National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1875-03-04

the best among our native sorts. It has the merit
Of keeping long, an item Of Importance 70 those
who Hish grapes in February and March. The
Walter u one Of sweetest and richest native varf
eties, keeps long, and cannot fail TO become .
valuable home grape. The Delaware viii not OF
course be omitted from list for home supply,
although Il will not keep 50 long as some others;
nor must the Rebeccs, one Of the highest favored
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EllHanger Barry's Seeding, No. - . now and
very high-favOred grape. They inform US that
plant, nee from mfidsT.' The easiest way %
preserve grapes Is 70 hang the bunehes up In
change. The air should be dry and pure, and,
provided 1t is not below the freezing point, the
cooler the air the better the grapes will keep.
II they are packed In Gotten Il Is liable 70 adhsrS
progress Of decay from one to the other II one
commences to rot. Mr.. Speer, OF Passaic, N. J.,
and hfteen thousand In single ne1d, ali in :
bearing condition. The pillow, harrow and Guilt
vator Is used between the rows, and not weed
or spiTs or grass is to be SEEN SO Clearly are the
The agricultural report, 1852 makes the follow:
ing statements in regard to European modes OF
Although these methods are based on one and
the same fundamental principle, there are some
considerable variations In the culture and train
ing Of the vine, according to old habits, soil and
climate. With the introduction OF grape culture
into this country by the Germans, their system
has likewise been adopted. On the Ohio, Mis-
sT1 ana HUDSON S ,yeI; wherever the Tine
BY Germans; they have succeeded well BY their
modes Of culture; modern improvements In the
by step, so that IL we bestoW the same care on It
as in the other country there will not be much
difference. The prevailing French mode 10, in
tenn, practiced, perhGps little more artfstically
and exactly to the point. But the Hungarisns
have different way Of pruning and training;
branch canes, but cut ali of low on the ground
every year; the stock forms head from which
one or two shoots are allowed to grow and bear.
In the fall they are cut off, and the stock covered
with coarse manure or litter. One other mode IS
to raise alternate shoots one to bear the other to
form wood, for next year; the bearing canes are
bent down, and few eyes covered with earth, to
strike roots near the top, where three or four are
left to form q new plant and bear AZ the same
as they have TWO sets Of roots for their su ppOrt
The Pacific Rural Press has this statement:
I'VE would mention fact which has come
within our observation and experience. 1t IS this:
That the third fruit bud from the base Of the past
years cane throws out larger and better-developed
punches Of grapes than either the FIRST or second
The grapes from these buds are also better ia
vored and generally superior to those on the hrst
and second" E.
In his address before the Potomac Fruit Grow
srs Judge Gray said of the grapes:
who tT.nspIantss SsonD axe n1oHntaJns oS VirSinis
to bis. own garden, In our neighboring city OF
GeorgetoTn, the nrst cAtsHbG vine known to
street, near Washington. See yonder pyramids
OF mammoth clustersl They contain, more largely
than any fruit grown, nfe-sustsining properties.
Would you enjoy the richest dessert that can be
procured? Take It from these purple clusters Of
ripe berries and receive the rich wine, that makes
the heart glad, from natures own laboratory. and
let the names Of Issbella Gibbs and John
Adlum-Uho were Instrumental In giving rs the
good old Isabella and CRtaWbA-be held In
lasting remembrance as benefaetors 70 mankind.
It has been fully demonstrated to my mind, BY
practical experience, that the old lands OF Viz
ginfa and Maryland are well adapted to the
growth Of the vine. Heavy clay lands, when suit
ably prepared by sub-soiling and draining, pre-
dict viii be found most valuable, as producing
the hardest vine and richest fruit
And Judge Gray has verified his faith BY his
Munson hill, in Fairfax county, Va, OF about
four acres IN area 500 vines to the acre; mostly Of
on high ground, thoroughly drained, suOsoIle1,
nnely pulyerized,. and literally fertilized. The
vines are now trained to stakes, to be supplied
soil we'll stirred By thorough Cultivation and no
weeds allowed 70 grow. This vineyard yielded
about two tons to the acre, OF good grapes, the
per pound. G. --- --.
