Delta chief., 1885-10-21
su,.Il Fraits.
Paper read before the Dslh county Hortic cuiture
Society BY a. III, Merchant p rs ,


sl,sI .and myself ahronteds sby mlny genera,
each embracing several teieS .er Antilles
representing different shsrsctens spA habits.
80 ID this article I shall attsinpt 4exiys the
ruses, characters and nlo.Ies af 9sspoest sting
. .but pfa very few - sl;e many shesad :; s.
I 1 The grape beiax / nstive Of Cssltsl Ahia
Wa necessarily 6iie Of the .frst ffnftS 10
which man Is attertion was called and We
are rsl,aasy informed that his attentian ~
cailedss4 he grape, and Tint he made s vsryi
'i,ipf1 ~ like the great Aryai
rdoe of.ll tSread into all parts Of the
.world4ssl lsfs 4 cHif fSossibly be. e.produced. II
sass 4 m tthat Il cultivated on many of sthe
;llri III she Ruciic und lndian oceans the
lldvss kai sYs aitil extensively culAiy1ted
~ all ~ Sosthefp ss.,.istries NJ EurdI,e. AZ
'sFra,is 81 Spain tiis juice s. The grape = tssd
wine 10 drink rs regular as they have 4llSir
-fsd TIE xtxlte u raitesl in all The sfnt99s0k
The y1iOK south uf tile AS siskrec " 9o1all
llatitiHies. Atius tie most prob s. iRs
ISija? The ellesis there is saipE ENaF6 t66
'soil i Sy and srtiis Which M h.
c.;isj;tsing 0fr hnvnss xit6, ,feis siAnsss Whers
ths. IA .e ptsvs Il 4 pfyst tTtlccsss, q tel
c5,i6dea( 81 ing tastit viii do well. N
this schssfy ssst s4si,sslally on ths North
y Is plsryi yards 1s 7ea!esal !.
Y Jl.s ssIs EiisiF q ibs 81, sna q aScstiun 4
5SIiy ioss II ilss ssiissci's suisse ptibis ok
E mage. ps(fs Iscstidns in This county
!4fss tiie,A iiselii,eitsfo isrspf Ans .edQbe
Ia Mr. NifhS{p: q spbs3ll df.sinsgels II ssIny
my opipispS SErits.a 81 this ind q viii not
well ~ ling The graj'e yipe t3de sn
r rsq!atsssN ls stoaMd shasia g. b Sss
tbaaS n harrsviSv. ! TIE III shoaid be De
lAry though 70 sSinli t.t the roots being set
in naturnl position, " the r,il IS rich, no
iertalizing is.nYedpd. bsAAf the sail is poor
and Of y hard uatlre ills best for some fer
tilizing substance to be we'll mix ed with the
earth that Is pisced over the roots Of the
plant. After the top Of the eground is slight
to mulch with; old straw TO the depth OF
three or four ifielies. Make your irrgating
ditch op each side of the newly set plant ut
a distance of eighteen inches apart. Care
should be taken that the ditch is not made
too deep. The wiiter should be kept near
the surincc If the ground. lrrigate with u
small quantity Of wairr let hann slow, and
it will irrixate 80 a greater depth and do bet
ter work than iaFgs quantity. As to prun.
ing, il is bvzts ;afler. sufficient stalk is OBJ
taincd, u ks3ii ~ vine well trimmed, for
the less - 9y1@g wood the roots support
the si,ors - there win he for the
fruit ~, IL; e y. manner r., sf planting
the vines i5l1sssd "a rpvs,s eight feet apart
and on the nayl1s side of each vine. at q dis,
tance Of one fii1t, 4 siisu1l post should -
driven, with the)0p ab1nt three feet fram
the gr1,ind n ~ 6lsss nailed crosswise. Care
sifould BE sstysl = .kseP the runners well
trained e tsSsst. sf,lhs hrst two M Or three
switched ebaat " slsdi If planted and
cared for IN tt,ls n sun and wind have
fair plny oil jikeI 4 snsfste greater part
Of tie tf,iitfeeei spn's rays. which
flavor. The ~ each vine to
j. i,sslf Il. ,nTs isy.,sIs ,sh
those that have - baye proved
successful. The <ts 4 HI drst.s
Next will tax f1I3 H. iRh Rhbps, the
blackberry and ~ Btef1 5longing to the
same family as theS i,lsss NY are SO allied
t0each other as 10, ,sdsnlt nthe same care aud
culture we find botb ffsti1s il many state, of
preservation as commodities NJ commerce, but
what we want az an agricu1turaI people Is I'd
huye them fresh, to lse athletic 20 70 She v116s
and pluck the ripe. dsffgious berry from the
parent stem. A. IL planting BE- carefdl 70
not set the planta too deep - the roots grow,
near the surface. Plant IN rows four feet
apart. Mulching between the rows y0n will
find an excellent thing. Our cli,nnte is fa-
vorablc 70 this fruit. As yet tested the only
obstacle encountered Is the winter Killing Of
the stalk lsst frthcv are planted on elevated
ground where the wind csin have free circu-
Iation they will bc less liable TO wintsr kill.
1t il the repeated thawing and freezing that
kills the stalk. The Snyder, In my judg-
.ment, should be the first selected, - they are
very hardy. As to the varieties Of the rasp-
Thor.liess and Cnthburt, for red, and Gregg
and Mammoth Chester, for black cap.
q Under the head Of Genus Ribers we find
the gooseberry and ciirrants. Among the
Varieties usually cultivated are the Fay's
Prolific, Red Dutch and and White Grape.
The currant needs some protection from the
h0t sim and wind and a rich soil with plenty
The H0ughton got,seberry stands at the heAd
for prodnctiyeness and hardiness.
Il will finish up with = dessert Of strawber-
rics. Tliey seeln TO d. best when planted 10
matted r.iw, with rows three Feet apart.
The runners should he closely clipped If q
largs berry ii desired. believe thvt it il :
settled fact that for every runner clipped
from the vine new fruit gerrs, y formed for
the following -sei.son. Experienced fruit
growers content tl,pniseIves' with but few va
rIeties, but select them carefully. For shis
locality the Wilson IL one n The best, but
the Crescent, Shafp1ess and AmeSican have
each proved snccessiul. sm told that fruit
men about Denver tl,iDk n,usb Of the 1ucnn-.
da, It being ~ large hne E,fun and good quail
ity Tho pIaat will winter veil hers with
There az nssmy 'other small fruits, but
time forbiAs ms snyisy anything MORE. But
hODe f0sSee the DAY when all c3ssee9 Of