New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1864-01-09
GRAPE GROWING AND WINE
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From Our sPeeisl Correspondent.


royGoLA IL. Dec. IL, 1863.
At Des M0ineS Iowa, James Smith long,
largely and successfully has propoguted the Concord
grape, and 50 far as l know. has been most insTu'
mental in giving it noioriety in the West 10 las al
WAYS raised good vines Of which. il permitted.
would bear tie first year at various Places on The
Mississippi particularly at Warsaw aud Quincy
grapes ire doing remarkably well. Much ives az
tempted some timo ego at Nauvoo by q French colo
n.y. Foreigners never have succeeded in this business
IN our country where they cling to European methods
TIE experiment Of the SWISS Of Vevay, Ind. was on
large scale and failure. Almost everywhere oc the
Upper Mississippi grapes doing well Varions par
ties lave foe success ia tie Rock River Valley. u
Northern Illinois near " sconsin. Here al Kinds Of
grapes are reported succeed ard tho Delaware IN
particular. TIE sci approaches sand, with deep sub
sol Of shale or Of gravel II is known as hazel land
It is important 20 know wha. attends gTnlo
growing on the prlirios. which occupy large
Q portion Of this State considerable OF Indiana.
Missouri. love, Minnesota, Nebraska and Kansas.
This is wide region erd rust travel ard observe
1nrch 10 be ALE dear el, 70 make statement which
win apply TO the whole There IS reason to believe that
Illinois contains every variety OF parie os well rs Of
timber soil. common n the region named Io tel no"
grapes do here viii Indicate Low Icy VIII 90 III siiai
In The heart OF the black soil prairie region q. T'con
ingon grapes have been thcIoqgly trsu 1T p,drSs
Eve acres though not in fun bearing and Is preparing
20 put out 81 much moIe also, Messfs. ONeInah
Man % wen soI.e Other parties. IN oil thcre are
ebon thirty acres Dr. Schroeder, German, las CIV
his vines great attention; trains them on Te..is.tnd T.
snecessful oven with tie Catav ba. though trey r0s
with him. as elsewhere 1t seemed 70 thst tis stu
alton is no, most favCml.e tie ground though slightly
rolling, il bordercd by s.us and here higher 81 ma
in the vicinity Though such thing bill is nowhere
near. He trenches feet deer. out Only two and q
half feet wide who're he rnnis For expo met ne has
Corcord OF Hartford Prolific. Go not remember thar
he praised the Delaware. for 10 showed some Of the
vines fouI years old shout three riches high. He
ehov'ed two rows Of CaaHta, planted on ground lot
trenched which poorer th0n any II tie rect lie
panfs axe aud hes straw berries between the rows,
which he will take Up because they njure the vines
Every Of experience says nothing but greies should
grow IN n vineyard.
AR Fell has 500 vines Of the Concord and Hartford
Prolific ard is preparing four ncree by blowing from II
20 ~ inches when he viii plant oneiourh Delaware,
and the OF the sorts above named Last year bic
Hartfords averaged eight pcunds 10 the viEei O few
bore much as 20 ponndG. end eoid Toy 20 cents
pound. They planted over brick DRAIN and grow
on trells. Tie Ceawba is very uncertain with hin.
OF the Delaware he SAYS thousands Of roots sold
which worth nothing owing 20 excessive pTopaga
ton but knows good roofs can b Toised.
Mr. Phoenix is iarrcly Interested in grapes lie IS =
purseryman intelligent aud onterrrising as snr Of
his class he has neighbOlng competitors not for DO
hind him. With from soto 900 men N constant en- p1y
l6o scrss IN spfe trees as well as additional eroune o.
wits M work And vet nc IL in doubt whether the eia
ware the best Of all our grapes goingto be Trustworthy
He calls IL his study night and day lie gave NE his
experience; ii candid, Instructive, covers the whole
ground and ought T. be bis own answer.
Everybody wanted Deawares. he had severn, thou-
sand. So tie vines n aGe hat thought suii
Gent growth, he odD eG his men 10 layer ther fLen
rs they extended and iaserals pushed out they were
layered and thus through the whole soasoD, everything
that could start root was sinoihered inc best OK
these sOldtLat some were far roots know, for
they grew with from three TO four feet last year
the rest out lie next season. bat did not grow
very well and in tbs Winter great numbers OF them
died This process. with the sane results. went on
seyeral wears. Last Summer he made visit TO the
VINEYARDS on the Hudson. and in particular to that OF
Mr.. Mace. at NewbuIRh. Here, he was snuck with
tho sight Of the Delawares The grove was clear the
vines we're trained to stakes even ihe tendfus we're
pinched off they looked stOeky, ard nut was aDInd-
a sni. Immediately he wrote hone 10 have his own
vines tended in the when he returned no
had been Obeyed only an parthe saw TO LeFns u done
but the season had advanced and ne must wait another
year till the vines can recover. great many
ngrsermen have had doubt not the same experience
The vines they have sent out have proved very unsas
factory and il that this Is 10 be said Of The Dele
ware that long this constant smotheriDg ss vel
as raising roots from eyes OF this zane Wool goes on
nothing good can come Of the vines 40 propaeat
The simple requirement is this, tie stock IRON which
roots are to grow must be JroH aUy upentd ROOD
In the yard Of AIR. Green Miller. 10 the suburbs OF
bloomington, shown three vines Of tie Hartford
Prolific. grape rot Of tIst quality by any means but
It Is earliest OF gu or none ore earlier The necoant Of
these vines ought 10 set peoPe thinking Ibey were OBJ
tanned from Nh Phdnlx four years ago latt Spring.
They were planted - cover arbor tea feet vide and
with them. Mr.. Miller told me he dug holes about
two feet square put IN bones old shoes cod such st1
and covered without much IL the fall be puts two
bushels OF stable mulcbng erOCnd the roots
of each vine; tie spring lie takes II off aud spreads
IL on his garden Last year. and previously he runed
fheu according 10 his limited know ledge, but German
yne-dresser said lac would hays grapes because he
,rned wrong This tho ionrth year, they bore fun
crop visited Mr. Miller IN his ard got his
count He seemed very candid man. and eau imagine
no reason why his As not Trustworthy Bcsdes
had similar one Of these grapes ron tho Ieighb0rs.
He said that they had all they wanted 10 eat and 10
make into preserves; that they gave some away and
hhf his wife sold IL short tat IRON these three
vines there must have been five or Nix bnshes On my
expressing SURPRISE he said he counted the punches on
ons vine us for curiosity. and the were Jour ktrdrd
And trensy and, IL would seem that II they had been
cold at the market price they would have brought more
than City dollars. :,
From this we Nigh. conclude that ono good vine, u
n have room and is moderately cared Tor Is worth
twenty or more vines planted thieky ana divorced 70
6aath The Catawba Is n0tve Of North Carolina. 40
aid and yet IL found growing Wild In Tcnnessee and
even M ihe White and Arkansas Rivers In ArksDsas
vberc IL bears abuDdantly. covering forest trees WIN
Frit In ts native State ono hears OF IT'S rctlng
Il n not about time consider the Old Roman method
If pruning handed down 20 our day as having some
defectsi Let every one Judge.
Mr.. L. Dunlap. n; Champaign. my miles east q
Bloomington is also preparing TO pant grapes iefgey.
Last Summer saw ais vines they we've trea'ed ~ uue
narpery shiop, tie ateras making Iooh aG we svss