, 1869-05-19
TIE FARM AND GARDEN.
lie up tho GfapcTlncs-Novelt
Ihc Experiment Ifrend-I1akfnE-
The Mexican Strawberry to be Test.
cd-Thc weather aud tlae Crops.
IFEtA uGH 4GH1EtLIuHAL CQRRE9poNpxHY.1
CHAMPAIGN, Ill, May la

cd-Ihc weather nnd the Crops.
lFEcA ocH AGRICULTURAL CORRESPONDENCE
CHAMPAIGN, Ill, May la
TIE ur TILE aRArRy1sEs
several correspondents have Inquired II newt
planted vines should be staled and tied Iud On
OF &hese whites, that he had set out i've huudre
vlnes this spring, md that some person stated +
him that they ought to be stakel at once but h
could not sec the use OF it the nrst year. an
would like to know II such was the case
Experience, which u the best school has tanuh
us mat TIE vineyard should be staked wthou, de
lay aud the vines trained up rs soon Al the
hau maae few Inches Of growth, and from tim
10 time during the season Of growth. It L. uunat
nfal Tor grapevine to trail on the ground and /,
l''at coEo11'ua II VIII nae much less ylgurou
GEuafh than up ID the I'll, IN its natural posltnn
l5y NIL means stake the Icwlys set plants anil tr.f,
the vines up.
| lneg will make much more vigorous An,
ncalthy growth, Will be ont Of the way OF the chi
! sivntor and the hoe, two implements indIsnen "a
| Die IN vineyard. Vines that ore well cnrrtl fn
INC pist year may be allowed to produce fa
cfpp the second year. In most cases they Will "a,
ene COST OF tue Whole investment, land included
tus "oAs te!l US different story, aod teach q
different practice, but experience on the p-air,e
has demonstrated q different state OF tacts 4,
ouarga, where We have some verr succrzsfu
eape-g1oWers, they discard this old doctrine and
e'eat a1e vines on q mors rational plau It Il
grapes, not 7tnes, for which tney plant n vine.
| yard, and, as a matter Of coursc they takr tho
hrst offerings from the vineyard, b1t see that thr
thorough culture. and What Il cor,,,r sssa,,,,:,
! to Keen their fingers fro1r n,an,n,s ,Se
| leoyes Those ,sno fate on-, ra'Ae ~" tus 9'Ans
the nrst wear. NAV rcv or fr,n ... ''.iss
from vine tho secnna vear ard t.a ~, roans's
| gnod crop for market.
The growing OF American rr,ncs 10 , .,.,.,.
| thiur, when tyest.s, m .h, ,,rn,,a. .. anap.e
! TO European ytnes yrhoas u"s rc.ta
In many resnects rrnn onrs Nv ,'le1
| growing vines viii nnt hea- ,ha ,1n..ss
pruning md mar ho o,tn.sc cs ~ ,s,,,t fah Jun
neriol. Ne havcrn o,iac,rn,, =. - me- su.ne
o,r yn,,nc orch.r, ~ na.tst., .'e Ut iso'il
dcpr,ye oursc,v.a or t..s a,, w. so,aid , uol
Ma,es. Thtn,fore s,nte and ~, ~ ss.s.1s
vines ,y,thmt da1ov 'ne jung
rorr,.,-.
In almost eve,r ,,cr,rtno,, =, x.,
wr haze nor.,,irs ,r,ta,t.,, 80 " .a' .soNolny
tmn,enen,s povv fr,,,S .1,ss 49, "a y
nrnfcs ornnea ,osnne,r,ex h,orr,.r..'s 90 =, !,
etravpc,rtcs: Seeding no,,,oes imn-o,s,5 oasa -
md field seeds. Ont NJ ,he cr,at ,r-rt,o. ~ .noaa
hut few are places, an the ilst no r.1,,,a aa",,'
sitlors after q thorouub ,ra1 ond sn~n -, ,ne,s,
VIII be rejected for tps for H. :, ,,,n. -,
investIeatIon Slowly m ,nrrnc,o,a ~ .a-,..
