Cleveland morning leader. [volume] (Cleveland [Ohio]) 1854-1865, 1862-05-16
N.r.a.r. .IoAl.- ~. asss.rs 80


The Associatiou met on the lgthl Dr.. A.
@. Measengsr. President, IN the Chair.
DR.. MeSSepRor, having been appointed a
Surgeon during the war, resigned HE otaoe
~ Proaisent, Ia a handsome and pa riotio
speech, Wien ThOs. Brown, Esq, editor Of
the Ohio Farmer, ives unanimously elected
20 Gil the vacancy.
The subject for discussion VAa the S,sHmsr
Cultivation Of tie Grape.
M. EniOtt said, taking this ss the hrst
year, the vines having just beou planted he
should work mostly Wlsh the cultfvator, hoe
ing lightly around the vines, snd keeping
the ground clean during the entire season.
Late In the fsll, he would ploW all the
ground, except cay two feet, directly next
the vine, IN other words, he would ploW all
the center space bstWeen tbs rows one OBJ
iect beinR 70 fasiiitals spring work, and an
other, drawing the surface water away from
The vines, during winter, the plowsd ground
acting as . drain. The second year, he
Would work The whole ground, even close to
The vines, early In the spring, aeme four
inches deep, Bnd continue 90 to do, until
bout August, after which he would "lsy
BY" Third, and after years, the sams as
the second.
M. Porter said his experiSnce had been
mostly on q side hill, where he could not
Nov; hs had therefore WOrke his ground
with pronEed hoes, turning il about three
inches deep. II he could, he would use the
piouT. siSd pioW about four inches deep this
wa with vines sour or more years old he
believed in cultiVatng deep and thorough,
A. in dry,fimes, Il increases moisture, and
renders the soil, Et sii timeHI Of q more even
CAPT. Stewart said that the hrss year he
would cultivate with the hoe aud cultiVatorj
the second year he would PloW IN the center
Is deep &c possible, in order 70 induce the
roots TO 90 down. Around the vines no would
use digging or pronged hoe digging three
VI four inches deep. The third year, after |
taxing of all the head roots, he would work /
the ground six inches deep near ths plants, !
and &c deep as possible in the centre Of the |
rows. After August he would not work the /
ground ct all until after the fruit was gath |
cred then he would clean out all weeds. and |
leave it for spring be preferred cleaning |
IN the fall to waiting until spring.
Mr.. Porter would clean out in the fall, so /
far Is ali surface cleaning of the vineyard, |
but he would prefer not to ploW deep through
Capt. Stewart would dig under all growth
Of weeds, ETC., in the fall. In the spring, If i
he could net work his vineyard early, be-
fcre the buds started, heWould leave it untn
| Nc grapes were as large IS No. l shot, or
N NJ, Brayton, Of Painesvills, has some
iohtv OF q hundred vines or more, on
Isht. D orus soil, aud preferred not to break
he qrou I'D With the ploWJ as be believed
bat The grape fed mostly ct three feet or
lore frOm the stem of the vlne' and tnls
reaking Of the young rooSels' OF ieeoing
cots, he Thought Injurious.
Capt. Stewart thought if the gr.Pes fere
own where he would have them, tina pow
az would not reach them. he wsnteG oeeP
oil and culture.
Mr.. Elliott and Mr.. Brayton both advo-'
ated good depth Of soil, but doubted the
Olicy Of compelling the grape to procure its
upport below point acted upon by light
nd atmosphere.
Mr.. Ford would plow three to four inches
q the center of rows, very shallow near the
ines He had practiced this course for one,
WO and three years, and, with such culu-
,StiOn, his vines grow strongest on the clay
oil, but fruited earliest on the sand.
Mr.. Porter said DR.. Messengers vigneron
eeps the plOw going throughout the vine
ard all suRmer.
MI. Brayt0n thoug ght the question Of depth
ne that musf be governed somewhat BY the
arietY of the grape, as we'll as the nature Of
be soil. His soil is light and thin, and al
aough he thought he had prepared it we'll,
ct in one year the vines would reach be-
ond its depth; he would advocate soil of
0 to - inches In depth, if it did not cost too
luch, but with him it would cost 81, 900 te
be acre.
The subject for the next meeting will be
be g Summer Trimming ofthe Vine"
The Secretary notified the Society that at
be next meeting sOrne wines would be pre-
snted, with statements as to their manufaO-
IRE. The sOcisty then adjourned 70 meet
aturday, May 24th, ct O'Clock P. NJ
F. r. ELLIOTT, Secretary.