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

I the clements of an independent plant, and may
be made 10 produce enc. Now, il il be object
ed that the inner parts of the tree die, or at
least become inactive heart wood, yet the outer
| parts do uo: iadavidUQis may perish, but the
community docs not, for it IS renewed and in
creased every year.
Trees have been happily compared to the
'sbrancing or erborescent coral" This strac-
ture is built up by the combined labors of a
multitude of iadividuals-ssthe successive ia
bors Of great number Of generations. The
surface or the 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 adownward growth
also, and By constant renewal Of fresh tissues,
maintains the communication between the two
growing extreulities, the buds and the root
let's" tDr. Gray As the 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 assignable
limit to its life. Every joint in the root, and
every bud from its branches might be taken of
and set up by itself to form separate and in
! dependent tree; but If they all choose to stay
on the homestead, need they and the family dis
uui?
So much for theory We shall present some
facts next month.
PRoFETs OF SINGLE GRAPE VINEs.--We
have often urged all our readers to set out at
least Ole or two grape vines somewhere in the
garden or or-yard-not usually to raise
grapes Tor sale, but to secure supply FOR home
consumption. The first cost of procuring and
setting vine or two, or three, is traiug, while
! the product is large and os great value. y
grape vine requires but little ground room, and
whoever has few feet only Of sell by ;he side
Of the dwelling, may put cut vine, where
there may net be even room for fruit tree 70
expand its branches. The vine may be trained
Up over a porch, or on the sides OF the dwelling
itself.
On page 337 Of last yoiume Nov. No.) NC
gave al account of two vines "a Concord, and
Hartford Prolife) which yielded so lbs. of
luscious grapes the % year after planting
These were unusually well-rooted when set out
but ore an Indication of what may be obtained
very soon after planting. We now give anoth-
er item which we recently gathered from our
old friend and long time subscriber, Stephen
Haighf, of Dutches Co., n. Y. He has an Is
abella grape vine, y years old, which is train
ed upon trellis, and branches out about 25
feet each way from the root. The past Au-
tumn he picked from this single vine two hun
dred and twenty six pounds (226,) leaving at
the same time fifty pounds of unripened grapes
which we're afterwards made into vine. lin
all 276 lbs.) The ripe punches we're carefully
looked over, and the green, bruised, and de-
caying berries cut out with pair Of scissors.
They were then packed precisely according to
the directions we gave in October last Vol.
II, page 307.) Dec. %, when grapes were
rarity in the city, Mr.. Haight sold the product
Of bis single vine here, for S564, Us cts. per
lb.) Pretty well for ono vine.-lb.