The Iowa transcript. (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1858-1866, 1864-02-04

know what room they require. You
can easily carry piece Of cloth to
throw over the vine, or plant while You
arc preparing the hole. Don't be afraid
that YOU will hurt the g,ound by
digging your hole deep and long.
Mellow up Your ground well i'm.
mediate,y under the vine, and if i, has
not been manurcd well. mix IN a shovel
full or two of thoroughly rooted stable
manure, and if YOU have them, put in
each hole as many broken bones as
will fill a common shovel. These should
not come in direct contact with the
roots but be below them. 4 gallon
of pulverized charcoal to each vine
would be valuable, but not at all in
dispcnsable. Pu!yerize your dirt, the
| finer the better, which is 10 lie unde,
and about the roots. Prepare the
place III your hole where the vine is to
stand by making little elevation i'm.
mediately where the heel Of the vine
will set, SO that the ends Of the roots
will be little lower than the place
where the roots start from the vine.
Then spread out the roots on the ground
thus prepared, and eli mp with rich and
very fine dirt. Keep the roots separate
letting each run in its proper direction.
/ 1t some of the roots stand 4 little higher
than oil'v,- keep them in their proper
distance through their whole length,
working the earth between them.
Press the earth gentle on each root
separately. BE careful not to let any
hard Jumps Of earth fall in, while filling
up around the roots. The ground
should be rich, but fresh manure should
be carefully avoided. Be very careful
not to Sc. your vines to deep. The
depth should be from four to six inches
at the heel of vine; and from six to
eight inches at the ends Of the roots.
Vines will bear deep planting accord
ing to their size AZ strength. \ small
weak plant must be set very shallow.
The same law rules among all plants
and trees as well as vines. You should
prepare each vine Immediately before
setting it in place, by root pruning
which consists in cutting off the end>
of all the roots. The ends OF The roots
cut with spade or broken off will be
bruised. All the injured pant should be
removed with sharp knife. l, should
always be kept in mind that the vine or
tree derives its naurishment from the
earth through the fibers, the little hairy
roots. Never, buy vine or tree then,
only as last resort which has been ex-
posed in moving to the open mir. TX
anime the roots and if the fbers are
dried shake your head ana say, 30. A
vigorous tree, or v,ne, vii send out
new tibers probably, if well planted
but one years growth is lost, and a
probably sicily lite ontaileI. This is a
matter of so much Importance, in fruit
culture, that I have dwell upon it.
After yon have set your vine ont, as
directed, if the ground is quite dry pour
on two or three gallons OF water, and
mulch lightly. Remove the mulching
once week and scratch the ground
with a garden rake or the corner Of
hoe, and .hen replace the mulchiny.
Unless the weather is very dry, if your
ground is worked deeply, you need no,
water any more Soap suds is very
useful for established vines !; but the
young vine sill not bear it unless mucl,
diluted and little al time. AS a
general rule young vines do not require
much watering. Give your water to
your Strawberries, HE more the bigger
the berries; but be careful not to
drown Your grape vines.
Persons wishing to plant vines the
coming spring may get them, Of the
best quality, and in the best possible
order, by giving me list Of what they
want soon or between now and the first
Of March. They shall have them at
Dr.. Grants wholesale price with the
cost Of carriage only added. l have
neither the time or inclination to solicit
to any extent nor will it pay as l have
no money profit on the vines.
Yours truly,
LUTHER DODD.
N. B. Don't buy the Cayahoga Of
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