The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1847-05-14
AGRICULTURAL.
FOREIGN GRAPES.

shtir experiments are with fareign ines
Such vines, too, are ofun brought 10
this market. for sale. Thai those who
IRE al work on,li' tack may know What,
soexpect, we offer The f,owiag eAlrsc
from caBversaiinn Of the New York
Fsrnn.' Chib.-Prai,is Far. a3e
:. DR.. UnderlilI said foreign grapes
could sometimes be raised viii, great care,
il girdens, bui .hcre was not sue 'ess.
fill vineyard Of lhem in The cou,nry,
though ,hey had been ri d in a'nos, eve y
Stale in tie Union. So far as lie knew.
slin,s every vineyard had entirely failed,
Yet il any one chooses, lei lin I'd the
heatea hack OF fsiure--he would no. o.
jec'.
Ar. Hal agreed as respects large vins-
yarls. Bn,we have a wide country,
many parls Of which have rot been tried
There IS al lea't rom for further cxperl-
msnts.
DE- Undcrlill said the f,rei N vines
had been iaken up at Georgetown Col
iegs, and Isabella and Cauiwba ave to
take their place. lie related The future
ri foreign grapes 10 Ohio. Indiana, and
many c,het States. Sdil he would be
glad 10 see foreign varieties cultivated an.
der glass for early table fruit But our
native grapes may easily be made 70 pro
duce SO abundinl as 10 supply our tables
far eight months in the year, and make .
fufirienry Of wine besides. Moreover
they may be so inrrapel. and IN some
Sinstinces Rare been, az to be cim95t, !
may say fu'ie as g,ol as the best foreign
H varieties. AS an article Of f,oj, they are
valuable at all seasons, more especially in
autumn. when i',ei' aniseptic properties
dilute The blood, carry of The bile, add
rsllace .he tendency to bilious fever and
kindred complaints.
Gen. Dearborn said, bestowed DIR
n ing cigl, or ten years, great cafe and IT,.
hor on foreign grape vines; after patient
A ~ trying every ~, and science +, PR
suce favorable result, ! succeeded in
raising just no grapes at all: and all my
exeriions ended i'm smoke, for pulled m
The vines and burn, them. Ny f,!her
was Government ~ mister at Lisbon, and
while there took great pains to get choice
h vines, which lie forwarded with ample
81 directions 10 me. cultivated them sew
IN years with no success, and then dug
them up. ] now have the Isabellas Cat.
tawbas. There is scarcely man near
Boston but has made Ike experiments,
II Sometimes they got bunch of grapes
"a generally not unless indeed they kept
their vines under glass, in which case the
|. fruit was abundan, and fine, as the exbi-
|, lions Of the horticultural society. over
4 which ! have the honor TO preside, have
shown. We have had these grapes high
4 ly praised by men who have travelled
: along the shores Of the Mediterranean
the region Of good grapes. When ] was
in Congress, ! visited Col. Adams, Pres.
idenl Madison's, and Governor b lrd,us's
vineyards. in all Of which the foreign
vines had failed. On The plantation once
d The seat Of Joel Barlow. NAV Of c1rsd.
cradle reputation as horticultnrlIis,, the
foreign vines had been lug up and natives
substituted. When the refugees from
France came ie this country, Congress
gave them tract OF land on the Black
Warrior. There they planted a noble
! vineyard Of foreign vines but ii was very
soon abandoned. Many other instances
Of the disastrous result Of cuhiva'ing for
cign vines J could mention, but these viii
/. ruiice. Some years ago, when French
army was going to Italy, they halted (,r
time q! the Zoo, Of the Alps. While
1 there, malignant dysenely broke out
among them. and men died with alarming
Z rapidity. The disease balll,l all the
7 Efforts of the French army physicians
! and Of their skill flme has bprne abund.
! I'll, witness. They wen, 10 an eminent
= physician Of the town near by, craving
I Ills council. Give them ripe grapes,
said he, send on, your commissioners
and buy up all the vineyards lie, those
Z who are able 60 into them and eat as long
as they choose, and bring in enough for
their fseber companions This advice
Z was loljwed, and 10 the surprise Of the
/, army the disease was instantly s,opIcd
{ No more were taken sick, and many who
had been given up to die, recovered.
n. SOriag Hower Steis--Many are in
the habit Of sowing flower seeds in beds,
and afterwards, transpanting them where
thcy are 10 stand. We have made con.
I siderable trial Of ibis mode, and have
! come to the conclusion that the better
way is TO sow them where they are to
grow, in the first place. There are very
few plants which do not suffer considera.
bly, from removal---,heir small roots be.
ing broken of; loss which is to be re.
/, paired before The work Of growing can
be recommended They are thrown
back two or thtcc weeks, and often
more.
Soma Of the large flower seeds may be
, planted as soon as beans; but the more ten.
der sorts are better left ill the warm wealth.
: erin May. when they will gcrmina,e q,
once, and 60 forward without, any delay.