Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1860-06-23


CHEAP GRAPERr.--In the May Horticu
turist, DIR. G. p. Morris of Wilmington, Della
ware, gives the following description of a
cheap cold winery, that seems to answer the
purpose very well:
The house is lean to, forty feet long by
thirteen wide, eight feet high at the back and
three feet in the front, with walk two feet
wide and eighteen inches deep in the centre,
and door in each end. The house points
south-southeast the back, front and north
sides are made by setting cedarpos three feet
in the ground and squaring them on one side,
to which are nailed one inch planed and
grooved floor boards, making the back and
north side tight enough to exclude frost but
sufficiently open to admit some air through the
joints in the boards, which | think adyanta-
geous. The roof and other end made of hem
lock, three by four rafters between which are
one inch pine strips grooved to let i'll the glass,
which is ten by twelve size, fourth quality
four two feet square ventilatorS in the roof,
and four two feet wide and ten feet long ventiIat-
ing sash hung on the front plate together with
the two sash doors, complete the ventilation.
The top ventilators are raised and lowered
at pleasure by means of an iron rod which at
its lower part is pierced with holes and fasten.
ed by means of nail to the back posts. The
berder is twenty feet wide, running under the
entire house, and extending three feet three
inches beyond the front and back except at
one end of the house, where the sill is simply
incorporated with wood ashes for the purpose
of experiment.
The border is three feet deep, underdrained
with rough stones, on top Of which are layers
of oyster Shells fifty bushels of bones, several
cart loads of coach makers trimmings, leather
straps, thus getting the old horse devoid of
the putrid carcass j the top strata consists of
the old soil of an adjacent pasturefeld thor
oughly incorporated with well-rotted manure,
wood ashes, sand, charcoal, and leafmould,
the which had been prepared year previously
and suffered to be thoroughly intermingled.
The border was prepared last autumn. AT
each end of the house are oil hogsheads, (2OO
gallons from which the rain-water is conduct
ed into the interior tanks thus having always
supply OF soft warm water.
The rough cost was, lumber, $40; labor,
sou; glass $50 hardware, putty hinges,
mans, NC, @S; making a cost of $40, eXclu-
slVe OF border and vines 1t might have been
constructed cheaper by avoiding the plane
Dut, being in the immediate vicinity oi the
uWelihg, TINS was undesirable. Forty vines
arc planted m this house, thirtytwo of the
Iorty oeing Black llamburgs, two West St
ie'er s. Two White Frontgnan, one White
Nice, one Aluscat of Alexandria one Golden
Hamburg. The front rows are nlaced cirL'
teen inches from the front posts, and arc
intended TO he trained up fourteen inches
from the glass, with the intention of stopping
them when they have proceeded half way un
the ralters.
The front row will be pruned on the long rod
renewal system, that is, having two canes. nj
lowing one to bear full crop, then cutting il
down to Il single eye taking the crop the next
year from the other rod thus getting the fruit
from new rod each year.
The back row will be trained up on vines
one foot from the back posts, on the spur sys
TEN the front vines being kept in check, and
the length OF raiter given will prevent shad
ing. This season it is expected to fruit fifteen
pot vines, which are now standing on the front