?hQfn
year or perhaps two or three ycars nv the n,t-,-
oucs OF this. anil IN t,e whoIo r., n5ro t,o
opnIun for r,od or had A,ra,+, u, - w.. 49,.
d., In stfmuintfnp tbcsa tbtnr. ro- ~ ~
a1c to day the real educators ~ tho ncon,. 1saa,.
and libraries are ignored, and ne tcrn tn the M.
pers for cplnlons. 1-'
Last year the Eariy Rose potato vas famous.
this year other bantngs thrust 1t aside. and by
next year 1t "l't cease to attract attention Ths
r n cI It17J rtt.I,,
new scedl.rg potato IT is said, so.I a, tfry dol.
lara, ahd bnshcl Is held ut one huutlrcu and
eighty dollars 1t Is possible that In one or two
years this new bant.ing OF public favor will ~ the
WHY OF the E01y Rose The Rnhan on,, n hur,,o1
others have marched down tic Inc OF o,LIyIoo
nud hundreds will follow
Strawberries have travelled thu sane ro,a T
an told that the owner Of the Agricultu7ist male
one hundred thousand do.la1s ue1 ont Of that new
variety Of the strawberry, but NOW It Is to he found
ohly In the gar!cn Of the amateur; the coumc..
cal grove! has nothing to do with Il. 4 similar
fortune WIS no doubt made ont Of the Trinunh
dc Gaud and the Jucuntla The three
"Fullcr " varieties acnt ont by the New York Tri-
b,nr, are now unknown, though sai1 tn tave ,,ae,
Eent to more than eooeso persons. The nu1n,er.
less new grapes sold 4: largo figure. h.r1 noeaa,
nway anl LEFT but half dozen 10 be ,et fprthcr
tested. The raspher,ies and b1a,s1,rrri,s have
shared n like fate, Now. for the pnhllc tn ,c.t
these new things tb,. arr thr,s, unar mai, nr+o
ton frnm time tn time IN nrovo tbs ,,,,. -, t,o
bunlrcath or thcns,odtt o,1 n eh,, 49,. r-o..s
lesa chnract.r ~ tho n,nntr ,i,a - ,t,r ,,.,.a,
and nsnetr.rtno 10 a., o,aonz,,a ear ,r,.a.ss.
tast. w.. ~ ',a.
shoncy. ar wt,,e the Ws-en, ~ M 1,Hre, e.u.,
Unycrsltr !, In Fu7nno rtu,v,n, m, ,ra- th,nn. ~
1hs Kind arc done across the water. to soc thar.
ts not some mode br which the same ohJact mar
We must test these things as they comm a. 1e,st
some one ought to do 50, fo. even thc sm,I nnn,.
ber Of valuable new nlanta cannnt II, ,.,,,nr.o.,
with We canuo, srarc the U,lson S,r,thsrrr
the Bartlett pear. the concon, cnI 1scs .-sna.
the mower, the steel pIow. and si,nI1ar znluah,e
addtlons to our stock OF useful thIn,4 nor shon,1
tie whole community be made the eyncr,nentona
for cyer5 new thing under th, SIM ~ wc roui1
have an institution that cou1d take charc n, ,hesc
things and give each a Thorough test. II you,a Iva
Of immense ya|uc 10 the state an11 eyerr cp,t,r,.
tor Of the soil would most ehcerfuny nav ht, sh,rc
Of the tax Ten thousand ,lollars year vo,,M
no doubt. cover the whole exncnse. ''
Whenever n new tn,u9 of The lind ia rnt m tto !
marIe, Let II be purchased nn1 t.s+ei1 ~, ~
found Of ya1ue sell the n,ants trrcs nr sc,,nn -
IN. ra1t nav the cxncusc. AMI A, the cn, ~ III,
wear publish the result. ss'~'@
Thn fnrmars ~ mia s,at. ha~a .,,t.,
than three and pe,haps nya mh,jors At ,,,,,-s T.,
thcs. crncrtments nvr- ,he .nrn. .r.r.u. sass-.s
m t... arromn1tabah tha .,,,. .a.n,+ =. 80
~ kton tf}s waste gom. ~ ". 49,, hon., - 49,
rr,rcd aorro ~ thoeo r..,1,. 80. "opo.. ~ "".e
twn ,crtc.,,,rrat no1,o.ss a. Ae.ss, tloW ou1
ccnr. b,s 1oa, ~ ~ ,,se ~ 1uas ~ n<ae VI Nv
1,nc,ion 49, sn.a. ~ - ~ :. ee pus 4Atu ~ suat
ront,snn., ~ 49,. ' o'a'us in'suI pt asAea 70
h,s ~ aar ~ ~ s"a VI, "nat .ae most !easl-
smr, - sne Rs.A'oIe 10 ptosae e1,ee'ailS lof |
= nv a..os 49,, nes nlsnt app3uptlate
~, ~ ~ .1.4 .ae tnoasaoa oeies oe1paelhE 70