A Virginia grape grower writing 10 Norfolk
paper, speaking OF his success, says, shat the
HARTFORD, Ives, DelsWare, Martha, Concord, O3,
tawbs, Scuppernong and Mish, all succeed we'll
with him as market grapes, while he looks to the
Norton as his main dependence for wine"
- correspondent At Kslley's island writes the
for 1871, not counting the grapes used by the pro-
ducers themselves, was 1,soo tons, or 100000
pound, the product being SIII,OOO The number
product per acre, s22s. 90; deduct expenses the
yield per acre was two tons and three quarters"
N. W. Wood writes to the We1fsTH Planter OF
his visit to the farm Of Mr.. Rankin, In Adams
county, Illinois, as follows: HMf. RAnkln's farm
consists Of three hundred and sixty acres Of ane
aluVsl soil, devoted TO the culture Of the grains
and grasses as we'll as fruit and vegetables. The
Vfneya ard covered two and half acres, on which
are about three Thousand vines in thrifty condi-
ton. He has four varieties Of grapes, but thinks
the Concord the champion. He cultlyates we'll
till the LIST Of August, then lets them grow wood
Tor the next years fruit. Says he viii gather
twenty tons or more fruit from these two and
half acres OF vines this season"
T. II. Burgess, Of Ulster, N. z, . successful
grape grower for years, and whose system Is gen
orally approved in that State, thus describes 1t:
Ibis ground Is thoroughly underdrsined and
deeply SUBSIDIZED, and made hne and porous. He
plants from to 10 feet apart; sets posts 20 to 80
feet apart in the rows; uses wire, No. to No; u,
for trellis, according to length Of rows uses two
trellis, one 81 feet from the ground, the other
feet, stretched on the posts. He trains two arms
Or branches from each vine On each wire trellis;
these arms are II to 20 inches long, having to s
buds TO grow on each; these are annually renewed
from the best bearing wood, the old ones cut
away at fall and winter pruning; carefully saving
the most suitable canes for these new bearing
arms or canes. He allows no more than or
clusters Of grapes TO grow on each arm, and care
fully cuts out the small and defective berries
superior fruit. The fifth year his Ooneords and
Hartfords yielded II to 20 lbs. the Tine-being
900 to 1900 lbs the acre. he ssys frequently 100
do as well in Virginia and Maryland"
Another testimony 10 presented In the follow
ing:
late trip through the wine growing countries Of
Europe, Is convinced that American grape-groW-
ers follow too servilely the process Of European
entirely different class Of conditions, would nat
urally be expected to require different treat
ment. Our excessive pruning, for example, is
ductiVe power Of American grapes. To test this
matter for himself, the writer In the Spectator
commenced to vary the treatment Of his own
raises his trelises to the height Of twelve feet,
and trains his vines so as to produce the heaviest
fruitage at the top Of the trelises. He finds that
their elevation above the ground, and subsequent
greater exposure to the SUMS rays, secures them
from rot and mildeW. While those diseases, with
blight and tendency Of the fruit to bursting,
affect to . considerable extent the vineyards Of
his neighbors, he Is entirely without annoyance
on that score" ~
IN the foregoing pages the different modes, s1.
ties and Climates 50 hat PARTIES Engaged i IN
grape-groWing, in almost any place, may ind an
instructive lesson TO aid them in this most useful
and interesting pursuit. A writer In the Rural
hesseHgeT justly says:
ale is dOing his country service that adopts and
advocates any system or practice that Will sd-
vance or promote It's prosperity. Grape-groWing
will accomplish this in part. It win diversity
employment and pursuit "-
The Pacific RuTdl, Of last year, says Of grapes,
In Green Valley Cal, IS follows: ElEeIE :
"Messrs Van BeEerl and Thompson are now
making wine there, under the SPECIFICATIONS Of
Mr.. Bustelli this firm having purchased the
crops Of Perry Durbin, Of fifty tons F. S. Jones'
Of $50 tons, and that Of MI. Oapel Of 0tons. Re
ports from Sonoma and Napa counties indicated
that this years wine crop Will be only twenty five
per cent. Of full yield, owing to the late most
high winds and great solar heat. September 4:
Mr.. W. W. Haynes, Of Monticello, grated the
Rose Of Peru grape upon some worthless varieties
the last OF August sold grapes from the grants.
He sold the mstured Mission grape in July. The
vines are located on the foothills, sloplng south
ward.
"The grating OF the grapevine is now demon
strated to be . success in this section, and any
one DESTROYS Of changing variety need not re-
gran II, thereby saving perhaps two years time
In the bearing"
Here is q suitable hint to growers from the 0hiS
Former to raise the best: a.I
"Good fruit has ever, In all countries, main
tanned paying value. Everybody knows that
even when ordinary fruit Is very dull and scarcely
saleable at all, choice fruit invariably commands
. fairly remunerstiVe price. How important, then,
IN planting trees, to select the most choice yarie-
to market given quantity Of the most choice
mutt, than Il does to cultivate and handle the
poorest kind that can be produced, while the
former is worth two or three times as much as the
latter"
Al vipeland, N. J., GraPs-grOwins and vine