J. Van Buren Scuppernong Grape, Its History and Mode of Cultivation

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Whilst the greatest effort has been made to ensure the quality of this text, due to the historical nature of this content, in some rare cases there may be minor issues with legibility. We have been induced to publish this little work from the numerous inquiries made by personal correspondents, for two years past, in relation to the cultivation of the Scuppernong Grape and its Wines; as well to show the necessity of resorting to a more diversified system of industry under our present gloomy and embarassed situation.<br><br>As our labor system has been entirely ruined by the United States Government, it becomes necessary for us to adopt means of gaining a livelihood whereby the former amount of labor required can be dispensed with. As one of the means of accomplishing this end, we lay before our Southern friends this little work, which, by lapse of time, we have no doubt, will need modifying in many particulars. But having been a resident of the State of Georgia for nearly thirty years, and having had some experience with this Grape for ten or twelve years past, we have presumed to place our views, founded on experience, before our unfortunate fellow sufferers of the once happy sunny South.