New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1855-06-06
the mesl which prevents it from taking on the incip

emf stages Of sourncSs.
soLox RopIssox-There is o much better plan.
Nail three srira of boards two inches wide together
ard bore the tube thus formed full of small holes aud
fet il NJ in the center Of your barrel TINS convcy-
air 10 tic CENTER and that is the spot where all must
nees or moliinoss commences.
The subject of the day was now taken up.
Grope Crisure-Mr. PARoEE--Oae acquaintance
Of mine built grape house for $50, and has been
very successful in raising grapes upon the plan OF e
cold gfapery l have known single VINE OF ~
tawlas to grow ten bushels in season, nn nat ~ Tar
north ca Rochester. When fully rpelcl the CaLawDa
IL superior to the Isabella. One friend OF mine butt
a very good grape-bousc forty feet long for $50.
think ali City lots would be better ornamental with
ypes than with box and sunted shrubs from tropical
climate. A pound Of good grapes IA worth haii-a-
dozen hounds of lGlf-grOwn ones In planting vine
in tie City The ground should be well prepared at first
There is vacant land enough in the City 10 supply the
wants Of tho people, If it were properly applied TO the
production of grnpc-vines.
Prof MAPES-I lave twelve acres of vines, feet
between vines and u feet between rows caitiyating
the land between. i dug the holes feet deep and
feet WIDE AID do rot return the earth 10 the holes
tut fiji them with good soil. This gives large room
for the roofs. set the vine against side Of the
hole Iput bones and lca.her-chips the bottom OF
the hole. Neither Of these decay soon. cat The
vine back 10 two buds the first year. Don't let the
vine bear too many at first Break off The vine beyond
the branch at tie third JOINT, but do not tim of leaves
near the branches. Continue to mp on me rev Shoot
twice it forms anew, and then let me iast spTout
before they will touch tic fruit You mny wafer
with weak guano water and very weak
solutions of potash. Ashes are cool. thin
in November and cut back to two eyes. IL Is
better 10 have large number OF ROOFS Than a long
yine prefer if can to turn one good branch each
way on q vine and from thOse train upright branches,
which may be cut back alternately TO one eye every
year. go that you have o4e branch growing while the
next one is bearing.
Prof MAPEs related an aneciOte OF vine at Astoria
that grew more grapes than any other he ever knew;
and this came from cutting mp and burylng dead
horse near the vine. Tie best Isabcli1 grapes are
those that are most round in FORM ] use phosphates
upon my vines and am alweys successful Wherever l
have taken sufficient pans al preparing inc iani AZ
first That is all important o. well "a Ic nanuriny,
for the vine gross feeder of certain kinds OF manure
Mr.. PARDEE corroboTated tie opinion that rolad
grapes are the best He says he hss seen a. one show
six kinds of Isabella grapes Ono OF the best vines ne
ever stood where it took al the soapsuis from me
kitchen Tie wood of last years growth, and that
only produces the growth of this year which produces
the fruit. The hardest Norh-of- Europe grape does
not generally do well Lere. The Concord grape s not
generally conceded to be equal to the Isabella, and
cannot be recommended where tho latter will ripen
we'll
Prof. MAPEs-I think tho loose bark should be
peeled off tie grape-vines. Near Burlington, n. j.,
there is q very extraordinary grapevine ten inches
diameter ten feet from the ground. Il is mere stump
and no one can remember when l. bore grapes. lsa-
bellas grated the fox Grapevine are not improved
with me.
every day but it did not DO we'll. The water was
thrown directly upon the body of the vine. Mr. Par1ee
thought that was the cause ii did not benefit the roots
1t should have been thrown furtbcro of.
Mr.. MOORE of Orange, N. j., Inquired OF Pr0i.
Mapes what he cultivated between two grape rows
He had found the preparation of the groun1 very trou
blesome He had succeeded in blowing Is inches
deep. He had planted corn between his rows.
Prof MAPEs-The ground must be dug deep and
thoroughly drained TO raise grapes Ii Is not 70 much
matter what you grow between rows so thatth ground
is kept clean, though would not grow corn. Wires
should he coated by white oXyd OF zinc combinci
with guta-porcha Heat the wire with spirit lamp
and rub on the compound, VII ch may be done almost
us rapidly as a can walk
great deal OF other interesting matter in relation
to grapes gIYcn and Il was resolved 10 continue
tic subject next week.
A writer at Fairfield, CT, sGys that white worm
one fourth of an inch long has located upon his grape
vines and that the end of every shoot is bhghted.
"The> little villain is cooled up in the leaf Tney
" ike sulphur. What shall do to crush them !!
We don't know. No application can reach them.
The same little villain lie in this City.
Gee-aJout an Plowing.-uEo. f. WAXING showed
letter of eight pages of Egyptian hieroglyphi;s,
some other unreliable manuscript, from the Con-
nectcut Gee about man, who petinaciOusy persists
in claiming that he is the first man who ever thougat
of such practice, and thinks il very hard that we
will not give him the credit OF the invention
Mr.. WARiSG offered resolution voting him tina
honor, but the rules of the Club don't allow the pas
sage of any resolutions on dsputng any fact stated
The members of the Club are perfectly willing that
a the honor of first geeing-about in Connecticut
should be claimed and enjoyed by Low Durald OF
Derby, though they cannot declare him TO be the in
ventor, because they do not believe 1t.
Corn Dropper.-HESRY MILES OF Monkton VT,
exhibited a hoe with q tin box on the handle AMI "a
spout from that down the top Of the noe to con-
vey the seed TO the ground. The operation is this;
the hoe is struck into the soil and pulled forward lit
tie so as to raise the earth, and then slide on the
handle is pulled which lets out the seed, which runs
down the spout and strikes guide that directs 1t down
into the opening behind the hoe, which Is then raised
and the earth falls back on the grain.
A similar thing has been heretofore patented. Il
may be useful in rough ground where corn-planter
cannot be conveniently used; or in replantng at the
first hoeipg, something of the kind would be handy.
The Club meets again next Tuesday.
MAINE LAW MEETING IN BROOKLYN.
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