Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1857-09-23
GRAPE GROWING AyD WINE lIAkING HIDE EASY.

EDIToas SOUTHERN CCLTIvAT oi-Agreeaby
to your request, I now hand you few remarks
about our method of planting out and taking
care Of o Vineyard. | say, I" our method, tor
claim it as peculiar to DR.. Mcdonald and my
self; and we have adopted it, not through igno'
rance of more complicated and more costly
methods, but, first, on account OF It's Si@plicHY
and cheapncss, and then, having well succeeded.
why should we alter orr course? do not Pre-.
tend to say it is the 6eS!', nor 10 wish to deter
any so disposed to go to the expense OF trtneh.
ing their lands three feet in depth; bat there
ere very many farmers who have not the means
to incur such expenses, who wish 70 plant oa;
an acre or two of vines, but are literally fr!ga-
tsned out of it, not only hy the mystery aH&!
difficulties when hare, heretofore, bccn connect
ed with the business, but, also. by fear ot tic
money which is to come ont OF their pockets
before they receive any returas. First, 50 many
hundred dollars ior ireaclling, aal gruhiiH:e,
and manuring; then so many more for vines;
then so many more 10 learn how to stick III"
cuttings into tile grouad: and then so many
more to learn how to prune; then 10 learn l'o''
to make the wine, now 10 keep ii, cite; ana, to
crown it, all. 50 many thousands tor a cellar.
And, if it SO happens, he is able and willing t.
stand all this, hundred 10 one, he Is lrlgh;c"ed>
half out OF his senses, and gives IN iii despair
Of ever being able to unrav.l the mys:er:y, and
master the awful science OF Wine making. c@lc-
cially if he happens 10 hear OF granite i;.ho:::-
tories" being hut for the express purpose o!
imparting instruction for Il remuneration!
PREPARATION o2 TIL: LAND.
prefer new ::na,-s,ich ~ would 'r:!:. from
four 10 six bushels OF corn to the acre: se'2c,
possible a piece on castcrly, S1i;tie&s,erlv c:;.
posurc and on & hill s!c, ii you lave such: j,
you have not level land vi; d. l:ro;'idel j: 5c
not too rctentivc o! mois' 'ure. SaIaaN sol! IS
the best although dr. clay Hill sides vii! answe"
verT we'll. Clear the land and 1i,.!!: i: up witt,
pluws, rs for cora but Ill trees MAST, course.
br cut dow. :ad rcMrvri. Nov &C. :. parcel g.
sp:;:,i -!a!le<, rps.! ;iirae t. iauT at lU" M
proceed TO i:1ark OFT III. -ow5 i the land !j:.
ilycl les til: ross b, Straight Dat il. oa Hill
side, lay then. OF hos:xo.;aIy os level vi !.ou;
rcgacl &c strai gh!ess; ;:lis is in Or':e. 70 pre-.
vent the washing away Il the Soii. .:e oac p.
thu Late aui3.rj o: tic Cait;cs;of iur >;r:pi.:
levcling ins;ru:..cut.) make M coNs eiy!it "s
n.Ie feet apart. / prefer that diS::ac2 On a.
cocnt Of driving carts between - na;il St;En'.
Or manure, wr;l it becomes necessary. OF.
vintage t:;ac. Having s;2si;cd o:i tic rows -
your satisfaction, p:o@tad - open III" trenches
or bitches: lec thcm DC about t"n ie"t wide, :,'d
from fourteen inches deep, large plows .oll.we
by long shovc!s, viii very quickly do the work
in sandy sell. The next ;hips is 20 ri&:t; his
can be done. iii our Southern cl!atc: from! IL:
,aild!e Of November 10 he ED Of March.
prefer roo:a;t .:u;s others :ive the preference
to cutting; ,le i'5t will s::ve you onc year,
and YOU caa plant terl deeper? %!!l:c!, is . g'ea!
Object. .G:...ic yourself q wooden cou pass iTit:
% { Il.
and Mr., out the distance tog yvar y:acs ~ -:
bottom G.! lie trenches; drop TIE vines in tl2;r
places ANA procec:l ID plant :;.eEl. i"1 az.
with short-land!ed hoes, Will plant 4 grca. many
IN :; day. oac t!aepa.ss the hole to let the r1os
20 some inches deeper than the bottom or The
ditch; the other places the vine upright and
holds it until the rss has put earth around it.
If you have other hands let them follow with
hoes and refill Ill, trench, SO that the top eye o.!
the vine will be about on level with the sur
face. Put short stake to each vine, to mark
its place. There is nothin. iaorc TO do unit!
the spring Grass will cal! you: p'ows anC hoes
into lse then work them u, yol would cpra Or
cotton. You may plant lwo rows Of corn o.
peas between the rows. and t!:ey will not i;I;er
fere with the vines in the least.
FlGST PRUNING.
In the winter, at any time between the lSt o. !
December and the 18th of March, take Il sharp
knife, remove every branch cxcc;'t one, and cnt
that down above The second Or third eye CT the
last growth brcal; the land with a halfshovel
piow as for corn, passing tie nearest fiirrow
about twelve inches from the vines Give them
q stake about four feet long: they will, in the
Spring, shoot out many suckers, and put out eyes
where they have no business cut out the suck
ers with long handled chisscl, and rub ..tf all
the eyes excepting the two Or three YOU left in
pruning; these, as they grow up. should he fas-
tered tothe stakes, with bits of sot; string. har;
or any Ting else you may have at hand. Keep
the LAND cultivated with plow and hoe. and plant
peas between.
SECOND PRUNING.
The second winters pruning is q repetition Of
tie first but you must replace the small stakes
by sood lasting wood, from six to eight feet long.