Indiana State sentinel. (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1861-1865, 1864-01-11

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cultural Society:
In accordance with an order and custom of our
Soeietv. proceed TO render some account Of
what 1 have met with Of interest while absent on
a ho-ticuIfuraI excursion.
Having recently cniovcd an opportunity of in
specting The extensive plantations of Rev. ].
Knox and others. in the vicinity of Pittsburg,
Pennsylvania, proceed to give you some ac-
counf of MS admirable management. and of his
wonderful success The experiments of Mr..
Knox have demonstrated that he has an excel
lent soil and sifnation for fruits, especially for
grapes and strawberries, and also that he has
known how to take advantage OF his favorable
surroundings 50 As 10 bring about the most adj
mirable results
The situation is upon the high rolling land
south Of the MOnongahela river, above which II
is elevated between four and i've hundred feet
The slopes incline Fariously, but those looking
TO the south and west are chiefly selected for
grape planting. The soil Is clayey loan, with
libeFal internal xture Of sandstone, but also has
lime enough to impTcgnate the percolatipg water
In some places the fissile sandstone constitutes
larger proportion Of the soil. This IS partIcu-
larry the case on Troy Hill, Reserve township,
north of Allegheny City, where there are numer-
Gus vineyards covering nearly one hundred acres,
some of which are very PERCEPTIONS, hanging
upon the southern and eastern declivity, sup
ported by massive walls oil SANDSTONE ouiit at
great expense;
IN O'ner p,aces' M sensSous rsns So.'. ~
ciayey snoSon OF .nls IegICn, .t ., ..,o
sufiace' anu ihSiiniiSnnS VIZ" 'no son, i.oHoS
strong cay In Sucl si'ai''iollS uli'er'i'aii'ing
Is very desirable. a.,
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suOson ll1ei' las UGH iOSnu y! W. NINA ~ W
al suhclent Ior cVhiliihulig uiis sui WIN d
suopg pair VI 70 sne y. 80.
sso 'iiS =, c1o', 70 'lS NJ N ~
ABOUT one-thlru OF an acre per uleil; us pro,
cess Is perIormea n, the, antnInll-- ne grounu
= nAs sloss Gl.i' .e lam; IL :; az.
gong deeper ana ..llIu Pio"lhs uo"' y: ':e
spring before pian1lng, 80 mat 'he s1n . y
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Oh rro'n l'lleeh u eisnseeil l'lOnee :
s;n.,Io erss chat are started in Mr. Knox's ex-
ten;,-o ,roraerat;ne, houses in the sprin and set
-. :; ILL 1,o,s-ed ii obout tbe rst of Iune
for the snmm psT Growth in the omen air. which
ey;ves tbcn, very fine roots and substantial soclv
- -, tb;s Ill tbe,, ore coraf,Il,, Tf,ed
rohu amt AM
v;nryard SronrI with their rocts carefully
snr.ad o,,t IN every d;rect;on Sometimes !, nor
-, ., ,Ion+o5 - tIo;r stot;ons fror, the ,o+s
d;rectIv from tbe pronaost;no house instead of
sDorJ;5e, a Summer in Tho uHr.erx lint spch are
No. sI e. he 81, rod tbo1ob a season Is
oainod Inv his Man
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All l' ti ~ I'll y" .,,e
secOlu se''sOn' 'ue oDJee' Vi WHICH WI "PPe"i
framing ON the trellls commences with the
third season OF the vineyard, when the stakes are
dispensed with, fos1s are Pishted IN 1he rows
that run north and south, about sixteen feet
apart; to these, strips of boards, three or four
inches vide, are nailed, a foot from the ground,
eAhN SNFNA III cDofN ~, hiS1S ~AN III AeAAo W
which the upright strips, about an inch square
and eight feet long, are nailed. These are placed
nine inches apart from center TO center The
vines are trimmed this spring so as TO form the
two arms each three feet long, from which the
fruiting canes are to be produced In very
strong vine, that had been allowed to produce
three canes the previous summer, the third shoot
Is trimmed TO three four feet for fruiting, and
tied upright to the trcis bar, nearest to the vine
stock, while the arms are secured to the lower
part of the trellis. As the buds these last
break, they are thinned out by rubbing on por-
tOn that only the strongest are left, and these
are SO arranged that one of them can be trained
to each Ofthe upright tTeliis bars, one 10 every
nine inches thar is, four canes to each arm, eight
to each vine. This we should think a tremen-
dOus amount of wood for the third summer, but
with the soil and treatment to which they are
subjected, many of the varieties of grapes re-
qUire assiduous labor to cOnfne them to this
number Of shoots, which reach the top of the
treIli.. and most Of the canes also bear good
deal Of fruit. NJ. Knox feels confident that his
Concord vines will average ten lbs. of grapes
the third season Some other varieties, such as
the TAYLOR or Built and Herbemont, grow as
vigorously, reaching the top OF The trellis, and
then stretehns along hoflzonIaliy Tor some ai:-
ou' som Ai'lus 10 not m, Sofei 1ne hslS
I'ic nrs' year Z SCI up. lhese cancs, pro
9n co ron TIC arms are Invested On tneir ia'eraS
o" ~ inc suli lilsi g .,o..a -
Inc 'o'eaW 'J''eH VI thinning 10 "uVp'ou ia
these trelllses, with some modlneations, ny
a!1P,nS lIe sP9r unihs "iSn eece 49, aS
WIN DC lhulcdtsu Oslo"' III 'Ae iourll season
rom planning ana always aitef"ard' every amer
h@te cane Is cut Oach 70 TWO eyes, White the