Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1830-11-25

idfF inc lower ONES, she~s mat something Is
not right. Daring tins time the earth Dr., TO
considerable depth, more 50, perhaps Than
most people are aware of Alter lhree or four
weeks pl such drought. an abundance Of ram
comes. which supplies the thirsty v,ue with a
super nuouS quantity OF water particularly whtn
The upper also called I" day iight roots have
never been suppressed, rs they ought 10 be I'VE
~ winter. The consequence Of thM Is. that
the young fruit Is drowned. ia manner by II,
aud il rois. This is certainly the fact. wheih
er It he accounted for correctly or not this
shows the II. cessity Of providing against this
cause, which, IT duly done, the elect must
| cease.
For the vine then, soil ought to be selected
deep aud permeablr. A trench two or three
! feet deep made and the bottom strewpd with
compos, made Of we'll rotted vegetable matter
manure from The cow-pen. and as much
possible, of the debris ofod buildings. old NOR
| tar, plaisiering or any other coatse materials
containing llme. These ingredients being vel
mi ed ara 10 be spaied in the bottom of The
tIench. so as 10 incorporate them well With the
bottom soil. On tins, the vino is to he planted,
with the roots as sound and as long AS practica-
BILE, il rooted plants are used, Otherwise the
cuttings are placed somewhat oblquey,) the
roots are spread evenly and covered with tho
surface soil taken from the trench, reserying The
lower soil which lsless f'rtllr for The Top II Is
! hest not 10 fill up the trench al once, but rather
to do il gradually. and in the course of several
/ wears. this will induce the lower roofs t" des'
cend into the ich bed below, acquire strength,
aud enable them 10 supply the vine with due
nourishment, without the assistance OF the up
per roots which are TO be suppressed every
year as said above. The better To prevent tho
growth of these day tight roots, it is thought All
visabe 10 M up ihetrench, as II IL done gradu-
! ally with thr poorest soil or sand. II appears
] 10 me that n VINE thus planted will not he iiabIe
! 10 these injurious altel nations oil dIyness aud
moisture.-rhis must not bc looked upon as
mere plausby theory for It 10. 10 some extent
the European practice, which. though MOI CIV
en- in the books Tor this ohjecl. 10 probably the
principal reason vi its having been adopted
there although perhaps ms " Unknown To the
writer's. The practice OF cutting of yearly tho
day light rooIS' 10 the depth ofsik To ten inch
es, is ain 1st universal in all Europe although
the preventing ofthe rot is not gwen as the rrn'
sou. it may have originally have been the cause
OF lis adoption.
LAWFULLY aware that this manner of planting
! is liable 10 objections, as It offers violent op-
position to nature which generally produces the
roots of pans where they are most likely to
answer her purpose. II is true, that generally
speak ing, trees ought not TO be planted deeper
than they grow materially, aud that II IL be done
nature will make an Effort to produce another
set OF roots in their usual places, aud this vi Ill
be To the deirhptnt of The lower old roots,
which will thereby suffer much, and IN many
cases, perish entirely, TO The great injury OF The
tree. Thi, is true, aud perhaps, philosophical
reasoning but we must also take experience
| for our guide, and it shows that the vine en-
dures tines encroachments on its habits. Mi
| Their ought we to view the habits Of plants in
/ their native state aud in our forests as being
precisely those which they would assume IN
| different situations. In The wosds, the ground
! is covered with leaves and other vegetable mat
| ter which besides the shades ottho Tros, a<o.
protect The shallow roots from the direct mfr
eace oil the sun and air. and compensate ia u
great degree the want Of the depth which is
| here proposed to be gwen to the vioe IN more
oDen situations. The moisture preserved on
the surface OF the ground, IN tue woods, b, this
shade and covering of leaves. &c. must be
somehow COM ensated, and it seems to be best
done Wy planting att greater depth. Those,
| however. who may object positively TO this deep
| planting may come near IL by filling par iii
the trench. with the eaith from the suriac, :,
enriched with well rotten compost, as above
stated, and if tbey be careful 10 suppress yearly
the upper roots. the lower ones sill most pro-
| badly acquire sufficient depth and strength 10
ansn er the desired purpose. Surprising the
vines, cuttings or roots, planted as directed be-
fore, il matters not that their tops are below
the general surface Of the ground, because the
trench will not he filled up for two or three
wears, when this objection will no logger
lsi. Rooted vines ought TO he SO planted
as to leave only Two or three buds above
the ground, rather less than more, according,
however, 10 the size and strength Of the midi
yidusl plaut. Cuttings should be planted 81
as to show only one bud above tie giound. and
the second just below the surtact- Vines plan
ted with these precautions wall grow very vlg-
oruusly and ought to have stakes 10 winch the
shoots are 10 be neatly tied with SOME solI SUI
stance, so AS not 10 njure the tender bark II Is
best 10 suffer cuttings to RAISE only one shoot,
the Others being carefully rubbed Or broken
! of.
| On rooted plant. two or three shoots m,y be
suffered 10 grow according 10 Their strength.
! In either case the lower side shoots or " IN
terLeares" should be cut O q above their first leaf
a. high as il is inten ded 10 prune the following
pinter, and all above that, are Suffered to grow
as they please. The main shoots should not
be topped There is diversity Of opinion as
to the best season for taking of these " intsr-
leaves, )" and also as to the manner Of doing IT,
Some advise their being broken or pinched
close off as soon as they appear, Others leave
them till about mid summer, and then break or
| cut them oil so 10 leave one or two leaves
on them | prefer the latter mode, as being the
least opposed to the object which nature may
have in vie W in producing them, Whatever that
may be. 1t might perhaps, be still better to
leave them altogether.
The following winter, the shoots produced
from the cuttings, if pruned at all, are TO be
cot down TO one good bud or two at most, if
the growth has been very strong, and those
produced from the rooted vines are to be pru0-
Ell according to their size. vigor and the object
one has IN view. II ye'y strong. and the object
is to cover an arbor, espalier or wall, they may
be left about Two or three feel high, aud when