The Wilmingtonian, and Delaware advertiser., 1826-02-23

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heavy, and will even scarcely fail to grow
in any land except hard clay.
The ground should however, be made per-
fectlv mellow TO the depth of two feet, and If
not naturally rich, should be made so with
old well rotten stable or COW yard manure,
the latter always preferable. The situation
should have southern aspect; an eastern
aspect is found to render the fruit and foil
aye most liable to mildew, ard southern
exposure is found to be preferable to all 9TH
ers.
TRANSPLANTING.
Either the spring or autumn answers for
transplanting vines, but the latter is the pre-
ferable season. In removing the vines 1t is
necessary to keep the roots moist from the
time they are taken up until replanted. Let
the holes be dug eighteen inches deep, and
some we'll rotted COW yard or stable manure
be incorporated with the earth, that is tilled
in around them and let them be watered as
soon as they are planted
PRUNING.
About the first week in November, it will
be necessary to prune the vines; it they are
quite young the branches of the same sea-
sons growth should be trimed down to about
four buds, but, as the vines advance in age
and size, the number of buds to be left.may
be increased, and. when the vines are quite
strong some of the most vigorous shoots.may
be left from to feet in length; observing
always in pruning, TO proportion the number
Of buds left, to the strength OF the shoot. IN
the spring, many unnecessary shoots VIII De
produced, which must be rubbed off, as they
would exhaust the vine, and lessen the
quantity and quality OF the fruit; indeed care
should be taken to rub off all such buds as
are unnecessary to furnish bearing shoots for
the ensuing year, and to lop off such lateral
branches as would tend to draw the susie
nance from the main shoot.
TRAINING.
Lattice fences, feet high, and at dis
tance of feet from each other, answer ex-
tremely we'll for vines, which should be
planted along them, at the distance of feet
asundar. On these fences, the shoots should
be trained in a horizontal or oblique direc-
tion, and each branch sngly, so as to allow
the air to pass freely through, and cause the
wood to ripen well, on which invariably de-
pends the success of the ensuing crop. At
Thomery, "a town near Paris, celebrated for
its Grapes, the vines are trained on trelices
8feet high.-These lattices possess this adj
vantage, that the sun can shine on both sides
of the vines in the course of the day, and
that they allow free passage to the air,
which is a great benefit, as we'll in maturing
the fruit, as ripenng the wood. In some
parts OF France, however, where the culture
of the vine is carried to SO great an extent,
very simple mode is pursued, which is to
place two poles to each vine, and to train up
two shoots to each Of the poles.-This meth
cd might probably be found advantageous in
this country, on the principle of economy,
when it is contemplated to establish extens-
i've vineyards.
CULTURE, &c.
It is preferable in winter, to protect most
kinds of foreign Grapes in the following man.
ner, though there are many that do not re-
ouirc it In the course of the month of
Nov nbcr, after they have been trimmed
according to the above directions, bind each
vine gently down, then stake it to keep it in
its place; after this, proceed to cover it with
earth or litter, hilling the earth up we'll a.
round, and sloping it to cast off the rain. In
the beginning of April, they must be care
fully uncovered and trained along the lattic-
es designed for them, or tied up to poles, in
such wav that the branches are kept sep
arate from each other, and, if it is the first
season after transplanting, allow but three
or four of the most vigorous buds to grow,
and rub off the others. 1t has been urged
by some, that the necessity for covering most
kinds of foreign vines precluded their cul-
ture for the purpose of making Wine; but it
must have been unknown to them, that the
vineyards on the Rhine, where large quan
titles of Wine are made, are treated in this
manner However this objection may be
remeded, by planting only those vines which
are cultivated in the north OF France, and
which there withstand, without protection,
a degree Of cold full as great as the middle
states; the new varieties which have ori-
ginated in our own country, bid fair also tc
do away every difficulty on this point. The
ground around the vines, must be kept mel
low, and free from grass and weeds; and ev-
cry autumn Immediately after pruning them
it will be necessary to have from two to -four
shovels full of old we'll rotted manure dug ir
around each vine. 1t is to be understood
that the directions for covering the vine:
during the winter, and the selection of early
fruit, &c. are only necessary for the climate
north of the Potomac; for in the more south
crn states, no protection of courseis necessa
ry, and all the latter kind OF grapes may b,
cultivated with every reasonable prospect O
success; but all the other directions relativ
to pruning, training, manuring, &c will b
found necessary as we'll in southern, as il
northern climate.
Gviefofa Szvediah Widozyer.-Bannier,
ro,ehrated Swedish General having lost Iii