The Lancaster gazette. [volume] (Lancaster, Ohio) 1863-1886, 1865-03-09
HOOKING VALLEY HORTicULnAL
SOCIETY.

lne statements OF Blr. eatman. Ac-
cording to these calculations, Mr.. Raj
ncy's crop yielded greater profit per
acre than any of the sorts mentioned
by that committee, in wine product,
rating Mr.. Raineys wine at So 90 per
gallon.
Excess over Ives seeding pr
acre ............................S2567, so
Excess over Norton's seed
hng per acre................... 35l7,00
Excess over Delaware
per acre................... 1881 90
The question for discussion being ia,
ken up,
Mr.. Fetters made some remarks in
reference to his method Of planting
the vine, &c. He advocated a soil in
which clay slightly prcdominated,-
does not dig or tronch--plows II
inches deep, plants TO s inches deep;
did not believe in reversing nature by
planting deep, Cuts off tap roots of
all kinds of fruit trees before planting
Mr.. Black. Different soils require
different depths of preparation. Deep
trenching should always be accompa-
'nied by good drainage--a wet sub
soil highly Notwithstanding too
expensive for general practice the
best roots are within or 5 inches of
the surface.
Mr. Snider thought it unnecessary
to trench on the slopes of hills. Spoke
Of plan where soil VISA moved
to a good depth, loose stones placed
at the bottom, the top soil on that, and
the lower soil brought to the surface.
This stood the drouth better than
where it was merely subsoiled.
Mr.. Clarke The ridges of our hills
require more preparation than the
slopes, being composed ofa more COM
pact soil. 1t should be stirred to a
good depth, but the top sol. should
remain at the surface. Roots placed
too near the surface, are subject to
damage by frost, and consequent dis
case. Would plant neither deep nor
shallow, but generally about as the
plants had stood.
Mr.. Rhodes mentioned an expert
ment in planting 4 vines, at depths
varying from s lnches to 2 feet, the
former doing much the best in every
respect.
Mr.. Borchers advocated trenching
except in loose sois--the vine roots
want to go down--when deeply plant
ed and established they are less af-
fected by drouth or extremes of heat
and cold. The shallow planted are
affected by all changes. When the
roots reach the water in the soil, the
fruit will rot. A clay sub.soil is bad
on this account.
Mr.. Clarke thought that in a proper
soil sand should barely predominate.
The surface roots grow first, ard need
the encouragement of the best soil.
Mr.. Martin rather inclined to advo-
cate deep planting-where the sub
soil is clay 1T must have drainage
Light and heat penetrated to different
dcpths-1S to 20 inches according to
looseness of soil; heat is.admittcd deep
er by cultivation.
Mr. Fetters further advocated com
paratively shallow planting. Men
toned an instance of a grape root
having been cut off in digging a cell
lar, leaving only surface roots. From
a condition Of previous unfuitiulncss
this loss of roots produced fruitful
ness.
Mr.. Staltcr thought extremes ought
TO be avoided. Did not think trench
ing necessary in our soils, A mistake
in the selection of soil was difficult to
be remedicd by art. The soil should
be loosened with subsoil plow Is to IS
inches deep, but bottom soil should
not be brought to the surface. Did
not believe in trying to induce roots
to penetrate 10 great depth. Whether
planted s or 10 inches deep, Nature
will produce the roots at the proper
depth. Thought our level lands as
good as the hills for the grape. Not
substance enough in the soil of the
hill tops for permanencc, Our clay
white oak lands are moro durable.
Mr.. Clark thought our chesnut soils
the best for the grape, In clay, the
Catawba was a failure as far as he had
observed-the lake soils favorable to
the grape were similar 70 ours.
Mr.. Kinkead-(Mr. Black in the
Chmr0 = advocated preparing the
ground in the fall-had tried it sue
cessfully, as he thought, In sandy,
loamy soil, deep cultivation is unnec.
essarY, in clay it is otherwise. Each |