The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1852-10-27

| grapes.
For. a few years past | have furnished
cuttings OF grapes, at my autumnal prun-
ing. This is so little Inconvenience that
l chccrfully supply gratuitously of course
all, who arc disposed to call when | am
at leisure to wait upon them To all who
will call at my garden on Friday the 9TH
day of Nov. at 2 o'clock p NJ or. if it
be then rainy, on Saturday at , O'Clock
p. NJ, | will furnish cuttings of the Is
abella, Whitcswcetwater, Millers Bur
gundy and Lyman Those arc sufficient
for most persons, ard probably the var
icties they would do well to choose. If
person design to have four vines, hc
should cultivate four varieties. 1t is
not uncommon in some season, for par
ticular variety to fail, and another to
dcvelope finely. For those who wish to
enlarge their nurseries, or cultivate a
great variety, I can furnish at their OPP
ton, the Catawba, Bland, Whine Amer
lean Hamburger, Tokay Red Fox, Syrian,
Royal Muscadne or Golden Chasselas.
Fspcronc, Sc. advise all, who are
satisfied to have but one kind and do not
design to bestow on it much care Or skill
to t axe the Lyman. 1t is very good
grape, is very hardy and cndures the Sc
vcrcst winters, and the most exposed sit
u ton without being taken down.
If person docs rot wish to have
more than two or three vines Of par
ticular kind, ii will be best to take a
dozen cuttings. They may be stuck
down in few moments in mellow soil
within foot or six iuches of each 9TH
er. After two or three years, those that
survive, which will probably not be one
fourth of them, may be removed to the
place where they are to remain. All
the growth of the first year should be
cut off i'll the autumn, except the two
lower eyes. Though not SO instructed in
any of the books, | set up a shingle last
| spring, on the south side of several cult
ings of Dianas, so that they were never
annoyed by the meridian sun, and most
of them lived. / gave them occasional
~ and pretty regularly, half a gill each
OF warm water or soap suds, which was
much better. Many cuttings fail because
the dirt is not pushed closely about them
in the spring
have a number of Jeviag vines of
different kinds, in fine condition for
transplanting. Those who prefer to
give consideration for past cu.tue
rather than wait for cuttings to grow
might be accommodated
The following extract from the Amer
lean Fruit Culturist may be useful to
some persons
The best time to take off cuttings
in ordinary cases is the autumn or win.
ter. The autumn is preferable BY Civ.
ing time to the wounded section to ci
catrice, preparing it for the early ennis
sion OF roots in the spring But where
the soil is heavy or liable to hcave by
frost, or where the cuttings are of ten
der trees, they should be kept in damr
mould in cellar to be planted as soon
as the frost disappears in the spring"
A cutting should have three eyes the
present years growth. The upper one
when set shonld just peep out at thu
carths surface. 1t is well in setting t,
take little wood of the previous yea
or to cut where the wood of this yea
started. Insert in the gronud at an angl
of As degrees with the horison unles
the ground is very mellow make Lol
with rod of suitable size to receive tn
cutting. T. A. MERRILL.