Hearth and Home, in a late issue, gives an account of the cost of growing and selling the production of grapes from 2 73-100 acres of vineyard. The cultivator puts down the cost of cultivation from the time of gathering the grapes the previous autumn to the commencement of picking them this year, at $233.51. This includes cultivating, hoeing and pruning, and 800 pounds of ammoniated superphospate of lime applied to parts of the vineyard. The cost of picking, packing, and marketing, including freight and commissions and wear and tear of crates, he gives at $227.88, making total cost for the year $461.39. His crop of grapes was 14,500 lbs., for which he received $1,096.76, so that he received $635.37 profits. In this he does not make any charge for rent of land nor taxes, nor for taking the grapes from the vineyard to the railway station. His vineyard contained 2,000 vines in bearing and 250 younger vines. They are mostly Concords, a few, about one-tenth, Delawares, and some Hartford Prolific, Diana, etc. His first Delawares sold at 20c. per pound; his first Concords at 10c.; his Delawares falling to 10c. and his Concords to 6c. before the close of the season.

He had about 12,000 pounds of Concords and 1,200 pounds of Delawares, the remainder being divided by some eight or nine other sorts. By this it would seem that it cost him about 3 1-5 cents to grow and market a pound of grapes; that the average gross receipts were about 7½ cents per pound, and the net proceeds about 4 1/3 cents per pound; or $232 per acre.

These grapes were marketed in the city of New York.