The Wichita city eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1872-1883, 1873-11-13
Agriculture, Horticulture, otc., etc

not the action Of cold or frost that is
so fatal to vegetation, but the warm
sunshine of open winter days.
Properly protected from sudden
changes Of temperature, 1t Is astonish-
| ing what seventies half-hardy trees,
plants, vines and shrubs will undergo.
| II is, however. as great mistake to
cover too soon as not to cover at all.
Maturing, ripcning, hardening. sea-
soulng. are carried ON by the sharp
nights and warm days of even the cold
est of our October weather. And il is
not until cold weather is coming in
genuine earnest that any protection at
All is necessary. II properly applied
then, the results will be a pleasing sur
prise TO those who have never tried it.
For strawberries, vcrbenas and low
and prOcumbent plants in general,
there is probably nothing better than
corn stalks moderately applied. Ii is
recommended to bend down plant
roses. honeysuckles, etc, sidcwise into
a slight trench, pin down and cover
slightly with earth or thin sods. l. w.
Robson recommends that such as cam
not be bent down should be surround-
cd with LAYER of corn stalks. tied at
top and middle, the bottom being kept
in place by little dirt thrown TO them.
There are very many in town and
country who are amateurs in grape
growing and who are seriously disap-
poiutcd when each recurring season
brings a new failure of a crop from
their choice vines, the fruit of which
| they know to be delicious, but which
1 Al n IL IN
pluck in its perfection. Ii such will
try our plan, we think they will stand
fair chance for full crop the next
season.
Just about the time winter shows
unmistakablc signs of making its adj
vent. cut your Dianas, lonas. lsabeilas.
ETC., loose from all support, and short
en- back the canes. leaving them no
longer than needed for fruiting pur-
poses. Now if sufficiently plant, bum
die the canes all up together. tolcrably
compactly. and wrap in straw, hay
rope or corn stalks, securing the EN-
I vciopc ia any convenient manner: then
bend down 10 the ground and secure
them near the surface. This simple
cxpedient il an almost perfect insur-
ance against the ordinary pcrils Of win
ter, aud is not SO much trouble but
that il can be afforded by genuine low
ers of the king of all fruits.
II is no use 10 attempt to raise fruit
! I'm Kansas bottoms. \ fruit farm to
succeed must be located on upland,
and, at whatever Inconvenience. the
farmer should put his orchard on some
high ground. A rank and imperfect
~ matured growth, half developed
| fruit buds, are almost sure TO follow
bottom planting, and late freezes aud
| frosts are nearly certain to catch the
bloom or young fruit. ''itigh and dry
| is the motto.
Although cuttings can he successful
| ly made in moderate weather at any
time until the starting of the sap in
the spring. the time from this until
hard freezing is far the best.
The process is very simple, aud sue
sccss with the soft wooded variety Is
nearly certain, provided few general
and easily understood directions are
attended TO. Use canes OF this years
growth. rejecting coarse, long, jointed
portions and the slender, late-grOwn
tips. With thin sharp knife. cut of
the cane ut the base. inserting the blade
opposite TO the lowest plump bud. cut
ting towards the operator and the base
Of the cane with sloping cut. An
inch or two above the second or third
bud cut again. and you have proper.
" made cutting. Proceed in the same
manner until you have exhausted the
good wood of the cane. IL not pre-
pared to plant out Immediately keep
In q moist and shaded piece. The cut
tings must on no account get dry. The
farmer win lind il better to plant out
a. often as few hundred are cut.
Have the ground prepared as for
planting corn. Plant In rows two and
4 half or three feet apart, turning out
light furrow. Stick the, canes, base
down, Of course, in sloping position
four or five inches apart in the rows.
Hoe the dirt to them part Of tie time,
thoroughly tramping aud packing the
soil around the base and body Of the
cutting, leaving the waste wood Of the
ton Of the cutting above the ground.
which should be loose mt the surface
A winter covering If corn stake q
similar light material and clean Co..
ure the next season will render Success
nearly certain. Ives Seeding and CO.
cord are the fayoritc varieties now, tn
Concord producing the most satisfaes'
tory fruit, the Ives being equally haFe'
d., Zen DAYS earlier, and claimed to BE-
superior for wine.-LHscrexcc Journal.