The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1851-10-08

several SuDSCTlDcIS, we Ttpuullsn tHe
following valuable article on the culture
Of Grapes, which first appeared in our
paper Of Oct. %, ls50.-Ep. Rsa.
Grapes.
Inquiries are often made Of me for
slips. and TO ascertain the season most |
favorable for tran splanting the grape |
vine. To these inquiries it may be an
swercd, slips may he taken and the vine
may be ,ranplanied any time after the
hard frosis have ex,inguished veeota.
tion, and before the ground becomes
consolidated for winter repose. The
question is often asked, What grapes
would be best for nc ?" The answer TO
this question should depend on the care
and skill which a person will besiow
on his vines. Every man, who owns
farm or homestead and values fruit,
should have one or mole vines. When
the clusters hang finely, they are highly
ornamental to an establishment if ever
so hu'uhle, and when they are of suit
able kind, tlrey affect the palate as de-
lightfuly as the eye Farmers will not
generally take time to cultivate those
which require much attention, aud TO
repose under covering in the winter,
A grape, which to avoid a synonym, !
shall call the Lyman Grape aud not the
Benton grape, is recommended to all
those who would appreciate that vine
most, which, while il gr atilies the uppe>
tlte, requires but little care, except 10
give it, or make for it, rich warm soil
and to trim it every autumn. Cutting
of all the new bearing branches every
June within one or two leaves Of the
fruit. whe n 1t is not bigger than PIN
head, is desirable. The other new
branches should be pinched off at their
ends 10 check their extending, say the
: first part Of August A multitude oI
feeble sprouts, that promise nothing and
, are not needed, should be rubbed of
l before they are half an inch long. This
e however, is telling everything that is de-
r sirable for this grape, rather than mere
y what is necessary. 1t will flourish
: well without any attention, if it has l
!. treIlis or fence or huge rock or ;
a tree or shed to rest on. The Lyman
= grape is certainly very excellent, and, af
+ ter much examination and inquiry,
am persuaded that it is the best though
not the largest native grape in thi'
, county. My friend Pierpoin,, Of Yer
f gsnnes. says he has compared it will
; the Lyman grape so much sxtolled il
= Burlington, and that, if the palate MAJ
\ Judge by the fruit and the eye by th'
0 foliage, i, is idenically the same. |
o endures the winter admirably in an.
: situation. without being taken down o.
, covered. This vine may be found a
3 Mr.. Benton's in Waltham, having beer
transferred to his farm from Connect
cut many years ago. Mr. Benton hai
been very generous in furnishing slip
: and layers. 1t may now be found il
l. his fathers garden in Cornwall; in Mr.
Wrghts, Dea. Jamess and Mr.. Bow
ditchs in Weybridge; in my own and
! DR.. Ross; in several gardens in Yer
4 gennes, and in many others. | call i
g the Lyman grape rather than the Ben
: ton grape, because this grape at Burling
= ton has long had an established name
and it is undesirable, and often operate
deceptively. to give two distinct names
c to the same grape. 1t doubtless came
to Burlington from Connecticut rit
Montreal.
Those who are disposed to bes,ov
= considerable attention 10 the cultivation
n OF the grape & to secure variety of ,h'
L best kinds eur climate will admit, shoult
II procure the Isabella, the White Sweet
Z water, and the Burgundy. The Isabel
- is first rate grape, great bearer, nev
> er blasts and may be kept through tn,
winter il put down in jars in cotton ol
dry saw dust, &c. But it does moi al
= ways ripen perfectly in this climate, un
g less covered a few times. to secure
: against the first autumnal frosts. A(te
Il a few years it will generally live througl
the winter without being taken down o
covered. But when covered by throw
ing over it board on which is coat O
+. Asparagus tops. straw or dirt, ii devel
d opes SO much more nobly in the spring
/, az to compensate amply for all trouble
IL The White Sweetwater, though by NJ
n means equal to the Isabella. is an earl.
'i and pleasant white grape. Ii ia oitei
in this ueighborhood erroneously called
y The Sweeiwaler Madeira. This grape
: is very liable to blast unless skillulll
cultivated, and will invariably die dowr
!. 10 the ground, if not covered in winter
@ Those who send abroad would do wei