Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1865-04-27

10 sweeten them. Through mistake he n
put burning sulphur rag into an alco-
hol barrel, and was blown up, injuring
his arm and side so much that he could
not work his press to advantage; or
had he been able to press tight SO as
to get it all, he thinks he could have ,,
made many gallons more, he says oo. {
Mr.. Glidden now has over SUI gal ii
Ions of wine in his cellar, cellar that
is "hy tight and "mouse proof" yet
has in it free circulation of air--free
for cellar.
A single leaf from one of the vines
measured 19 inches in diameter, in any
way it could be measured; over II in
ches in length to the point. A single
vine measured about 100 feet in length.
HOW HE DOES IT!
We may not be able to tell "scien-
tifically" the manner of cultivation,
but we can give an outline.
To begin; Mr.. Glidden lets his vines
qrow-malSe all the wood he can coax
them to do-and then he 'Jeeds' them
to make them produce fruit, feeds them
every day during the season:
His ground, as we have stated, is tho
hard clay soil of the Ohio river bottom.
|. He makes it as rich as possible
with stable manure, to the depth of ID
or 1S inches, mixing in lime to a con-
siderable quantity, and sand enough to
make the ground, after it is prepared,
, light and porous. His ground gives
. to the foot almost like a sponge.
2. He digs trench 81 feet deep by
81 feet wide, throwing the prepared
earth on one side, and the clay from the
bottom on the other; and sets in the
trench the posts for an arbor. In the
; bottom of the trench he places bones
, from the slaughter house, to the depth
| of five or six inches upon the bones
, he packs solid about 18 or 20 inches OF
a stable manure, upon the top of which
he puts the prepared earth taken from
> the top of the trench in digging, and
i the clay from the bottom is spread over
r the surface of the ground.
3. He sets his plants. After that he
a neUer digs the yroamd, but applies al
feed in top dressing.
!, 4. In the case of bearing vines, every
a day when it does not rain, the whole
|, surface of the ground is freely sprink
, led with water, from the time the grapes
a are formed until ripe. All the summer
y all his vines are fed with lime water
"a about two thirds Of bucket full o
lime to 80 gallons of water, and all tn
Il soap suds and all the dish water from
!, the kitchen is fed to the vines. Th
- heavy punches are tide up with twin
,e to support them.
e 5. He nips back the bearing brancf
as es, going over the vines about thre
re- times, to equalizs their growth, LEI
ar them grow no longer than eight or te
r. inches, and keeps them there.
- 6. After bearing-at the proper Sc,
ot son-he cuts Off all the bearing brancl
"a, es smooth to the vines; the next SCI
of son the bearing branches again shoe
S6 out at the same place. He then Civ
Ia. tho whole surface of the ground Goa
no ing of manure, and sawdust on the tC
cd of that.
se 7. The posts Of his arbor, (three
- four inches square, planed and pair
,g ed, J are set about seven feet apart, t
,re centre of the branches being about t
ole seven feet high. Iron rods, roun
nd one fourth Of an inch in diameter, n
not through the posts, and along the to
l. about l5 inches apart, forming t
sides and top of the arbor The vim
,d run across the arbor, on the top, abo
rc. six or seven inches apart. In bearin
or the blue sky overhead 10 scarcely to
.rv seen from the punches of blue grape
~ As the sun sets and shines in on t
pe side of the arbor, mist can be Sc
.an falling from the vines almost like raj
i've 8. No mother ever nursed her childwi
,til more unwearying and tender care, tn
does Mr.. Glidden is grapes. But tn
200 repay all time, all care bestowed.
TO 8. Mr.. Glidden's grapes never Jli.
thc or rot; NEVER FAIL!
ge =. 3. On inquiry of Mr.. Glidden,
ec Of days ago, he informed us that his grape q
VI VI of 1863 made $40 gallons Of wine We
OIL attest that Mr.. Gliddens wine always hS
son splendid body"
i'm, HIS crop of 1864 was not as large, I
The winter preceding having seriously injured
ton vines some of the eldest and largest "
In killed to the ground, and soma roots as '
as vines. He sold most of his grapes, VIII
were never finer, and received for them
ha1 per bushsl. After the incest were sold
ch- made from the rest one hundred gallons
wine.
the p. s. As the Oatawba seldom rip
500 North Of Cincinnati, every garden she
an. contain tho Crsveling, Delaware, Conoc
and Diana. The Delaware and Nortt
Virginia are regarded as our best fer win
ins The Crsveling is the earliest good grape.