Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1868-02-16
AGRICULTUR RAJ.
GRAFTING.

RAFTING.
DR. Regel describes q new method OF
grating, as practiced by Herr Freun-
dlich, one OF the Russian court garden
ers, with remarkable success. Instead
Of taking the scions from the previous
years wood with the bud Just beginning
to swell, the still soft growing lateral
shoots are selected when from half to one
and a half inches long, and either bark
or tongue grated, care being taken not
to draw the ligsture too tight, as they
swell much more rapidly thaa hard
wood scions. Success, he says, is certain,
if care be taken that the sap OF the stock
is In motion at ths time the operation
is performed. He recommends this
mode rs superior TO all others, especislly
for hard wood trees, such as quercus,
fagus, etc, which are usually difficult to
propagate from the old wood. New roses
and plants, which il is desirable 10 in
crease as rapidly as possible, may also be
advAntageously worked in the same
manner.-FtoriSt and POnao5ogiSt.
WOOD ASHES FOR STRAWBERRIES.
There is no better fertilizer for straw
berries than ashes. We remember that
one OF the best crops we ever had was
raised when the only manure uSed was
wood ashes. All soils will not alike be
benefited by such an application, but
it Is always safe to use ashes in conne3-
ton with other manuTes. II ashes OBly
are used there are fewer weeds, as no
seed can be introduced 10y the manure
american Journal Of horticulture.
HOP CULTURE IN CALIFORNIA,
Daniel Flint communicated the follow
ing in regard to the culture of hops in
Sacramento county: have 30 acres OF
hops-80 Of which were planted this
year. bad 5000 pounds, or an aver
age of 1900 pounds per acre. There are
about 10 acres OF hops in Sacramento
county, which produced III ,3C0 pounds,
or q tfifie over 1000 pounds per acre. II
is but fair to state that about one e-half, or
65 acres, of this quantity were planted
in 1867, and a large portion of II on
ground that proved too wet and taking
that into consideration the average was
very large. The price has ranged from
40 TO go cents per pound. Taking the
average at 80 cents, they would bring
Se5 $50. Dividing this amount equally
among the eight different parties or
firms that are engaged in throwing hops,
it would give $40, 706 apiece-a nice lit
tie sum for farmer.n
l1ON a ALAFOhNlAN Nb1A1 Ais an
NATURES THE VINE.
A German vine grower in California,
finding his vineyard infested with hare
and other predacious animals, have adOp-
ted the following method of getting
rid of them and at the same time enrich
ing the soil. The description OF the process
is in his own words Il poison them
with strychnine, and In the morning,
when l find the dead hare, bury them
under the vines for manure. And the
next night the cayOtes come, and they
dig up the hares aud eat them and they
get poisoned and die, and / buries
them under some other vines and the
next night the skupks come and dig up
the cayotes and eats them, and they
gets poisoned and die, and l buries them
all to manure the grape vines"
PLANT GROWING.
A successful Cincinnati plant grower,
who confines himself chiefly to roses,
yerbenas, heliotrope, mignonette, and
.fusOhias, and who has healthy plants,
uses COW manure, and nothing else, IN
his pots, He gathers it up in the fall, and
keep il iu a dry place out of the rain,
Before potting MS plants, he puts it
through sieve, and when potting puts a
little of the coarse Ia the bottom of the
pot (no rock or drain OF any kind and
uses the fine round the sides. Every
thing thrives In 1t from bighonia to a
scarlet geranium. He uses no loan nor
leaf mould. He propsgates in sand, and
pots in cow-dung
TO DESTROY THE APPLE RooT-APHIs,
MIR, +, A, Riehl writes TO the Rural
World that this insect is on the increase
in Illinois orchards, and recommends
the following remedy:
Apply a good heavy mulch Of straw
weeds, grass, or some such material,
about the base of the tree, and, if not re-
moved soon, kill it but our object is to
get them where we can get at them, and
then destroy them, So when they coll
lect about the collar, take some hot water
and scald them to death, would pre-
fer simple hot water to tobacco water,
soapsuds, or any other decoction, for the
reason that simple hot water would kill
all the insects collected about the collar
and leaves nothing repulsive TO the in
scots that might be left among the small
roots. and they would afterwards come to
the collar aud could also be destroyed,
which would very likely rot be the case
II ANYTHING were used that would leave
auy repulsiVe smell or taste behind they
! would then stay among the small roots