Shreveport semi-weekly news. [volume] (Shreveport, La.) 1865-18??, 1865-09-05
'1't He1ni-~ eekly News
The Grape.

The following, which we take from
travelling correspondent of the n
Y. Tribune, will b" found quite inter.
esting to all. especially to such of our
readers as xash to engage in the cul-
tivation of the grape:
Now. about grapes. Here, there
! is woeful complaint that grapes are
r"tting by the tun. Catawbas and
{sabellas mostly are gone. The
Coucords are about halt gone, but
enough al. left on most vines. Cen
orally, there is too close planting in
this country. There is monstrous
growth Of wood and leaves. and tn.
sun cannot get in. Add to this. one
day excessively hot. the next cold
enough for fire, while on each it
rains. If the leaves and wood are
cut away. the sap $ forced into the
fruit. and in either CASE the fruit rots
One should give abundance. Of room,
say ten feet each way, and train on
high trellises.
VISITED many vineyards on the
Ohio Lake Shore / did not see n
single diseased Catawba. Many Isa-
b,lla9 were badly mild.wrd. Six
miles from Cleveland. DR.. Mathiv-t
has ten acres on the sand. He has
the finest show of D-lawar-s know
Of. Many Were grated on other
stocks. This is an easy process. as
| know by experience Th,s. grapes
ART. in larg.. buuchrs and FREE. from
disease. The Doctor max. all his
stock into wine. and h. has very
large crop. mostly Caiawbas.
DR.. Durham, nine miles east of
Cleveland, has small vineyard on
tn. clay ridge. H.. works his own
ground. 1t IS itch with manure. |
think h. has the finest grapes on the
Shore. +. rhaps Their. is no vineyard
in the world OF the same extent that
is 80 profitable. Last year from an
acr. and a half. hr sold seven and a
half tun, of Cataw ba grapes at 10
ce"t- a pound, or 'ro fhonsand hc0
hun4rcd and MJrtg-Si.r doiiars This
he told M himself, and he is a trust
worthy man. The Assessor told me
he handed in this sum 10 him. among
| other items, tor taxation. The Doc
tor said that if the season is favora-
bic he is liked this year to hav" ten
iun> Of grapes. lie keeps the ground
clean, cuts off lattcrai-. and the vine
at the top OF the stakes, OF which
there are two for each vine, but does
not strip off a singh" leaf. He does
this in Jun" and August.
The grape region here is Of two
kinds. \ ridge runs parallel with
| The lake and about two miles from il.
l., is gravrIly clay. Formerly it was
/ laid TO b.. of no US. but 10 hold the
world together. From the foot o.
the lake to thu ridg~ it i. mostly
sand, aud was supposed best iur
grapes. But experience. has shown
that frost, come At Least ten day>
sooner here than on thu. ridge. aud
III" grapes do not rip"n we'll They
value rhi. ridg" land AZ from $50 10
500 an acre. Elsewhere. on. has
TO pay TINS amount n least for trench
ing ground her. they ouIv pillow
1t tn" -oIl i apringv and wei, they
put in tile drains.
All around Ci"veltnd on. sr,.~
Crap IN every direction from the
cars Through the state Of New
I York | saw very few, though it
seems 70 me tina, on tn. grar,llv soil,
Of htch there is At ahuuitnc-. they
must do well, particularly the Con
cord Tired o. riding in -"cond.clas,
cars with tIrst-cl8s, tickets in my
pocket. | came ba-k by the Erie
+ Port J"rvi- III" country i, very
fine and the cultivation z bod. This
SD" is Il triHr rough. In places /
slIv grapes, and Il t-w nic. look ing
vineyards. If any kin! Of grapes
will do we'll th'rr. the people had
better plant them largely. They
would BE-. a NOR" pheasant sight than
that OF COWS catiug with their heads
up Hill. II they eat with their he, l.
down hill they will keel over. |
though, that the people along thar
road must b" very kiui-hrar'ed. sine"
they have such affection for the c0uu
try a. Ia liz" in il. And vt many
ards than can be- found in wide r..
gioue of the West, where the soil i
unsurpassed. Thu RIGHT kind OF sol!
VIII do much to make 4, country d 81
rabbi: th" right kind of p"opIe viii
do more.