Buchanan County bulletin and guardian. (Independence, Iowa) 1866-1869, 1868-01-10
rom the Iowa Homestead.
N0scs IN Grapes nnd Apples srom Du.
chana

EpIroR Iowa HoMEsTrAp:-The
Concord, the Delaware, and the Hart
ford Prolific still remain at the head of
n long list ofvaricties, as best suited
10 our locality. If lmi. cd to a single
variety We should select The Concord:
because it Is easily propagated and
trained, is a constant and productive
bearer, stands the winters equally well
with the Clinton or Delaware, and the
fruit is very good Sc good that some
person said that any one who found
fault with such grapes did hot deeerye
any.
Bnt while we select the Concord for
= main dependence. we think a few
Delaware grapes very desirable. lfall
persons cannot propagate them by
cuttings as easily as the Concord, vet
any one can easily learn to do it hy
layering; aud the fruit is most deli
cioLs.
One or more Dianas, for variety.
should also be planted,a as almost every
one Is pleased with the fruit. But our
vines do not always produce and they
require the best protection in Winter.
II is also "A grape with a thick skin,
fitting it well to keep until Winter.
We have now, near Christmas, Dian.
rs much better for the table than when |
first taken from the vine. As TO the
Clinton it seems TO be its nature to run
IA stake or a t~rellis, or the soil we
have here, don't satisfy it. A very
high trcllis or an arbor does better :
but nothing short ola tree would seem
natural to it. l have not had faith
enough to try them on trees hereto
fore, thinking that they would some
times freeze to the ground in Winter,
but | saw a Clinton vine on a large
sherry-tree in this neighborhood, a
short time since. which for the las. two
years has borne large crops Of fruit.
If in other parts Of northern Iowa, the
Clinton vine has withstood the chang
ahlencss of our March and April
weather, when permitted to run upon
trees, il is a feet worth noticing in
the HOMESTEAD. I, might encourage
others to try the experiment.
saw near this place, in October.
. most beautiful sight in the shape Of
. grape vine. Some years ago, a
wild vine had been planted under an
Oak tree in a Wei cultivated garden.
II had grown and thrown its branches
int almost all the limbs Of the tree.
and was heavily loaded with fruit.
When saw these bushelsof grapes
presenting snch an attractive specta- .
Gle, l wondered Why l and eveiy one
who has trees neal his house had not
"~'' If nlantinr at least one rIss!
vine for ornament ifno:hing else. Butt
Wild grapes are not worthless, for.
when the juice and pulp are separated '
ssnm the skin aud seeds, it is well Z
---Arior Jelly, \
that they maAe ..
This County never had half as many
as were produced the present I
People are beginning to have :
strong faith that they viii yer succeed I
in raising their W apples. ! will not
venture TO name the tens of thousands I
Of dollars paid by our citizens for trees !
recommended by those who sold,
them, aud which have been almost Y
tirely lost; because, in some cases
they we're worthless trees, in others
they were not adapted to this part of
the West Varieties that do well are
now generally known, and | think that
among some others, the following va
rietles when properly planted and cul-
very seldom fail to do well,
For Summer,-Dutchess Of
Oldeuburg and Red A~stracan; for
Fa,l-Fameuse and ST. Lawrence; for
Winter-Perry's Russell. Wagner
Raules, Jannet, Wine Sap and Tai
.nau's Sweets.
ALBEIT CLARKE. Independence.