The Osceola times., 1880-07-10
FACTS FOR FARMERS.
Trasspisnting 81 Night-fay CsPs-Pond
Lily Culturc-The Grape
Gcneral Notes.
TRAssrLANTISG BIZ MIGHT.

Lily Culturc-The Grape-
Gcneral Notes.
TRAssrLANTISG BIZ NIGHT.
A gentleman ANXIOUS to ascertain the
effect of transplsnting by night instead
Of by day, made an experiment, Win
the following results: He transplanted
ten cherry-trees while in bloom, COM
mencing at 4 o'clock in the afternoon.
Those transpanted during daylight shed
their blossoms, producing little or no
fruit. while those transplanted in the
dark maintained theiI condition fully.
He did the same with ten dwarf trees
after the fruit was one-third grown.
Those transplanted during the day shed
,heir fruit; those transplanted during
the night perfected the crop and showed
no injury from having been removed.
with each Of these trees he removed
some earth with the roots. The incident
i. fully vouched for, and il a few similar
experiments produce a like result, il
will be strong argument to horticitur-
lists, etc, to do such work at night.
HAY CAPS.
Our Eastern farmers, who are most
careful in haymaking, and with whom
hay is more valuable than in the West
think highly of hay caps. They cost
little and last years if cared for, and moi
left 10 milldew and rot. Stout cotton
cloth OF sheeting yard and quarter OF
half square makes the best. Strings al
the four corners two feet long, with 8
stone tied to each, or light stake will
preven. the wind fiom blowing the caps
off. We have found them useful, bu
where one handles large crops the force
employed can be so divided or centered
"A the case may demand, as to keep tn,
field well cleaned When cocks of halt
cured hay are thrown up and caps pu
on. they must be removed as soon afte
the shower ss possible, to allow the FREE
escape of gases. Hay will mold unde
CAPS sooner than without them. The,
are especially useful TO protect agains
q sudden, shower, or when hay must b
left afield some days they may be em
ployed to prevent bleaching from tn
sun and dew.
POND LILY CULTURE.
A tub of some kind, some garden sol
and water are all the requirements. !
tub may be made from a portion OF
cask, and il desired it may be sunk in tn
ground. Place in the tub good sol
enough for the roots, perhaps a quartz
full will be sufficient; put in the plant
1t isnCt necessary to plant it, merel
pressing the stem into the soil vii
answer. The big affair which passes 70
the root is really the stem, which lay
along the bottom Of the pond. One sid
of this produces roots which take
strong hold the soil, as every one VIII
has tried to take up one knows, Will
buds producing the leaves and flower
are on the upper side. When the tub
filled with water no further care is IT
quired during the summer, except t
supply water a. it may be needed, as
is not likely that the rains will make u
the loss by evaporation. Unless the tu
can be go protected that it will NJ
freeze solid, it should be removed to th
cellar at the approach of cold weathe
Only enough water need be left in th
tub when it Is mooyed TO keep the SO
moist.
THE GRAPE.
We have about seven hundred vim,
on trellis, and about fifteen hundred o
stakes, and have had for the past te
years, and we prefer the trcllis, althoug
we admit that the trellis culture is
failure onener than stake, for the reaso
that so many persons do not study tn
nature, habits and wants of the win,
On the stake, necessity forces them {
keep the fruiting wood near the sourc
of supply (the root,) while on trelli
they may let them grow ten, twenty Q
even forty feet from the root, and the
they are like an army drawing its suI
plies long distance through an enemy
country. The grape only fruits on th
last years growth of wood, and, if
leader be continued from year to yea
on the end of the vine, it grows a grea
way from the root, and all side lateral
disappear from near the base, and
only sets fruit near the extreme enc
But the leader or end of the vim
should be cut of as soon as the vine ha
acquired sufficient length, say four t
SIX feet; that will throw out side late
rails, which will form fruiting spurs on
year by cutting them back two bud
and In turn those two buds will produC
fruit and form wood for two fruitln
spurs the following season. Ther
should never be more than two or thre
canes from one root, and that should b
replaced with new cane, either frol
the ground or as near the ground as
good one can be had Our vineyard hG
been in bearing eleven years, and ther
are very few, if any, vines four years ol
or more than eighteen inches above tn
ground. w.
GENERAL NOTES.
THE cattle drive of Texas will be large
this year than for several years pas
amounting to at least 100000 head.
JUNE is a good time for prunini
Larger limbs may be cut away now, co,
ering all cuts with varnish, paint {
melted grating wax.
IRON plugs set into plum trees an
struck soundly with an axe or hamm,
is said to be the most effective means {
bringing down the curculio. and is muc
better than the padded mallet.
IT is anticipated that the peach Gro
Will be very large this year, and it
doubtful about finding a ready mark,
for all of it at remunerative price
Growers should therefore take steps i
time to save the surplus that win NJ
pay to ship by drying