American Grape Growing and Wine Making

This special re-print edition of George Husmann's book "American Grape Growing and Wine Making" is a complete guide to growing wine grapes and making wine. Written in 1880, this classic text provides insight into how to grapes are grown for wine making purposes as well as how wine is made. Chapters include Classification of Grapes, Propogation of the Vine by seeds, Propogation of Grapes by cuttings, Propogation by Layers, Grafting the Vines, Preparing the Soil For Grapes, What Grapes to Plant - Some Varieties, Planting the Vines, Training the Vines, Diseases of Grapes, Insect Pests, Wine Making and more. An interesting read for those interested in wine making and vineyards. Note: This edition is a perfect facsimile of the original edition and is not set in a modern typeface. As a result, some type characters and images might suffer from slight imperfections or minor shadows in the page background.