New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1863-10-31
Grapes.

Grapes.
Tpr-R Cr1TuEB.--Now is the time 70 prepare
for planting vine II you intend to do it next Spring
Won must get ready this Tall. Perhaps the following
items will stimulate you The first is from 72f Iha-
6flDlia Lsaycr lis advice suits other localiiies
CRAZE CrIr,.rr IN CrrIrs-Evcry year, as This sea
son comes round those who have in former years pant
ed good vines rejoice that they haze done So INV 49,
who have not become sensio.e OF lncn 80 =, 49, S
not man with yard ten feet square on which the sun
shines but m..t plant vine 10 dus litdHc III j. mo
best OF all fruit for city cultiya ion because IL can De
trained 10 grow inst where the owner Wi.hes-Just
bcr he can get Tie fruit and else. There are
,ny rc~os who sov hct Il is far chcapc: 20 bay the
grapes thln 10 90 the expense of Planting. ana nav
ing gardener three -four times year TO attend 10
them. But such persons nave never known TIE Injury
Of sitting under hcir vine and watching the iuit
ripen day by day, and puckng TIC rpe clusters Just
fresh wanted. and without any stint from having TO
nav so much per pound. Many tenants think IL not
worth while to plant when they may move III year or
two aud others reap III the advantage; but :. every
tenant would plant. al would soon reap the benefit
No doubt every landlord Of arented house wonldhnd
WE'LL planted vine of the right sort great nm AZ nhage
on any premises that il would enable him TO obtain bet
ter rent often Ia retain desirable tenant On TINS
ground Il would be worth while for every owner either
10 plant or encourage the planting Of 30 grateful
luxury.
Niilin few years TIE progress OF grape culture has
advanced astonshngly Formerly only the lsnbeha
and Cataw ba grapes we're at all generally know" OUT
now there are so many new and superior ,aflsiles ,,
velltriod and easily obtained, and quite capapie oi
standing the climate Of Pennsylvania without proec
ton that il is objectionable not 10 procure some OF
those natural easuss prepared Tor rs uy 'no nru ~
by the hest iugcs considered superior TO any other OF
tie hardy varieties and its sweetness Of flavor hardi
ness and early rperess render II unquesuohnUiy tAe
most desirable for general cultivation. IL Is SO 'I4oi
70 the Isabella that those who have once tattedu WIZ
desire 10 have their old fruit superseded By the nc
and uncss il were for the size Of the fu IL might be
a. az in n
would be in danger Of falling altogether INTO EegfcL
The only grape 10; cult, IN the dollhouse ~.lcl
could at al compare in point Of flavor with IT, Is the
Dana supposed 10 be early Seeding Of the Catav la
possessing quite Its sze but much oi the same rc
ness Of syor and in rpcnng SO much earlier. anu IN
such close handsome clusters, that IN many fespecs II
about completes with the Dchwaie.
There aye two systems OF cultna,ing The vine; one
TIA; adopted in Germany. OF trimming the vines very
short round an eight foot pole which bas tic effect Of
increasing the size 81 TIE punches very greatly The
strength which would have gone into tie formation OF
wood being all thrown into the fruit Some. however
think that this system takes rnewhnt from The tieness
81 the gyor Of the best erap The other method is to
lei the vine send oct its branches through rs great
length Of wood as possible. This boiA produces more
rcs 10 Tie same nun Der " vines md j. supposed Ia
Leave the flavor lees gross and more delicate Ihefe "a
why should not plant one vine, and
II low and trim " very short and another vine
trimmed long and accessible from lie second and tArd
stories.
Ia hardly possible FOR tho vine 70 b. TOO highly
ised the VERY richest sOA and tie strongest alugos
answer 1cs AID t converts them into tie fcLesi and
mot delicate tasting iri. iy LITTLE care. grapes can
BOW boz readily llcscr,ed hy AHo.i any housoEo' pr
from tie Pal 20 tie following Srrile 30 tat a. sAl
tirc through tll long Winter and sometimes o. late -
April or May in case ~ sickness o. i,i.lds. tbs fruit
irsA ana u ali nearly ~ o. rs frs, gch favor ma.
be easily secured The Isabella grapes are snid ~ Keep
best 81 airy gathered rive aud sealed ~ the enc
OF each s,ak when gathered from The yine and hung IL
room Of the rgA; Temperature and nostgso. packed
I in barrels % clean bran or saw dust
How TO KEEP THEM.-Sclect perfect clus'
ters Of any wel-iponod srop@s which ION Wish ~
serve for Winter use. and spread them upon floor
table boards in dry, arJ room rot very heii AID
the cooler the better In three or four weeks the stems
vii b. dried then look the clusters and clip out
with seissors AIRY imperfect berries Take paper or
wooden box 10, SIX inches deep and place cotton
or paper shayings, or sweet iasdu, on tic bottom,
and II with tissue paper and uyen tina; Jay clss
ters. without crowding and with paper and on
that another layer Of Jour packing md another shec Of
paper. and then more grapes II your boxes are 50
shallow they viii only hold ose layer al the better
Tie up the boxes and pack them ha: the air crcu-
la,es all around freely. keeping THIN In COOL dr. up
per room until danger q freezing unless your cellar lie
exactly suitable. IL tins way grapes can be kept all
Wintc and II intended for marko, ;fanspGt the boxes
without opening them. except one or two 10 prove Lat
the fruit 10 III good order.
The GRAPE CROP AT THE WBsT-A cores
pondent Of TAs S0ndufly R,Histo who has spent 81
days among the vineyards Of Cincinnati says that mose
than half the crop hes boon Destroyed ~ the rot and
the VINEYARDS OF Tie late Mr.. Longworh will not pro-
ducc more than OBefourl Of crop. The Isabella and
Ca,"vha grape. especially, viii hardly pay harvesting.
The Delaware. Concord and Marion Grape have been
less touched by the rot and The Delaware vino VII yield
from 10 10 Is pounds-
The report from The grape vineyards In Missouri this
year is very favorable. The Catawbas have yielded
largely and The principal culture here has been Of thai,
va-iey though most Of the others mentioned above
being rapidly Introduced into or grape growing dis
trict.