Burlington hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington, Iowa) 1845-185?, 1849-12-06
Vine Yards About Cincinnati.


yards on the Ohio, below the city, and
among others at the vineyard Of MIR Deu-
mey, who | understand resides in the city.
The location is good one, with a favor
able soil, and is believe the largest Vine
yard in the State. 1t requires his per-
sonal attention. The grapes ripen badly,
and large portion Of them cannot ripen
at all. .~..a........ ...... ....-
In some parts of Europe, where their
summers are cool, they find it necessary
to shorten the leading branches intended
to produce the next years crop, and thin
out the leaves, and head in the short
branches, and fully expose the fruit to the
sun and air, to insure its ripening. This
method in our hot climate is often highly
injurious to the plant, and destructive to
the fruit. If the heading in Of the leading
shoots be done early in the season, the
fruit buds ofthe following year are thrown
out. AS an experiment, | one year by
successive heading, had the fruit Of four
successive years on the plant at the same
time, and the fall being favorable, the Sc
cond crop ripened its fruit. Where the
fruit branches are frequently topped. the
wood becomes ripe, the sap ceases to flow,
and the fruit cannot ripen. This is the
case a, the vineyard OF Mr. Deumey. In
our hot climate no more lateral branches
should be taken from the main shoots in
tended for next years fruit, than I" give
the necessary length. The fruit branches
should be topped when in blossom, beyond
the second eye from the last blossom, and
after tina, TO be allowed to grow without
topping. In our climate to pen the fruit,
a portion of shade is necessary, for where
there is growing young wood, there is of
course full flow of sap to the fruit, with
OH, which it shrivels and drops off. s
This day visited a German settlement
on the ONO, commencing about IL myAss
above the city, and extending about
miles. The hill commences close 10 the
river, and rises gradually; the usual river
bottom land being on the opposite side OF
the river. The soil is porous and well
calculated in my opinion, for the cutiva-
ton of the grape, and nearly the whole
of the 4 miles is occupied by vineyards,
and there are also some on the top of ttITo
hill. Two of the vineyards belong to
Enyli >hmen the owners of all the others
are Germans. ... ....
Most of the vineyards in this vicinity,
have suffered severely from the rot, and
some vine-dressers, expecting in the early
par, of the season, to make from 1000 10
1000 gallons of wine, will not make loO.
Yet their vineyards are ON the sides and
tops of hills, fully exposed to the sun and
air. But the snb-scii is stiff clay, re-
tentive Of moisture. These localities will,
| fear, be always subject to rot, and yet
the VINEYARDS will be found more proilta-
bic than any oher crop. To persons
having a porous soil, ! would recommend
the cultivation of the Herbenon' grape. -
1t is fine grape. both for the table anc
for wine, and perfectly hardy. Ii make:
wine of superior quality, similar TO tn.
Spanish Mauz ,nilla, or Man>inalla, as 1
is generally pronounced. This grape has
| soft pulp, AMI resembles the best fore'g
table grapes. Lick run, in our immediate
| vicinity, will make one OF the most beau
tifui rural spots in the world. 1t viii
soon be continuous line OF vineyards
/ wish some of our poets would visit II II
Nav or June, and give it more beaut'
tul and appropriate name. They ma,
rack their brains for months, and not NM
one worthy of the scene. 1t is d'lferen
on Monnt Adams, which is in doubi
sense in connexion with the heavens: 1t
height and proximity to the great lele
scope of Professor Mitchell. The highes
street is called Celestial street. Com
manding as the view is, the name sure'.
equals it. N. LONu Won II:
P.S. I have Just returned from v's'
to the vineyard of Mr. LANcDoS, on tn
bottom of the Little Miami, eight mile
above the city, in sandy soil. That pc
rous soil is not subject to the rot IN grape
is cxemplifed here. His misfortune
in fac, TOO large crop of fruit, an nnnsn'
complaint this season. let he will have
poor vintage, arising from two causes
! which prevent the fruit from ripen'ns.-
The first and least cause Is, too niue
fruit, from leaving too much bearln
wood. There was more than the WIN
could give supply Of sap for, in favor
able season. The second and great eau
is the same as at the vineyard OF M
DEuMEY. The fruit has no shade, lie
J leaves, and but little young wood on II
frat branches, to carry sap to the grape
:. to ripen them. The wood is life, and Il
r circulation OF the sap stopped. Not OF
: fourth of the grapes will ripen psriec
| msny of them shrivel and drop, and mar
, of them scarcely change color. "A lavo
: able fall will aid them. ..- .z.
I observed at the vineyard Of Mr. Ian!
don. that the CAtawba vine is much clos
: ioin,ed than in our richer land where the
Is sub soil Of clay; and one Of my lie
man vine-dressers assured me this "
always the case. This would indicate
increased crop, and the change probao
r depends on III richness OF the soil. r
n important inquiry is, will the grape IN
e sandy soil yield an equal amount OF S
gar? l wish our vine dresSers to DIRE
e their attention to this subject. In some
/ our vineyards, they have both Soils al
the question will easily be decided.
: color of the Ca,awba grape is no cer'a
evidence Of its ripeness and richness.
s1 They are often OF unusual dark color u
/" season, ye, the juice has one-e'ghlh less
gar.