Nebraska advertiser., 1868-11-19
BEuIching Grapes.

IF. g." a correspondent Of the
Rarat World, among others good things
said in regard to mulehing the grape,
saysS ID
The best mulch I can give seem 70.
be the w~eediness of the garden. Last
fa1 ] dressed the ground Of e Clinton
grape vine, Of some eight wears stand
ing, with, principally, the tons Of
beets. This formed a bed Of several
feet around the vine, and OF some six
inches in thickness. This I covered
with several bushes of leaves. The
whole / sprinkled over with ground
so as to pack it somewhat. and prevent
the wind from taking The leaves away
This spring the ground was level. and
there was but a thin stratumOf leaves
and roOt-tOps. IT seemed but a trife.
but as I have had experience IN these
trifes before, trusted to It. The vine
is growing beyond precedent-not,
mind you, in leaves and wood. but In
clusters. 1t is kept pFuRed close,
pInched at the last cluster. and All
else Is remOved, except what shoots are
wanted for next years fruit. These
shoots are growing finelY-but not
better probably than at other years
The fruit is better, decidedly. The
clusters are very large, we'll spread
which is a lack in the ClintOn-and
bids fair to out-do everything Of its
kind. The punches are all Of q size,
and all shOldered-a quality which is
not gen orally attributed to this sort,
! was led to this more particularly
by a similar effect upon a vine last
year. This was an Isabella, and never
did anything till treated, accidentally,
in this way. 1t had also been neglee-
ted uptO this time. Butthe differences
was all difference. There had been
but a few clusters, not exceeding half
q dpZen-and the vine was as many
years old. But a heap Of refuse was
piled around it, that and the year be-
tOre-killing probably one vine, as
there was too much of it-End served
as q mulch and a manure at the same
time, and a vegetable manure, which
for years has seemed favorable 70 me
for fruit, especially quality. The vine
this past year, pruned, and manfred
anu mulehed-the ground itself being
rich-prOduced neOfthe largest crops
Of fruit I have ever seen, reminding
me of the vineyards at Herman. This
was in New York. The vine bore too
much-and it ripened its fruit-Iarge.
rich, luscious punches, which the lady
Of the house would not permit 10 be
lessened at the time Of thinning, tho
they Were somewhat, but not enough,
it seems, To save the vine.
There was not that growth Of wood
which other manures or t0p-dFessings
would have produced, as the vine had
but lite wood grown, and that Of an
unEpe, Biekly appearance.
The growth of my present vine, Of.
which l have the care, is all that one
could wish. I have extended the
pertinent by mulching others-cOmz
meneing two or three weeks ago. OF
course there is no effect as yet-thO'
as amulCh it answers q good purpose
in the drOuth we are having. Some
six or eight vines are thus receiving
the refuse with always q little soiJ
of a fat garden. ! shall report in due
time.
Meantime, the weddings Of q gar
den sOuld never be wasted; nor any
green stuff, whether weeds, or grass,
or what not. Apply rs mulch apply
green, and cover slightly with sofC or
not, as you please. A little vegetable
element goes q great ways, and has q
good influence upon quality" FIG.