Bedford inquirer. [volume] (Bedford, Pa.) 1857-1884, 1859-03-18


The clements of an independent plant, and may
be made 10 produce one. Now, If it be object
ed that the inner parts of the tree die, Or at
least become inactive heart wood, yet the outer
parts do not; iad,riduals may perish, but the
community docs net, for it Is renewed and in-
creased every year.
Trees have been happily compared to the
'sbrancing or arborescept coral" This struc-
ture is built up BY the combined labors of a
multitude of individuals-ssthe successive ia
bors of great number Of generations. The
surface or tue recent shoots alone are alive: all
underneath consists of the dead remains of for
mer generations. Il is the same with the veg
etable, except that it makes adownwara growth
also, and BY constant renewal of fresh tissues,
maintains the communication between the two
growing extremities. the buds and the root
let's" DR. Gray) As tho coral structure,
considered as mass, lives on indefinitely,
though the individuals composing it perish, SO
tree considered as composite structure may
live on in the same way, without any assignahEe
limit to its lie. Every joint in the root, and
every bud from its branches might be taken off
and set up by itself to form separate and in
| dependent tree; but il they all choose to stay
on the homestead, need they and the family dis
oul7
So much for theory We shall present some
facts next montk.
pRoFITs OF SINGLE GRAPE VINEs.--We
have often urged all our readers to set out at
least ohe or two grape vines somewhere in the
garden or door-yard-not usually to raise
grapes for sale, but to secure supply FOR home
consumption. The FIRST cost Of procuring and
setting vine or two, or three, is triaing, while
the product is large aud % great value. \
grape vine requires but little ground room, and
| whoever has a few feet only cf soil BY The side
Of the dwelling, may pu; cut vine, where
there may net be even room for a fruis tree TO
expand its branches. The vine may be trained
! up over porch, or on the sides Of the dwelling
itself
Ol PscC cOb W 1871 sN'piAo kANSN' ANH'J w.
gaze an account Of two vines Ia Concord, and
a Hartford Prolifc) which yielded so lbs. OF
luscious grapes the ID year after planting
| These were unusually wel-rooted when set out
bat ere an indication of what may be obtained
very soon after planting. We now give auoth-
er item which We recently gathered from our
/ old friend and long time subscriber, Stephen
Haight, of Dutches Co., N. Y. He has an Is
abella grape vine, II years old, which istrain-
/ ed upon trellis, and branches out about %
! feet each way from the root. The past Au-
tumn be picked from this single vine two hun
dred and twenty six pounds (226,) leaving at
the same time 6fty pounds of unripened grapes
which were afterwards made into vine. lin
all 276 lbs.) The ripe bunches we're carefully
| looked over, and the green, bruised, aud de-
caying berries cut cut with pair of scissors.
They were then packed precisely according to
the directions we gave in October last (Vol.
IL, page 307.) Dec. %, when grapes were a
rarity in the city, nr. Haight sold the product
Of bis single vine here, for S56A, (25 cts. per
lb.) Pretty well for ono yine.-lb.