Grape Vines (April 20, 1828) 144 Letter to Nicholas Longworth on the Grape Vine (March 19, 1829) 149 Cultivation of the Grape (August 12, 1829) 157 Letter to Edward Stabler on Wine-Making (September 9, 1829) 161 On the Proper Distance for Planting a Vineyard (December 7, 1829) 167 Pruning Frost-Nipped Vines (March 22, 1830) 172 contents viii On the Culture of the Grape Vine, with Observations on the Practice Recommended by Various Writers (March 30, 1830) 176 Letter to an Alabama Planter (July 9, 1830) 183 On the Formation of Vine-Yards of Native Vines, and the Ingrafting of Grape-Vines (September 4, 1830) 189 Table Grapes (October 26, 1830) 195 Herbemont’s Madeira (May 27, 1831) 201 Observations on the Rot of the Grape, and Grafting of Foreign Vines on Native Stocks (September 4, 1831) 203 Afflictions (September 24, 1831) 206 Letter to George Fitzhugh, Jr. (September 2, 1832) 210 Observations on the Planting of the Vine and Rot in Grapes (May 28, 1833) 213 Letter to Edmund Ruffin (November 18, 1833) 219 On the Causes of Failure in Vine Culture and Wine Making (November 15, 1834) 224 Origin of “Herbemont’s Madeira” Grape (February 1835) 230 Difference of the Growth, Culture, and Product of Grape Vines, in the United States and in Europe (April 29, 1836) 232 On the Suitableness of Warm Climates for Wine Making (February 15, 1837) 238 Grape Culture in South Carolina (September 9, 1837) 241 Letter to Sidney Weller on Grape and Silk Culture (March 8, 1838) 245 Part Four. Agrarian Essays Observations Suggested by the Late Occurrences in Charleston, by a Member of the Board of Public Works, of the State of South-Carolina (1822) 251 Address to the President and Members of the United Agricultural Society of South-Carolina, at Their Sitting in Columbia (December 1, 1828) 261 Honesty Is the Best Policy (March 1832) 268 On the Moral Discipline and Treatment of Slaves (February 1836) 275 Bibliographical Essay 281 Bibliography of Primary Sources on Wine Making in America, 1810–1840 289 Index 293 ...

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