Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1873-03-10
sustivafing IsialckbcrrieS.

itEH uuIiuS IL l'ulaliNSiy ASSSoe RSAAoo
,qr blackberrics been cultivated. A quarter
e. century ago the wild woods and fields fur
,;.hcl the whole stock in market. About that
,n.ra Mr. Lawtou, broker, OF New York
,I;,y, had his attention called to an improved
rqrr,,y found growing wild near New Rochelle,
wv York. This he cultivated, and it proved
:, >u,,crior to the ordinary wild things that he
disseminated them TO cultlvators generally as
h, Lawton. There are, no doubt, varieties
1,j,e as good as the Lawton which may be
found in wild places occasionally, which if
rak,u into culture would reward the cuitvator.
There have been few already. The Dorches-
rcy WAS found wild near Boston. 1t is not quite
:, large as the Lawton, but is sweeter aud
little earlier Then there is one known as klt-
,aiunv. which was found wild on mountain
,f,h,l name in Sussex county, y. y. 1t ls
about on Il par with the other two IN general
ola!ity. The Wilson's early is another Wild
ONE. found in New Jersey, III Burlington
,,n,,iv a.r is esteemed as beng the earliest
ir,wn |, seems to have something or the
,jry!rr,y character about 1t, but does not tras
~ li,r ,!cwbcrrc> do, These arc about all the
GOOD varieties :" lar known, and tho LtWton Is
,iiI esteemed very highly Some have tried
rrproyIng by growing seed from those named,
hit nouc of them have proved equal to the
kinds thcy We're raised from.
In blackberry culture there are many ways
winch ind favor with various cultlvatorS. ln
o;ic oi the writer western trips he was much
struck with the Success which followed black
berry culture at the fruit farm of Mr.. Ohmcr
near DAYTON, Ohio. At recent meeting OF
t,u!,ncn at Indianapolis Mr.. Dinner gave an
acc nut OF his plan of culture as follows:
Ill L., IN n IT
blacktprlicS. He had been iu the business
fifteen Years, and had not lost but two crops in
ten seas MS Three acres had averaged him
Sl.mWJ per year. His rows we're eight feet
ayart aud he sets his plants four feet apart i'll
the rows. lie planted his posts three feet
iyh, At intervals of thirty feet, and from uai's
in the top OF the posts he stretched wires from
post to post, to which his vines were trained.
He p!uu.hcd once, in the spring, between the
rows AID then put in the cultivator Or harrow.
He did not =, TX to make large canes, as these
,u not lr,lIcu the best crops. he pruned
hack When the viueS were three or four feet
hlsh, Allowed the old wood to remain among
the vines iEuM year TO year as a support to the
yOurc vines. The latcrls he cut back two
feet, or even les if the vines were delicate.
Dld no, allow them to grow too thick, and no
illn;> Were allowed between the rows. Kit
tatlnDy was his tayoritc, and ii he were to plant
len acres he would plant all Of that variety.
He marketed in hall: bushcl drawers. Rasp-
berries pay better when sold in quart boxes.
Ill: soil was clay, with Il substratum OF gravel.
l':d not manure at all.
There is one point in blackberry culture not
noted by Mr.. Dinner, but yet important
In planting, the strong, thick plants are not
a> good as the weaker ones. But whichever
nlr.. ,b,,. .hnnlI bn b,ce IN thrnn
or four inches from the ground. 1t is COM
mon but fatal mistake to set blackberry plants
deep in the ground at planting. Some things
DO not mind it. a currant cutting, Tor ln-
stance, will root out the whole length bencath
the surface; but the blackberry will not do this
The part which sprouts springs up from the
roots; and if this part has to push Its way
through the ground for any considerable dis
tarcc it rots in the attempt unless it be IN very
light, sandy SOIL One or two inches beneath
tie surface is quite enough to set blackberry
l!ant. 1t is best to choose rather dry day to
plant them, and then to tread or otherwise
tsstcn the plant very frmiy into the earth with
onl putting it deep.
VIA, is true of blackberry culture also holds
good with The raspberry. However, the last
Na'ncd requires rather moister OF cooler soil
than the blackberry, which seems to thrive
h>>t en- rich highlands. 1t is quite likely that,
rcoplc though it worth while to look close
y. some good kinds, equal or better than any
h"w existing, might be found in wild places
about many farms. Philadelphia Press.
CONTESTED BANKRUPTCY PROCEEDINGS.
F;;tward Robinson and Enoch Chamberlain ap-
l'cI, >olnc time since, through their counsel,
w. y. Se!Xa>, to the United States District
N"1Fi 10y IN New York for discharges In bankruptcy
%u' d. = IA Nmnmins, counsel for the oppos-
''l- '!c0toF William A. Colt resisted the APP
r.'!"''o0' a, on the ground that the bankrupts
.;,t ''' sworn falsely concerning their transactions
II %'.n |oll' @ In decision granting discharges to
r "rl' VI 'Nc tanktupts, and directing the entry
", d uecrec that they could recover from the
'ilosihS Creditor the cost of resisting his OPP
ip'on .p">It'on to their discharge, Judge Blatchtord
',G" out the allegations of false swearing, and
! am satisfied, on the evidence, that the
.t>'on D., gwen by the bankrupts, is the true
onc' VIC he examination of the baDkrupts and
"S.IF ";n witnesses was pursued by the creditor
,'I "''" ah evident malice toward the baukrupts,
,',. III spirit of rccklcssucss little beftting
,IL"e,ai investigation, but quite consistent with
t :'' character OF a moucy-ender who cXacted
~. "'hht ups TIC SUN ol SoOU lOr ludn
y, S">o'" Tor four days, being at the ratio of
over 10 per cent per annum. The manner
,""' IN which the creditor manipulated and
''oeof'd some OF the testimony put in on his
r't', particularly thar of the boy Cunningham,
~:"fS very much Of criminal offence. The
it'ne'lal wltscss on which the creditor relies
:" sustain his account OF the transactions COW
tvu p tE the first specification, is Jotn n
rpFuyIn; President of the Central Bank of
in,ooAEil, who does not present hiulself in Il
,"aora'Ie light inasmuch as it appears that he
Ci'v"Sd compensation as an individual from
,,,i ,"'I 'or lending to Colt the money of the
",r' Is"h OF which he WAS President, as grave an
n'.;.: "Cn:e as can be committed by any one in o
n","'oh ,n% OF trust. AS to Colt, his entire
OF credit" '"'
( IEl' T: appealed from this decision to the U.
,.rIt Ilreu,t Court and, in decision given yes
IL" I'"E' Judge Woodruff sustains the action Of