The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1871-03-23
FARMERS COLUMN.
GRAPE CULTURE.
READ BEFORE MAIDS HORTICULTURAL
SOCIETY BY GEN. N. f. LUND.

the position of a pupil attempting t
teach his instructors, ana he most THAT
shall aim at, viii be To give the expeT
itnce OF few years in raising the Grape
fi.I YOU all know am but tyru III 1t
and | shall say what will doubtless sounf
to most of YOU like The Cs-the be
ginning have made some notFs ant
tried t. arrange what shall say, rs 1t la
occurred III my short experience, MA XII
yearly steps In the gru~th OF the vine
for | think d, giuners viii find as | tlav,
found In rea,ilng, a difficulty III under
stShding To liai particular stage III l
growth the writer's refer III most ot then
instructions, as sound in the Books.
We must learu by experience, if NJ
other way, earlier or later, that tile OIL
way in winch anything, however small
can be accomplished, iS-FIret, tO decldc
what we ISL to acc, mptlsh; NJ X, how
To do it. and Then to d." it. For want oi
such method Il large percentage of tho
BRAIN and muscle work nf uian Is worse
than lost Men G guessing through this
w.r d and seldom "guess right" But Of
all the Wild guessing III The 1eid of hor-
ticulture, think hat on lie cultivation
cfthe Grape exceeds ali Others.
If lefl 10 itself the vine Is " lid ram
bier. 1t may take the tom uf beauty or
ug:lness 1t may bear fruit, or it may not,
and the question may have to be decided
whether ne or at, shall occupy the prelnI
ses. And yet the vine is tue most plastic
under the ha"d Of man, of any uf the
fruit b, aring l,nts. 1t grows as We wlli.
at zee uctt IL stands at our command, il
the hand accompany the command.
The ultimate object in growing the
Grape is the harvcsi ing OF the rlpened
clusters 10 acc mpl,sn this We must
cuAtulte the Vine, and to succeed. We
should know oil lis wonderful structure
and growth, anu this hiuk We may
best learn by following the process
of ltsgrowth from the Foot ba
The SOIL should be rich and put in the
most perfect Condition, SHADING deep be-
fore planting, and if naturally heavy.
should be french d. Buy the best plants
one or two years old, with fine and nu
m. rous fbrous roots. These should lie
Druned IF an inch or more TO remove any
bruls. d ems ard to- multiply he rnotlets
Having set the first stake firmly plant
with the crown of the root franz two to
four inches below the surface, spread out
the roots evenly and letting the entls
drop to depth Of from six 10 ten inches.
Cover with the flint st soil, press il firmly
down upon the roots Win our mellow
soil and hot sun, we should plant d. ep
We have n i II single spur OF only few
inches i'll length, with two or three buds
which soon burst into growth. Selecting
the strongest we rub off all the Others
allowing only one tn ginw, giving tn,
preference always to the | west, that the
vine may be formed near he grund. A.
the sh Ut grows, it dev, Fps leaves, ten
dr,Is, buds and lnterals. The leaves
spring from th j ints or nodes, with the
tendrlls opposite succeeding each other
alternatel, -ou the shoot. The buds form
Ut the nodes IN the axis OF the leaves.
o. sends out he lateral, while the Otht II
remains dormant, simply perftctlng for
the next seasons growth, and when iuily
developed will be- found but the fac sim
le OF the one from which our shO It has
grown When the laterals have formed
the second leaf they should be pl'tched |
back TO one leaf, and when 81 new lateral
springs from the one thus checked, Ii |
should he pinched back IN the same man
IL
sired object To he attained being Il strong
root. sinot and leaf The shoot should I
be stopped late in August at length
VARYING from six to twelve fret according |
to the vigor of the growth o the variety. |
Ii not already informed on this point, it !
NAV he learned from b0oks or u friend. |
Wien the leaves fall from our shoot, j |
bee mes cane, and we prune it down Ia
a spur with three buns, Lifting it stand II
fp days or even weeks, and then cover
for the winter The best covering is /
earl to the d pth of two or three inches |
and yer / i. G a Sc Ii ter, or straw. Ill
earth cannot he had, fine bdnyard litter
can lie used, topped wi h the Coarse
The stcon year, as rule, the manner
o cultivating Is ldentlCai with the hrst
growing the single hoot, and pruning
In the SAME manner during The SEASON
THAT is, pinrhlng back the laterals and
stnpuIng the parent shoot when |
sufficient lengthy, ior it matters not what
the future method ot training is to be, it !
one wants a goui Viue, the second year,
like the first, should be given to the !
growth Of a single cane.
The ex .eption to.lhls rule is, if the |
hrst wear grown Has S'StH US d S1"ch
oil sufficient size, (say a an inch IN
dlameter), we may grow Two shoots the
second year and have fruit from the third
season. live have grown the two canes
the second season, such vine will be one
YEAR IL advance OF the others, and the
manner OF pruning Tor the third year anu
the culture of the fourth should De app.i-
ed TO 1t. 8Q8
rhe pruning OF the single cane at the
END oi Inc second year is done in the
same manner AS in the first year. hat is,
cut The cane dow n, leaving the spur with