Nebraska advertiser. [volume] (Brownville, Nemaha County, N.T. [Neb.]) 1856-1882, 1863-03-26

| The longest branch was 4O feet and
inches in length, the shortest "a feet
and inches. In ihe third season, (l66l) }
Mr.. GIidden offered 800 to any one
who would countsif there were not near.
er 1000 lunches Of grapss on that vine
than $500. The real number was over
3 800 punches
In 1861, the vine on the northeaslerly
end of his house, which produced 1929
lunches in 1853. and l.543 in 1859
how many in 1860. we do not know. but
the yield was tremendous same vine
10 1861. made AZ gallons Of wine. which
Mr.. Glidden sold for $50 exclusive Of
casks!! eelt
That season (ls6l) he made 435 gal.
Ions of wine from his eight square rods
Of ground e,aa aHI
In the Spring of 1862. we were board
ing in Mr.. GIidden's family. He was
not very aloud" in regard to his grape
prospects. He "didn't think he should
have more than half a crops" there was
''a poor show for grapes" andaH that.
But 10 ! Ia the middle Of July we visited
Ironton and it is no exageration 10 say
that, go under bis arbor, about seven
feet in height, shut up your eyes, and
you hand al random, anywhere, and you
could grasp it full of grapes. He only
made 3S5 gallons Of wine, lasl fall, from
the ''half cropv' Mr.. Glidden burns a
rag dipped in melted sulphur in his casks
TO sweeten them. Through mistake he
put a burning sulpher rag into an al.
olcohol barrel, and was blown up. iniur-
ing his arm and side so much that he
could not work his press to advantage /;
or had he been able 10 press light so as
to get it all, be thinks he could have
made many gallons more, he says so.
Mr.. Gildden now has over. 800 gal
Ions of wine in his cellar, a cellar that
is fly light and +" .Aouse proof, yet
has IN il free circulation of alr--free
for cellar.
A single leaf from one of the vines
measured IL inches in diameter, in any
way It could be measured over Ia in
ches in length to the point. A single
vine measured 100 feet in lenglh.
HOW ne DOES 1T
We may not be able to tell scientii-
cally I" the manner of cultivation, but we
can give an outline.
To begin; Mr.. Glidden let's his vines
grow-make all the wood he can coax
them 10 do and then he Z" feeds" them
produce fruit. feeds them every day DUR
the season.
His ground, as we have stated, is the
hard clay soil of the Ohio river bottom.
l. He makes it as rich as possible with
stable manure, to the depth of l5 or Is
inches, mixing in lime to considerable
quantity, and sand enough to make the
ground. after it is prepared, light and
porous; His ground give to the foot al
most like 6 sponge.
2. He digs a trench 3:1-2 feet deep
by 3:l-2 feet wide, throwing the prepar-
earth on one SIDE. and the clay from the
bottom of the trench he places bones
from the slaughter house, to the depth OF
five or six inches upon the bones be
packs solid about Is or 90 inches of sta
bic manure, upon the top of which he
puts. the prepared earth taken from the
top of The trench in digging, and the clay
from the bottom is spread over the SUR
face of the ground.
2. He sets his plants. After that he
never digs the ground, but applies all
" feed in a top-dressing.
a. In the case of bearing vines, every
day when it does not rain, the whole SUR
face of the ground is freely sprinkled
with water, from the time the grapes
are formed until ripe. All The summer,
all his vines are fed with lime water,
about two-lhirds of bucket full Of lime
to so gallons of water and all the soap
suds and all the dish waters from the
kitchen Is fed TO the vines. The heavy
lunches are tied up with twine to sup
port them.
2. The posts of the arbor, (three or
four inches square. plained and painted. }
are set about seven feet apart, the CEN
ire of the threnches being about the same
distance between /; posts about seven feet
high. Iron rods, round. one-forth of an
inch in diameter, run through the posts,
and along the top. about Is inches apart.
forming the sides aid top of the arbor.
The vines run across the arbor on the
top abou, six or seven inches ayart. In
bearing, the blue sky overhead is scarce
ly to be seen from the lunches OF blue
grapes. AS the sun sets. and shines in
the side of the arbor. mist can be seen
falling from the vines almost like a ra in.
8 No mother ever nursed he child
with more unwearying and tender care,
than does Mr.. Glldden his grapes. But
they repay all thine, all care bestowed.
9. Mr.. Gliden's grapes nevsr blight or
rSt, NEVER FAIL!
A SrRAw-PAPER Within half
an hours ride, Poughkeepsie, there for
11.-,.. .o.7,1,-,