The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1853-10-19


that will endure the winter uncovered
| shall have n great abundance of very
fine slips of this kind, and recommend
this variety to all, who must have grape
vines, that require very little attention,
or 90 without them. The Isabella is
great bearer, and seldom blasts. The
old vines will generally live through the
winter, if not taken down. But they
develope so much more finely in the
spring, when they have a slight covering
through the winter, that they arc hardly
to be recommended, to those who do not
design to cover them. ! generally
stretch them on the ground with wide
plank or board over them, on which |
spread straw, asparagus tops, or the
gleanhgs of the garden, after the har-
vest is gathered. Tho mice will be less
apt to injurc the vines, when the board
is between the vines and slight cover
ing. If the vines are not large. the bet
ter way is to cover them with dirt say the
last of October, so cffcctually, that mice
cannot annoy them. When | cover with
a board, 1 remove everything [ have
spread on it, early in April, to prevent
moulding. The latter part of April (or
first of May if the season is very back
ward) they may be nailed or tied up for
the summer, 1t is said the Isabella
vines may be rendered hardy, by winding
them for two or three winters with mat.
ting. The experiment on young vines is
worth trying 1t is very valuable
grape, and may be preserved many months
by rolling each bunch in cotton batting
and putting down in jars or boxes, and
kept tight and cool but not freezing
In regard to slips, wrap them in cloth
perhaps bury them in sand in cold eel
lar and stick them out in the spring at
an angle of 4j : with the horizon, in
fine dirt, not clay. well pressed around
them. with two eyes in the ground, and
one pecping out at the surface. a dozen
may be set in a square yard. They may
be put out in the autumn, but they must
be well covered during the winter. a
Single set on the south side Of each to
protect it against being scorchod BY the
meridian sun Is useful, and it may stand
through most of the first summer ]
would rarely place them, where they arc
ultimately to remain, as probably more
than half of them will die, and they can
be removed after two years without dan
ger. To those who cultivate three OIL
four kinds of grapes when the Royal
Muscadine Or golden Chasselas cannot
be obtained, the Whtesweetwater Gotten
in this region called the Madcira) the
Miller's Burgundy, the Lyman and the
Isabella may be recommended. The
three first in favorable situations ripcn in
our climate befor the autumnal frosts -
The Isabella has many excollences. and
when nearly ripe will bear light frost
without injury \ severe frost in Sep
tcmber will, however, spoil the fruit, un
less protected by a covering equal to a
cotton cloth, which may be thrown over
them.
My friend Hunt of New Haven per
mitted Inc to apply to my palate a
Seeding white grape of good size and
excellent quality, hardy on the Nortl
River, where 1t ripcns before the early
frosts lie will probably bring it iutc
the market within two or three years
If it proves hardy and ripens seasonably
here it should take the precedence Of all
grapes 1t is probably Seeding Of
the Whitesweqtwater, or Royal Musca
dine
Those who wish to be accommodated
at my garden are requested to call on
Friday, the rs inst, at , o'clock, p. NJ.
or if the day be rainy on Saturday. At
8 o'clock, | will show the difference be.
tween the Long Rod" and the Spur
model of trimming grapes
T. A. MERRILL.
Middlebury, Oct. Is. 1853.