The Cadiz sentinel. [volume] (Cadiz, Ohio) 184?-1851, 1851-04-23

Take white eoflon cl.ah, of close rex
Iure. stretch add nail II on frames ofany SIZE
YOU wish; NIX IvO ounces Of line wa'sr,
fouf ounces of Iinseed oil. one ounce white OF
eggs, two ounces Of yolk OF eggs, mix the
lime and oil with verY gentle heat, beat the
eggs separately. sRd mix With the former
Spread this mixture with paint brush over
the cotton, allowingIeacb coat To dry before
applying another, until they become wa'et>
pssas. The following ate some OF The adVan-
ages these shades possess over glass ones;
/. The cusl being hardly one-iourlh.
2. Repairs are easily aud cheaPiS made.
3. ThesIighi. They do not require sha>
ding; no matter bow intense the heat of the
sun, the plants ore never struck down. o.
burnt, or rnded, oLchecked in growth; Meth
or do ,hey grow up iung, sick aud weakly, MS
lhev d, under glass, aud still there ia abun-
dance Of light.
4 The heat, arising sniirely from below,
IS mnre eqnable and temperate, which Is a
gr'ai object. Ths vapor rising from The ma
rure aud The eailh is condensed by the conl
air passing ovec the snIfacc o( the shade,
and hangs 10 drops upon he nsde.snd Irers
FIRE the piauis DO MT roqnte as frequent "a-
ts,inc. Is the frames v sre. .Ches are made
llarge, thoy SHOULD be i1'cserrad w,lh ross
bars aboul foo % i9rs snppo he 10th
These aruclrs ate 81 dbs hing Tor br NJ
ling f1rward flower ss.dS In season Tor trans
lpianung - Pior, Loom 0al AayH
ON GRAPE CULTURE.
! MR. BATEHAN: Far several years past
have succsCded very val With he Sweet
Water grape. My m,nner hns been 10 tain
a single vine. or M most hat Two, around a
,p2le about eight fee, high, la November
prune then close, cni the strings which los
ter them 10 the pole, dig shallow trench
bend down the vine and cover il with gar
den mould When the frost is gone in the
sprjng, they have been raised aud iwnsd an'
tied atnund tie pole. Last year | observed
the oldes vine produced but little fruit, hav
ing borne three or four successive years pre-
vious. On inquiry, found general con.
plaint that though this grape, with care, vii
produce vel when young, yet when four o
five Yeas old it fails.
have friend in Ashtabula. who raise
exceedingly fine grapes VI the common har
dy kinds, lsabellas and Catawbas. His rub
is hat grape vines should never be over 6V
years old. lie therefore trains up sue
cesson of runners, and as they come on
, cuts away the old ones near the grouuc
His vines are planted by the side of an ope
!. fence. Actosg The top Of The fence are fas
tened. by mailing on the tops of The post
marrow strips Of plank, extending TWO or thre
feet on each side of the fence, and th
vines are spread over these, leaving the fru
to The full rays Of The sun. | have neve
seen morc abundant OF finer grapes anywhere
Would not this process insure coaIinse
snrcess in the cultivation Of the Sweet Wa
; teri LAKE.
Painrsrille, Lake Co o. Feb. 1881.
REMARKs.--The above suggestions W
think are excellent. II has long been toun
that foreign grapes (sweet Water, &c., cul
uot be tuised to any advantage in this coun
: Try in the open air, except on young vines
: hut with good soil and careful training,
few good crops can be obluined from enc
: planting; and as the plants are easily pre-
duced, the fruit is we'll worth the pains.
Ohio Culiipntor.