Nebraska advertiser., 1869-05-20
Have a Grape vine or rive.


This has often been urged in the
papers, Why Is II that people do not
heed II mone2 The principal reason
Is that they do not know the value q
oft. Another is, they see 50 much
failure, either the vine wiz not bear,
or il viii not ripeu its fruit
Besides. there Is asmnch tHouble 10
attend 70 it" and stiu greater igno-
rance.
Nov, al this is but a bugbsar 70
frighten people. A little knowledge
is all that is necessary TO get the peO-
pie right.
In planting q vine and attending To
&c right there is but little risk. There
Is some, as there Is with everything,
even with corn; the frost WI some
times take that. The same frost gen.
orally takes the grape. But this can
be avoided better with grapes than
with corn. All that Is Necessary Is,
secure the early kinds. The Hartford
Prolific is Of this kind, perhaps the
best, al things Considered. It is a
very great bearer; a yearly bearer ;
has large, handsome clusters IS q fair
table grape and stands the cold, nc
trouble in the winter.
Besides, this grape IS q cheap one,
and can be purchased almost any
where. It win grow If any, and In
almost or quite any part Of the cOun-
try I'm our Northern hatibube.
Get this grape. If you live far
enough South, o. IN q warm place,
q favorable locality, where the Con-
cord win ripen, get that grape, as Il
is somewhat better than the Hartford.
do also; and the Diana and Clinton,
both good keepers, and the Clinton
improving with keeping. You should
have this grape, II T0u can possibly
ripen il, IN this account, as then you
can have grapes the winter through,
and the best eating Tor Drinking 10
March. We rarely have them excel
lent in April.
But, unless You can nDen a EraDe,
what use is there IN troubling your
self with it? The Hartford wiH ripen
almost, If not quite, every year. II
must be a bad year, indeed, that VII
not ripen IL Get the Hartford. then.
one or two vines, or as many as YOU
wish, and Try the Clinton.
The Clinton is good bearer: grows
fine, close punches, and wiz stand al
the winter you can expose il TO. We
haTeneTer known One to = hurt. and
we have thrust them into the face o.
the worst cold. Y0u have two hardy
and prolific kinds IN these two sorts
KeepOn the t~rellis, or stake, or tree
or wherever you run mem-and theE
vii 60 anywhere, especially the Gin.
tOn-and prunein the fall asyOu wan
them IN the spring, 50 that wher
spring comes yOu have nothing to dG
but note the prosperity Of your vine
save the little pinChing that Is neee
sary. This is simply 60 clip of Ehl
shoots that have grapes on At the see,
Ond Leaf from the last cluster. that Is
count Two leaves or joints from tn
cluster furthest out. Some leave I
leaf more, Others n less. But try
two leaves.
As shoots put forth from these Joint
for they cannot grow when pinebeC
on, the plnehing or arresting it-servC
these I'D the same manner-pinch off
however, after the first instead Of fh,
second leaf; do not let the second
Sed ay9ea
Each fall you should cut away the
old vine, OF part Of it, and LET a new
yine-cane, az IL is caIIed-take is
place. To this end you must let a
many new shoots grow a you want
for this purpose. This is on a treIIis
or stake. IfyOu run into a tree or on
q large trellis, less pruning is re.
quired.-F. G., hs Rural Ne1 Yorker.
We publish the above for the ideas Il
contains. The Hartford is q good early
grape worthy q cultivation. The
Coneord hsre Is equally hardy and
prolific, and a much bettergrape. Fol
this country, to one who only wants
"a vine or two" we advise 70 plant
the Hartford, Concord and Delaware.