The Express.
London, England, 1853-03-25 00:00:00

THE VINES IN MADERIA.

TO THE EDITOR. OP THE EXPRESS.

Sts,—Several applications have been made to me
recently by Madeira proprietors, respecting the probable
cause of the disease which has AO extensively affected the
grapes and currants of that island, as also as to the beet
I means of cure. I believe that the cause lies in the imperfect
performance of the functions of elaboration in the plants,
whence the tissues become gorged with sap, which, under •
sudden increase of the influence of the sun and a clear sky,
is very liable to pass into a state of fermentation, the plants
being unable to throw it off sufficiently quickly. The
result is formation of a mildew, and the loss of the crop.
With regard to the care, we know that the mildew may
be arrested in houses by withholding water, and applying
sulphur; but these remedies are of course inapplicable in
field cultivation. Those which I should suggest under ex-
isting circumstances, arc three in number, all tending to
diminish luxuriance of growth in the plants, viz:—l. The
young plants should be lifted, partly root-pruned, and re-
planted. 2. Round older plants should be dug a trench,
cutting through the larger roots at a distance of two or
three feet from the stem, the ends of the roots being at the
same time pruned with the knife. 3. The roots may be laid
bare to a great extent by drawing off the mould, to be put
back again after a certain interval. These operations, if
they do not cure the disease, will much diminish it, by ins-
ponantly affecting the whole nutrition of the plants. All
so-cared " medicines" are useless.
Trusting that you will givo insertion to these few lines
for the information of all,
I am, Sir, your truly obedient servant,
Camberwell, March 23. JAMES CU TRILL.

Sows OP CIIISPIN.—Tho craft is rich in names
which have become in greater or lesser degree household
property. There was the eccentric Lackington who, in the
title-page of his autobiography, tells us that he came to
London with five pounds in his pocket, and rose to be a
bookseller having an annual sale of a hundred thousand
volumes: be had been a shoemaker in the west of England.
There was Sir Cloudesley Shovel, the relonbtable admiral.
There was Fox, the real original Friend. There was Hans
Sachs, the poet of Niirenberg, and the friend of Luther.
There were the learned Baudouin and Jacob BUhmen.
There were the radical Hardy and the astrological Par-
tridge; the powerful Gifford and the gentle Bloomfield.
i There were Savage, and many others—all sons of Crispin
before they turned their thoughts and energies into new
channehr—Diekens's "Household Words."
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