Cheraw gazette and Pee Dee farmer. [volume] (Cheraw S.C.) 1838-1839, 1839-01-09

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adjoining ripe wood below. These are laid
in a s|iaIloY pit or trench, or even on the
cleanIy scraped surface of the earth, SO rs to
be moro than four inches thick; and then
are covered over with clean and friabe soil,
| (sand would be bclter,) which is 10 fill up all
vacances between the twigs, as we'll as to
cover them. Then, any kind Of earth NAV
be heaPed on. so rs to cover the twigs IL
or l3 inches deep, if freezing is feared !;
though few inches depth has always,
proved sufficient. AS in all other cases of
wntcr-pIts or trenches to coEtain mul,icaulis
plants, the access oftoo much water from
rains should be prevented, By choosing any
| elevated spo:, or surrounding ii wiitra ditch.
Mr.. Peasants views and advice as to
choosing il cold situation, to prevent the too
early springing Of the buds, are likely. to
give still greater value to this Practice Of
saving and using unripe buds. Mr.. Wei.
Ter relies on his unripe buds, saved as above,
to be nearly as certain as the ripest, to
vegctate and produce, and this Information
may be worth several hundreds Of dollars,
this year, to every one who has as much as
an acre in multicaulis plants. 1t is highly
necessary 10 avoid having any vegetable
matter in contact with the buried twies rs
mouldncss and rotting will be produced and:
perhaps may sprca beyond the twiss first
affected.
AS 10 the capacity Of The unripc buds to
sermina'c and TO produce good plants, il
preserved properly through winter, without
being cut.from the PLANS, VIC knew it like.
wise from the information ofJohn F.. Meade,
ESQ.,, Of Prince George, who avalcd of The
knowledge so well that he has now as many
growing trees as he bought cuttings las,
spring-ti,c unripc buds, which are not
charged. having fully made up for all the
failures ofihe ripe. By the way, cuttings
bought by Mr.. Meade last spring, cost him
(at an unusually low price) $40, and the
crop from them is worth $1,000, at the pres.
ent enormous prices and ready sales.
We saw Mr.. Wellcr's nursery, (in Hall
fax county, N CO. on October 16.h. Ten.
der plants, (such as sweet potato vines,)
had then been partly killed by lros', bu, his
mulbcrrics were barely touched, on some OF
The youngest top leaves, and many grow,
or ripen, much more yet. IIc had worked
the ground late in August; and that, Gas
We think, improperly late cultivation) as
well as the late rains, had caused very late
growth, and usually large proportion ofun.
ripe wood and buds. He does not trouble
himself 10 cut down and cover, Or to use
any'other means to protect in winter, any
OF his plants, except the the unripe exlrcn l.
ties Of branches. He considers all the ripe
wood as perfectly safe. This is most i'm
portaHt advantage Of the climate of North
Carolina and Virginia. But though cut.
ting down the entire plant is unnecessary to
project the ripe wood from cold, still as it
will be done at any rate, for cuttings, while
the grea, demand lasts, it will be better to
prott Ct the unripe buds.
Mr.. Weller's nursery grounds quite sandy,
and some Oft had been very poor, and mos.
Oft now far from rich. Yet his one.year's
plants are generally !our and sometimes six
feet high; showing the great advantage Of
using the lightest soil. At Castor, on the
rich as we'll as light soil of the Roanoke
low-grounds, small patch, belonging to
w. w. Wilkins. ESQ.,, would average, cer-
:ainly $50 good buds, (and he thinks 2OO)
on the plants ofthis years growth. 1t iscer.
tainly the FIRST growth we have seen. These
plants, from buds planted last spring. in
seven months thereafter would sell for SO a
piece--perhaps for SIS, at the present pri-
ces. Some waste building lime had been
given to this spot. We had been before
inclined 10 belive that calcareous manures
are peculiarly adapted to the mulberry,
from having observed the usual locations,
and degree of luxuriancc, Of the native
growth. Mr.. Weller has found very de.
cided benefit from sprinkling the rubbish of
old mortar, (from demolished brickwork,)
in his rows of multicaulis cuttings. The
great value, too, of bonc-manure, (thoush
bones are Of phosphate lime.) as stated by
Mr.. Peasants, is a valuable fact, and helping |
to confirm the opinion ofthe demand ofthls
plant for lime 10 some Of its forms in COM
bination.
Mr.. Weller plants at any time in winter
or spring, when he has the time. He has
no objection to, or fear of, fall planting, but
has no spare labor at that season. He cuts
up generally, into singlebud cuttings, and
drops the bits into the lurrow, with no care
as to their position, and about seven or
eight inches apart, irows three iect) and
covers carefully. We think better mode
would be to stick the lower end Of the cut
ting into the soft mould, p rpendicularly,
and TO cover the bud moi more than an inch,
if near the time TO sprout. Tne lower en-
tremities, where the roots form, in this case
would be as low as possible, and so muci,
the more likely to keep moist: aud the bud
be very near, as it ought to be, TO the air.