The Daily state journal. [volume] (Alexandria, Va.) 1868-1874, 1871-04-29
BLACK GERRY WINE.

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BLACK GERRY WINE.
Before the regular business of the day
was entered upon, Mr.. John B. Clagett,
of Brightwood, d. c., drew the attention
of the members present to some wine Of
his own making, desiring their opinion OF
Its quality. After testing it, all joined in
pronouncing it superior wine, and all
were surprised to find that it was made
from the blackberry. 1t is from the
"Lawton" berry, and strictly pure. Mr..
Clagett has found receipt that will pro-
duce wine with high flavor, and will the
coming season enter largely into its manu-
facture.
THE OUNCE BUSH.
DR.. Darby handed in the following let
ter, and asked if the single stem system
was as Objectionable aslthe writer stated, as
be had conceived it to be otherwise:
1 occasionally read that to grow the ounce,
and cause 1t to bear good crops, 1t should be
pruned to one single stem, and carefully thin
ned in the pruning Of the top. Now such
practice has, in the course of my observation,
resulted, nine times out Of ten, In q complete
failure, the borer destroying, ere the cultivator
saw the single trunk, or blight gave its death
blow. The ounce being naturally bush, II
90 grown, and permitted to throw up three or
four stems. crooked and irregular, with only
taking ont or shortening occasionally of cross
shoots, for the first two or three years, 1t bears
good crops, and needs no culture, after once
established, except to permit the grass or
weeds hat surround it to remain there and de-
cay, and to dress annually, lightly, with
quantity of salt. The twig blight and the
stem blight are both enemies of the ounce
but no remedy have ever found, except my
knife, with which cut away the diseased
parts as soon as seen. have grown ounces
for q crop over thirty years, and was bred TO
their management in my fathers grounds, and
have always found good results in the bush
form, and fatal results, after few years, when
the grower attempted the single stem tree
style.
In answer, the fruit committee stated
that the ounce in its own nature is BUSH
and should be kept so, if one wishes to be
successful in raising the fruit merely thin
ming out cross branches. The ground
should be kept loose about the roots, and
not allowed to have tight sod over them,
as is very usually the case. They require
good soil.
SUCCESSFUL AND PROFITABLE FRUIT RAILS
Dr.. e. P. Rowland read the following
paper on fruit raising:
We may be successful in raising fruit and at
the same time not make it profitable, but we
cannot make 1t profitable without being sue.
cessful. We may raise large quantity of
fruit but if it is poor in quality and unsaleable,
or II it Is perishable and far from market, or
IL il Is even o good fruit and the market Ii
overstocked, and it is Of kind that Is not
salsable when dried and preserved in jars, it
will not be profitable. To ensure success in
obtained from the nursery should only be Of
medium size, with fbrous roots, and kept from
dying in transit. When planted, the branches
should be trimmed down to few buds, and all
parts Of injured roots removed with q sharp
knife. The trees should be planted at the same
depth that they grew in the nursery, and the
roots spread out in their natural position.
The roots should be immersed in q tub of wa.
ter just previous to setting and the earth firm
~ pressed around them with the hand, 30 that
there will be no vacant space. 1.-THE ground
Is not in condition to bring good crop of
corn, there should be some fertilizer mixed
with the earth around the roots, but not in exact
contact with them. No grass or grain should
be raised in an orchard. Corn, potatoes, and
other hoed crops can be raised, without injury
TO the trees, provided the fertility Of the soil 10
kept up BY the application OF manures. The
same Law governs in successful fruit raising, as
regards cultivation, that governs successful
corn crop. Further, it requires knowledge
Of the habit of the insects that prey upon the
tree and fruit Of each variety, and the best
methods of their destruction. Knowledge, Ia
Dor, attention and patient waiting will insure
success. As regards my own experience at
Mount Vernon, would say that in the spring
Of 1858 / planted two thousand peach trees.
They nearly all lived, and last year, the second
year from planting, had over one hundred
bushels of peaches, and this year, judging from
the good growth Of the trees, and the appear
ance of them now in bloom, shall have five
hundred bushels.
~ large q growth in three years as they will
in four years in central New York. l have q
small pear and apricot orchard, set in 1869,
that 10 doing well; and in the spring of 1870 1
planted three hundred and fifty apple trees,
three hundred and fifty peach trees, and three
hundred and thirty apricot plum and cherry
trees. The apple and peach trees obtained
from Friend Chslkley Gillinghsm, Of Acco-
tink, Va, two miles below my farm. Not ON 9
of the apple trees died, and but three of the
peach trees. The apricot, plum and cherry
trees came from distant nursery, arrived in
bad condition, and one hundred and ten Of
them died. This spring l am planting ], 100
more apricot trees, the successful fruiiing Of
which requires the most knowledge, care and
attention of any fruit raised in this latitude
and whether shall make it successful or not
depends upon the future.
Messrs. Gillipgham, King, Gray, and
Chamberlain spoke upon the necessity OF
keeping roots moist while being trans
planted and as undisturbed as possible
Especial care should be taken in preserv-
ing the roots from being bruised in any
manner. Dipping roots in liquid mix
ture of soil and cow manure is good pre-
caution. A good plan in setting out trees
is to drive a stake when the hole is dug
out, and then settling the roots around it
as the soil is put in. This answers partly
the purposes Of the tap-root, and the ne
eessity of tying the tree to the stake is
avoided.
In regard to the apricot, great di f1iculty
ia found in its successful cultivation on &C.
count of its early blossoming and of the
curculio. They should be placed on the
north side of hill, house or fences, and
should be heavily mulched. If protected
by stakes, the pasturing of hogs and sheep
among them is safe protection from the
curculio; and so is band of cotton around
the tree about three feet from its base,
with the fbrous edge up and turned out,
with perhaps some tar on it; but tar should
nerer come in contact with the bark of the