The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1868-02-14
A Most Remarkable Vineyard.

several years challenged the world to beat
him raising grapes.
The vineyard contains less than eight
square rods Of ground, but the vines run
upon an extensive arbor, over the pave
ments, over the wood house and kitchen,
and around the ends and sides of the dwell
ling house.
In 1853, single Isabella vine bore
I ,229 buncbes ofshe most beautiful grapes;
and at the same time upoa a young Woe
only year old the preceding spring, 4o8
punches.
In 1859 the vine which had ,229 bunch
es nit the year before. produced 1913
punches, and four vines, Two years old the
spring before. yielded 2. 695. punches. and
not a specked grape among them all.
An Isabella slip set out in March, 1889.
that season grew two branches about six
feet long each. In 1860, the second season,
Mr.. Gldden trained branches from thes e,
and grew 564 feet of wood, the longest
branch being 4O4 feet in length and ir
| 1861, the third season, this vine produced
over 3, 300 punches Of sound grapes
And the old vine which yielded 1929
punches in 858. and / .543 in 1859, and
untold mum bers in 1850, now in 1861,
when it was six years old. made 43 gallons
of superior wine. That season Mr.. Gid
den made 435 gallons of wine from his
eight square rods of ground.
In 1862 Mr.. Gliddeu made 385 gallons
wine and. by an accident, lost forty or
fifty gallons more. A single grape leaf
was II inches across, and over that 10
length; and single vine about 100 feet
| long.
In 1868 Mr. Gidden made from his lit
tie patch $40 gallons of wine The next
winter the vines suffered severely from
freezes. and the crop Of 864 was smaller,
yet he sold large quantity of grapes at
SIS per bushel, and made 100 gallons of
wine.
For the years 1865 and 1865, the yield
was very fine" and ''enormous;" in the
latter year, made no wine, but sold the
grapes at FIVE dollars per bushel.
In 1867, Mr.. Glidden made $50 gallons
of wine.
Go under his arbor, and the grapes alone
will darken the sun; put up your hands
any where you will, with your eyes closed,
and you cannot help, in the proper season,
graspiDg it full of grapes and So paid you
if an u0sOund one is found among them.
HOW HE DOES IT.
Mr.. Glidden let's his vines grow-make
all the wood he can coax them to do and
then he "feeds" them to make them pro-
duce fruit, feeds them every day during
the season.
His ground is the hard clay soil of the
Ohio river bottom.
I. He makes it as rich as possible with
stable manure, to the depth of Is or 10
inches, mixing in lime to a considerable
quantity, and sand enough to make the
ground, after it Is prepared, light and po-
rous. His ground gives to the foot almost
like a sponge.
2. He digs trench 81 feet deep by 81
teet wide, throwing the prepared earth on
one side, and the clay from the bottom on
the other and sets III the trench the posts
for an arbor. Iu the bottom of the trench
he places bones from the slaughter house to
the depth Of FIVE or six inches upon the
bones he packs solid about eighteen or
twenty inches Of stable manure, upon the
top of which be puts the prepared earth
taken from the top of the trench in digging,
and the clay from the bottom is spread over
the surface of the ground.
8. He sets his plants. After that be
never digs the ground, but applies all
''fsed" in a top dressing.
4. In the case Of bearing vines, every
day, when it does not rain. the whole sur
face is freely sprinkled with water. from he
time the grapes are formed until ripe. All
summer all his vines are fed with lime wa
ter, about two thirds Of bucketful Of lime
to eighty gallons of water, and all the soap
suds and all the dishwater from the kitch-
en- is fed 20 the vines. The heavy branch
es are tied up with Irvine to support them.
5. He uips back the bearing branches
going over the vines about three times, to
equalze their growth, let's them grow nc
longer than eight OF ten inches, aud keeps
them there.
6. After bearing-at the proper season
F he cuts off all the bearing branches
smoothe to the vines 4; the next season the
bearing branches a ain shoot out at the
same place. He then gives .he whole sur.
face of the ground coating of manure
and saw dust on top of that.
f 7. The posts of bis arbOr, (three Oh
four inches square, planed and painted
are set about seven feet apart. the centre o
the trenches being about the same distanc,
between ; posts about seven feet high -