Baton-Rouge gazette. [volume] (Baton-Rouge, La.) 1819-1856, 1843-05-27

sAf1 i@ftRNF 81 O%'f
artf1atttir eight OF ten Of The most Etfntigtj
tpfifsAted tplbrR. oh the common pink, month
" or perpetual rose, which, by being etlpport
nd BY n frame, will arise, vinsaliia. TO hlrIos
any haipht dnAired. After The middle al April
wItaf The nav wood has already maturet, am
the ystith Of The seaaon Ia passing, reason art
experience tell nis, to contend with the tea4
Hpn for the product Of the season, II II
then. for singular suecsss. expedition, aho
simplicity, I prefer what | have taken the
liberty Of calling T.gratting. Ut is performed
so far ms tho intiRions are inatIs, ~ the satne
way as TsbuAdine. bearing in m,.'d The feIhs
tive size Of the scion, mud Of tho ftoek. II
eaii bs performed. 10 long rs the hh~h VIII
peal easily, and you can get croae", or Vel
tnatiiffi eciuns. have a thrifty aiinbt'a
growing on a praeh+stoeF, put IN after n very
killing ffeFt last Fall. 1t may be- worthy ct
~feniafk. that II 100 lixtifihtt OF P~lsihotit stock
Ia as unfit M Oh exhausted ono W the for.
tner case wait until the season checks the
rapid growth IN The latter, nouriBli the tree.
This Ia as applicable 10 vegetable IA to AMI.
NAL life. when under preparation iof the
knife. Take tho htibna from h bearing tree
and limb, If you can, having made the Lin
~riHian. aud opened emily the hpptf Gdgaa
hold the scion Ia your left hand. by The upper
or crown end with your knife divide IT.
leavip two or three buds, besides the crown
bud, l1hling an angle, OF inclined flHne' nj
shout one inch, or more. having n thin lower
edge, with the bark projecting - little over
tbs wood insert this int tho lntIsisti, press
if carefully dewitt will separate the bark
IN 1t gonemuhtil II reaches Tho lowest point
sf the perpendicular inctsion the bark, ON"
bfnring It tightly, will add to its support (,
wrap It from below, upwards, with a eearse
single or double woellen yarn If the stock
IL over three Inches in diameter. a double liga
ntnra ID preferable i, after, treatment saH,e as
budding. with this exception If all the buds
put forth slioutH, tritn lswn to one. or ms your
tansy dictates, Tho crown end Of the scion
is far preferable 10 The lower, or middle part,
which Ii recommended IN all other forms OF
grating ifs preferable. II the middle Is used,
and it tahds, Il ID very apt 10 lay dormant, and
finally next Spring diHaptnint ys,tr eSpecta,
tions, by dying. Tho crown almost invariably
takes It may lay dormant. but GOLDEN fails to
bud forth IN the Spring. Six yeara experience
tells me that, In thia climate, At The season
when this Is praetieed. eieitrisdtiof going or
ut enc end, adhesion and graduation ut the
other, Ia more than the tender plant can often
btar, The growth tho first Eeaean may be
three feet, but owing 10 liz tendency to rcaA.
erne the tree shape, or branching figure, 1t IL
retarded In height. unlesn kept well TRIMMED.
lta advantages over all other forms must be
Numerous. II can be performed seven months
in the ytar-appeafs 10 follow budding as
naturally IA Summer follows Spring. If It
fails. it deef not render unsiehtly the appear
ante Of your tree. as in Cleft. g~raIti'g. II
can be performed in ono minute Of time,
aooner than budding-=fe preparation nocea.
aary Of stools and materials" ''graFting clay"
&c. q pncket.kniln. and II ball Of yarn, arc
all sufficient indeed, having n mind once to
operate, hut finding | was without my knife,
raw n rusty caee. knife, in the Fratb. under
the tree ] used 1t with admirable success,
ehowing evidently how much dercnaH on tho
proper thrift of tho eciona and aioeka. lcara
are late and SHY bearers, generally, in this
latitude, (32 : } Minei grated after tliis tnar.
nst. bloemed The third year, and now have ii
fine rratpoet of fruit they in the first IN
stance were trained partly a. espaljere. Nee.
tar mos, grated on the peach, bear we'll tho
second year. TIL process recommended by
Col. Wlngate ia to mako al T lhcision, with
n piece Of bark, TO be taken out at tho angle,
for tbs scion TO fit in he euta his aclo0e
awtage-alaped. as IN Cleft. graItIn@,' uece
baae ligatures, and covers all with d rcalnsuH
eotnpofttipn--baya nothing IF The part 81 The
scion to be used, which ID Of great Importance.
My experience with grating grapo.vlnos ia
very limited. A few weeks ago, | laid bare
the root Of d wild or nattyh vine, growing in
my yard il. was about all inch and a haIf 10
thickness | drove small, third Of an inch,
chisel through it, diagoually. iTren u fine
white grapevine, | made a .wedge-shaped
scion, having one bud Oh it | pressed It IN
firmly, covered it all with earth. Il has now
put up a shoot, and looks quite thrifty.
Respectfully A. II. PECK.
ronr Glnsos' M'ssiseigi, May A. led3'