Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1857-09-23
GRAPE GROWING AID EIyH jIAKING HiDE EASY.

EDIroas SOUTHERN CrLTIrAT oR-Agreeably
to your request, I now hand yuu few remarks
about our method of planting out and taking
care of Vineyard. say, "our method" for
claim it as peculiar to DR.. Mcdonald aad my
self; aud we have adopted it, not through lgno-
rance of more complicated and more costly
methods, but, iirst. on account Of It's simplicity
and cheapncss, and then, haYing we'll succeeded
why should We alter orr course? 10 not pre-
tend to say it is the beS.', nor do wish to deter
any so disposed to 20 to the expense OF trench
ing their lands three feet in depth but there
arc very many farmers who have not the means
TO incur such expenses, who wish to plant o:it
az acre or two of vines, but are literally ir!3a.
tened out of it, not only by the mystery ana
difficulties which hare, heretofore, been connect
cd with the business, but, also: by fear ot the
money which is TO come out OF thcif pockets
before they receive any returns. fi"st, SO many
hundred dollars ior ire:ic!ing, and gfub)Ii;@,
and manurng; then so many more ior viGcS; ;
then so many more 10 learn how to stick III"
cuttings into the grou:d; and then SO many
more TO learn how TO prune then to learn ho"
to make the wine, now TO keep 1t. cte; and, to
crown it,all. So many thousands tnr cellar
And, if it 50 happens. kc Is able and willing to
stand all this {. hundred 10 one, he IL frightened
half ont OF his senses, and gives ~p lii despair
Of ever being able to uaravl the mys:cr;T, anf
master the awful science OF Wine making. c$pc-
cially if he happens to hear OF granite aho:a-
tories" being built for the express purpose OF
imparting instruction for re.nUn2iat:on!
PREPARATION o. TIi. LAND
prefer new !and, d,-Slch rs would hc!!:" from
four to six bushels oi corn 10 the acre: sr2ci, il
possible a piece on casterly, S;,i:rhc%5terl = c-
posurc and on hill side, If you lave such: il
you have not level land vii DO, provided 1t te
not too retentivc OF! E,ois urc. SaI'!aF *c! IS
the best although dr. clay kill sides vii! answer
very we'll. Clear the land ;s;ld ;,g.t!; Il Hp with
pluws, rs for cora; but al trees mast, u course,
Lr cut dow, aad removed. Now .ct = parcel 81.
su:ali .tak2s, ro.n tHr&c t. ianT .'at lo"@, :a'l
1..ocecd TO l2arll out ti!a rows: il the land Dc
level let the ross be Straight: DIT ii o. :. '::;i
slc, lar them OF horizontally, or level lou;
reraci ic strlishtness this is in or:e:' 10 pre-
yclG the was!li0. away Il the soil. .:te Ole .,
thu Late auu,ocr; Of the Cait;c,t;or for sm?"
l:vclirg i,s;ru:.:cnt.) make my rows q, ut u!
n.Ie feet apart. prc.:- that dista:c2 Oh u.
CONT OF driving carts between % aaal Stai''.
O. manure, wilc;l it hecomc; necessary. o. !.
vintage t:;:!c. Having s;:i!:cd oil the rows -
your Satisfaction. process, - open ii" trenches
or ditchcs: iee thcm DC about i"D e.! wild" ;r':l
from toar:geu inches deep, large plows s,o.lCwe.'
by long saoye!s. viii very quickly DO The work
in sandy sell. The next ,hius is 70 ri@"t; this
can DC done, i'll our &oH::.cru c!inatc: iron: Ia:
iaild.a OF NOve.lbcr to The ED Of March. |
prefer roo:ott ;:Gts: others give the preference
to cut.ia-3; tle i!'st will s;-ve syou onc Year,
and you caa plant sl:ea deeper, which is c great
object. ..,al2 yourself wooden c,uila:s, viii:
an opcap u iour Ice; ST.; i"cnes Il; ;:: p2:':S.
end MARX ont the distance tor rJar V:acs IL t:t
bottom c.: tic trenches; drop tie vines in :'@r
places, anl proceed 10 plan! :,:@!l. it"o :a:.:.
with short-haud!cd hoes will p!a:t great MANI
IN 4 day one t!2epa.is the hole to let the roofs
90 some Inches deeper than III" bottom of The
ditch; the other places the vine upright and
holds it until the iirstt has put earth around It.
If you have other hands let them follow with
hoes and refill the trench, 50 that the top eve o!
the vine will BE- about on q level with the sur
face. Put short stake to each vinc, to marx
its place. There is nolhn. more 10 do unit!
into use then work then, ", YOU would cprn OF
cotton. You may plant Two rows Of corn or
peas between the rows. and they will not ia;cr
fere with the vines in the least.
FIRST PRUNING.
In the winter, at any time between the st o.
December and the 18th of March. take IL sliar?
knife, remove every branch cxceit one, and cut
that down above The second or third eye CT tie
last growth; break the land with halfshovel
piow as for corn, passing tic nearest iiirro'r
about twelve inches from the vines. Give them
a stake about four feet long; they will, in the
Spring, shoe. out many suckers, and put out eyes
where they have no business; cut ont the suck.
ers with long handled chisscl, and rub eff all
the eyes excepting the two or three you left in
pruning; these, as they grow up, should be fas-
tened tothe stakes, with bits of soft string lark,
or any thing else you may have at hand. Keep
the LAND cultivated with plow and hoe, and plant
peas between.
SECOND PECNING.
The second winters pruning is repetition of
tie first, but you must replace the small stakes
by good lasting wood, from six to eight feet long,
lhere will be some iruit The summers work !,