The Lancaster gazette. [volume] (Lancaster, Ohio) 1863-1886, 1868-03-12

Ors TraEtfc1 On the culture u
the Grapo---D Definition and
Application OF Terms--T Value
able ana Interesting Illfor-
mation-
Below We give the interesting
and valuable address Of the Presi
dons Of the Ohio HorLicultural So.
cicty, delivered at it's session IN
December last, tho publication Of
which, just al thispeason. we think
win lie acceptable to onr readers,
especially The numerous class in.
torosscd in tho culture Of the vine.
The order Of the meeting being
the !. Training and Pruning OF the
Vine,n by way Of introducing
tho subject, the President-Dr.
Wardcr-took the floor and com.
menced by referring to the confus.
ion that existed in the language Of
most vine-dressers, and even of
seme writer's, in regard 10 the nee
of terms TO express theirmodes Of
handling, trimming and training
the different parts Of the vino.
With an adnIt vinein his hand
he illustrated the different parts,
and urged the use Of the following
expressions and terms when speak.
ing upon the subject: The iJnpor.
tant parts OF the vine are the shoot
and It's ldterals, tho cane and the
stem. Under the first he would
include only the annual extension
Of tho vine duling the season of its
growth, and while clothed with fol
iage--say for the first fve or six
months ofitsexislcnce. Such growths
are shoots; they present tho same
peculiarities and have tho same in
teresting appcnduges While young
they are very easily separated
from the older wood, from which
they spring, and may bc rubbed
out OF broken off with a very slight
effort--a great advantage 20 The
vine'drcsser who may thus very
eaaily curb the redundant wood.
growth al tho carly part Of the
season, and direct the sap into
what he leaves behind.
The process called rubbing out
is generally effected with the
thumb and finger, removing the
redundant growth while it is yet
quite small, and thus leaving The
shoots att Sufficient distance apart
to prevent crowding.
The shoots all spring from the
buds Ola prcvioas years production,
the fruitful ones almost universal.
ly from the buds formed in the last
season, hence tho bearing wood, as
Il is called, must always bo new,
or only ono year old. Shoots may
} come out from tho older parts Of
the vine, however. and such, when
they spring from he lower part OF
+, the stock ars often called water
shoots and are always barren.
These arc generally rubbed out
soon alter they appear, though 1t
is recommended always to pro.
sorve one such on each vine, but to
keep it in u subordina,ed condi.
tioni il may be very valuable as a
starting point from which to re.
new tho vine, when il may at any
time become injured by frost or
otherwise, or when from long con
tinued bad pruning or mismanage
ment II has become nisshapen and
unfruitful.
Shoots have uppondngcs they
arc furnished with iedceS, buds, H.
terdlS, tsHdras, and baRchcS OF fruit.
The leaves appear on alternate
sides Of tho shoot, and are arrang /.
cd in a doGnite order, according to
the phyllotaxy Of tho vine. At
the base, or in the uxl Of each Leaf
u bud is produced and upon tho
healthy Development VI this impor.
tant organ, will depend tho future
prodnetivencss and development OF
the vInes. These buds may be con.
eidered the Individual plants of which
the complex ono is composed; from
them Will proceed all future growth
by extension; within thor iolds lie
enwrapped tho promise Of fruitful
Dess Tor tho coming year; their
proper development is therefore of
tho utmost consequence TO success
ful grape growing That they are
really Individual plants is proved
by the propagator who takes thom
separately and produces indcpcn
dent plants.
Ina vigoroua shoot tho abrupt
Termination OF its extending growth
either by accidental fracture, or
by !ha cutting or pinching of tho
yine'dresser, or oven by its depend.
ing position in which II is allowed
70 bang point downwards, tho OK
tremo vigor will often cause 80
great development Of their buds,
that they will burst out into
growth, side shoots will bc produc
cd, md these arc called ldierais.
Tho lateral. therefore, 10 bat a
subordinate shoot during tho soa
son Of growth, tho branch OF a
shooi; and If allowed 70 remain
npon the vine after tho winter
pruning u Ia equally branch OF
the cane. Il is found to play n very
important role In VINE culture, and
as tlteyaisarovcry frequently refer
red to iailiscussions upon pruning.
II Is very necessary that we shoul,l
understand the precise meaning OF
The torn. that wo may avoid tho
mlsnrplicaIion, which is often
heard,
Tho portion Of the shoot between
the buds Is called tho iatereods II
mover produces buds, but will omit
roots at any point.