The Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1822-1829, 1828-08-18

49,, vine is ABUNDANT every where, and II only
,eauires a liIle care to sslfel slips Of choice
,,.ir. 10 have, in til, way, u productive vineyard
m a wear OF two E:
CULTURE OF THE VINE.
rqtl4ble Practical Inform aiiea nad hlnts on he
Culture otthe V,ne.
From the author of - Coke On Fruit Frees
burlington. July -. ISIS.
s. SKINNER. Esq.
e.-Ibec cultivation of the vino has become
=, ,onnrtant 10 the henifb. morals AMI prospect
.. of onr country that | cleeriully comply with
,me wishes OF some respectable friend, by COM
,,,nir,tine to you the result of numerous es pe-
,,,,ants. nude under nv own observation, in EN-
,,,It,n5 various kinds Of delicate foreign grapes
aud suoptior strleties Of our domestic grapes
=, tho more ,ipnrous stocks of cultivated vines.
ar IN tbe native vines oi orr fields, or trans.
,I,,,ed native vines, removed from our hedge
rows into our gardens at the moment of engfalt-
i,p. The process is extremely simple, aud as
f,g az ; can learn from inspection of the most
annroved English and French writer's, and from
inanjry OF intelligent Foreigners. is not pracIiSed
IN Europe. il is performed by inserting a scion
of the usual size for planting, IN the root or
stock, under The uriace ofthe earth, covering il
with the earth, raised round the stock high O.
poueI, 10 protect the scion, which is about SIX
inches long, with i've eyes only, the upper one
I, he even with the top Of tine little hillock raised
around Iic plant. No clay or composition is ne.
cess nv. Inc stock must ha nj least one inch in
diameter. al one or two inches ABOVE the crown
al the plani. when barred 10 the first roots, il
must be sawed OF at the point. The slock is TO
BE- carefully split, after Inc loose bank is scraped
of, and II nece ssary opened by a wedge the
Scion. when firmly fixed, will he retained, in It's
pace By the pressure of the stock, alter the
wedge has been Withdrawn or cut oil The time
for engtaiting Is the saine rs for tine appie-a-
bout the Ist To Tire loih April in this State. In
Two or Three weeks the buds will sprout. One
oniy mnsisbe permitted 10 gro" il must b.
framed 10 a stake, and kept pruned of lateral
shoots. IN a good soil II will grow ten To ta Five
feet the first wear; after this it NAV he cm down
to two or three eyes. or trained al erea ~ length
to a tteIlis, according 10 IFS strength. They ~
vJriablg bear fruit the second year, and frequent
" viii produce one or more lunches The lrst
war. Idis, however. should not be permit ted,
except from a wish 10 ascertain The quality Of
rae fruit. Il Is now about SIX years since the
first attempt Of an nllellIgrnt neighbor in this
mode Of engrattlng was exhibited 10 me, after
repeated failures Of the ordinary mode Of en-
grating above The surface, with the AID Of clay
and composition. | had experienced similar
failures IN my own experiments, owing, pre-.
sumo, To the greater iloW of an in our climate.
/ have nov growths Of al least ten feet from
gratis of this spiing, eNhibIring II luSu liant
growth Of a single bunch oil grapes. When the
stock is sufficiently large, t"o scions may be in
serted, and il successful, may be reduced 10 a
single stock, OF one of them NAV be laid down
b. training, about SIX inches under the surface,
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