The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1868-01-15
Successful Grape Growing.


As EVIDENCE OF OUR SUCCESS IN
n growing Grapes, we refer:-To our vine
wards of twenty. seven acres of healthy and Wig.
orous vines, which never fail TO produce an i'm
mense' crop of the finest fruit-TO the thousands
Of intelligent fruit growers, who visit our
grounds, including among them DR.: Jno. A.
Warder, George Hussman, VIM. Saunders, Prof.
Geo. Thurber, Chas. Downing, DR.. Trimble,
Thos Meehan, Robert Buist and many others
To our annual Grape Exhibitions both at home
and abroad-To the Fruit Markets of Pitts.
burgh, New York, Philadelphia, Baltimore, &c,
where tons of our Grapes are sold every day
during the fruit season at the highest price.
OUR SUCCESS WE ATTRIBUTE TO-
FIRST. A judicious selection of varieties.
SECOND. The character Of our Vines.
THIRD. Proper Culture and Pruning.
We select varieties that are hearty, hardy, of
good quality, and on which we can depend for n
crop eyery year. WE PLANT VINES FOR FRUIT
an abundance every year of the best we can
grow See 4th page of Small Fruit Catalogue.
That the character of the Vine has much to
do with its successful fTuitage, We have no
doubt. A vine with a sckly constitution will
never produce satisfactory results If such a
Vine has been planted, the sooner 1t Is rooted
out and thrown away the better.
We grow our own Vines, and claim their su-
periority on the following grounds:
FIRST. They are grown from MATURE WOOD
taken from our BEARING VINEYARDS, thus seen
ring not only health Of vine, Tut correctness of
variety. We use no GREEN WOOD in PrOpa-
eating. neither do we damage our vines by layer.
ing them. We guard by every possible means
the healthy constitution Of our parent vines,
that we may produce not only satisfactory crops
of fruit, but young vines OF the most healthy
character
SECOND We startour vines in PROPAGATING
HOUSES, that they may have the advantage of
early growth, but as soon as the weather will
permit we turn them out into the open ground,
where they are carefully cultivated during the
entire growing seeson. We regard this system
of producing vines as the very best, and much
preferable to that of growing them under glass,
or with their roots cramped il pots.
We secure by our mode healthy, stocky, and
well rooted Vines, which gives satisfaction
when planted in their growth and yield of fruit.
THIRD. Our soil is peculiarly adapted to the
production of Vines of the best quality, and we
use no stimulants TO excite unnatural growth.
There is no mystery connected with the
proper culture and pruning" of the Vine.
Many persons have been bewildered and dis.
couraged with what has been written and said
on the subject. But unhestatingly say,
there is no more mystery in growing Grapes
than Grain, and that il is as easy to grow a
Vineyard a. a field of Corn. Any one visiting
our VINEYARDS can be satisfied of this fact.
We offer this season for sale TEN ACRES Of
such Vines as We plant, aud which under simi.
lar circumstances, will undoubtedly produce
similar results.
Also. Strawberries, Raspberrics, Blackberries
6ooseberries, Currants, &c, of all desirable
kiEds.
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