Mineral Point weekly tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1859-1868, 1864-06-15

| To PROMOTE Fi.UITFULNEss IN TREEs-It is
remarkable how long it takes mankind to


| house or conservatory-be that rafter ten
feet or thirty-the vine does not flower well
| until ii has reached the whole rafter's length.
Then ii sends out its eide shoots and from
these the flowers hang in wild profusion.
And il has long been remarked and often
| a subject of speculation Nth the curious
that the evergreen Ivy, Eirginian= Creeper,
Trumpet Vine, and other climbers, never
flower until tley reach the top of the tree
or wall that supports them. When once the
summit Is reached, Towering branches ap-
pear all up along the sides and in every di-
rection from bottom TO top. EA-
| The reason of all this is obvious Climb
/ brs only grow well when they have some
thing 10 cling to. When they reach the
limit of their support, growth is arreste C.,
and with arrested growth comes the flower
| ing condition.
i There is lao doubt that this is the real rea-
| son of grape vines towering well an Z
| bearing such bountful crops of fruit when
ever a strong branch manages to get on a
neighboring tree Their growth is eneour-
aged by the congenial support; till reaching
| the summit of the tree, perhaps only tn
summit of some extending branch, the great
| growth is arrested, and proiusion of frui t
| is the natural sequence. sr,ls +
The great vine at Hampton Court, in Eng
land, Is one of the wonders of the world.
| Many theories have been advanced TO account
| for its wonderful age in such extraordinary
| productlvenesS but how much of it all NAV
| not be owing TO the horizontal training nee
essary to make the one vine fill a large
| house.
Independent of all this, the advantage of
making pears bear well by bending down
their branches is well known and the Frenc
| have one of their most popular systems of
| fruit management founded on this practice
In the face of all this and much more to
which need not refer the reader a Mr.
| Possbrink comes forward and sets all France
| together by the on the wonderful mystic
ries of making fruit trees productive by ar
| resting their growth, and bending down the
| branches. a- F- ----...#.
| Behold how great fire little spark kind
| leth But let us rather rejoice that the fire
| has been kindled, than repine that, with all
our attempts the blaze of Improvement start
| ed not. Possible the great truth will now
| impress itself on the dullest apprehension,
| that horizontal training is one of the great
secrets of productiveneSs, and that, that sys-
| TEN of pruning-whether it be of the grape
| viue any other fruit tree which conduces
most to vigorous horizontal growth will be
most popular and most perfect.-Ihe Gard
| Rer's Monthly.
| FLAT SURFACE FOR CoRN.-The old fashion.
| of killing Indian corn, so long prevalent
| among our farmers, appears still to have
many advocates. We are not at present pre-
pared to discuss the subject in all its bear
| ings, but shall merely offer few remarks in
relation to the advantages resulting from a
| flat surface on light soils, and from cultiva
ting the crop with the cultivator, instead of
| cultIvating with the pillow, harrow and hoe.
| 1t will be evident, we think, to every can
| did mind that the practice of constructing
| large conieal hills around the plants, on land
which is light and dry, must newt ahly tend
| to increase the effects of the drought, mas
| much as it exposes more surface to rhe at
mosphere and consequently increases ere-
| faction at times when all the moisture con
| tanned in the soil is required for the support
| and sustenance OF the plants. When rain
| falls the conical hill conducts the water from
| the roots to the centre of space between the
rows and hills, very little of the fluid being
retained about the plants, or within range of
! the small roots, by which the pabltbun is la
ken up by the growing plants, and without
which they would Immediately languish and
decay.
On light soils we think killing is always a
! disadvantage to the crop. Every fresh stra-
| tum of earth placed over the roots causes the
protrusion of a new set of latterals, to the
| detriment of those previously formed This
! eXhausts the energy of the plant, without in
creasing III any degree its powers of appro-
priating food from the surrounding soil, as
| the first formed roots cease to grow as soon
as those caused by the deposition of new
are developed, and in a short time viii be
! found to have lost their vitality and become
mere worthless appendages, and which may
| be as well removed from the system as not.
Besides, when the corn is hilled up" the
! stalks " blanched and rendered brittle
! by the fresh soil, and this, in case of strong
| winds, causes them to break, which is an in
! jury involving diminution Of product and
| consequent loss. 1t has also been remarked
| that corn, when cultivated without chilling"
and with perfectly level or fiat surface,
will, when Frustrated by the wind, rise much
more readily than when the opposite method
is pursued. And know this to be so.-Cor-
respondeoce Gamd"topn Telegraph.
GRowISG CUcUMBERs large barrel
or hogshead; saw it III two in the middle,
and bury each half in the ground even with
! the top. Then take small keg and bore q =
small hole in the bottom; place the key in
| the centre of the barrel, the top even with
the ground, and fill in the barrel around the
| keg with rich earth, suitable for the growth
of cucumbers. Plant your seed midway be-
twee.- the edges of the barrel and the keg,
and make a kind of arbor foot or two high
| for the vines to run on. When the ground
becomes dry, pour water in the Beg in the
evening-it will pass out at the bottom of the
keg into the barrel and rise up to the roots
of the vines, and keep them moist and green.
| Cucumbers cultivated this way will grow to
great SIZE, as they are made independent
both Of drought and wet weather. In wet
weather the barrel can be covered, and in
the dry ground can be kept moist by pouring
water i'll the key.
| CEMENT FOR WOUNDED TREEs.-Take Of air
| Stacked lime, three parts; linseed oil, three
parts; common dung, three parts; black
| pitch two parts. Mix the first three ingredi-
ents thoroughly together with a spatuia, and
| add the pitch after it has been fuidifed and
| heated over good fire. If the cement is too
thick to be applied with brush, it may be
| thined to the requisite consistency by adding
| more pitch, or a sufficiency of linseed oil and
spirits of turpentine, in equal proportions
When large limbs removed, coating OF
| this applied TO the stumps, Will prevent rot,
and promote the healing of the wound.
Decay in the trunks of apple and other trees,
may be speedily and effectually arrested, by
cutting away the diseased parts, and filing in
the cavity with this cement, properly thick
ened for the purpose with additional quan.
| tty of the first four ingredients in their
proper relative proportions - Germantown
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