St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1886-01-20

The tone nf the whole letter was that
blackberry vines must be covered.
The paper was discussed aud it was gen.
orally agreed that the writer was correct,
although his system OF covering for pTOtec-
tion was too expensive to make it prac-
tieable.
THE GRAPE.
Silas Wilson of Iowa presented an essay
on Grape Culture in the Northwest He
said that the grape vine is among the most
variable plants, even in their wild state. in
climate, SOL. shade, humidity and perhaps
natural hybridizatiOn. have originated such
multiplicity and such an intermixture OF
forms that II Is often difficult to recognize
the original types and TO refer to the diff
ferent forms To their proper alliances. I
have no faith in any parentage other than
that OF Lubrusca and Reparia. The Della
ware has poor leaf for the prairie. butean
be grown quite successfully in some local
tiles in the Northwest by process of fertiliZ-
ing and giving proper attention. with win
ter protection The cultivation i too-
generally neglected. L recommend the
Prentiss and August Grant. and plant
largely Of the Warden, Lady Cottage.
MOOre's Early and GAINESVILLE, and plant for
trial the Empire State. This, in NV opinion.
is the most promising white grape
among the new varieties. 1t is a Seeding
of Hartford prolific fortified with Clinton.
l am free TO confess that the Niagara grape
IS surprise in many of the Eastern states,
but L am afraid that those who plant II
largely in the West will have a different
sort of surprise. l recommend pruning
and laying down the vines in the fall as
early as the wood is matured
President Truman read his annual report,
which ELECTED applause at the end, and
special committee was appointed to consider
the address and 10 report on the same ON
Thursday afternoon.
CROSS BREEDING PLANTS.
George p. PETER. an extensive grower of
Pewaukee, Wis, sent lengthy paper on
Cross Breeding of Plants, which
was not read. but ordered
printed. The secretary stated that one
or the theories advanced in the paper was a
statement that the Russian Seeding is in
ferior 10 the American. This proposition
aroused a spirited discussion. \. e. Tut
tie of BarabOO, Wis. considered the Rus
sian seedlings the most valuable of any
known. Russia, although having a colder
climate, has some of the finest orchards in
the world. and it is now an established fact
that they are harder than any known va
rieties and are we'll adapted to the North
west. Mr.. Sias and others took a like pO-
SitiOn.
Mr.. Harris stated that the Russians were
more than 500 years i'm bringing
up apples from China through the Seeding
processes, 50 that they could be raised in
Russia. He alleged that the nurSerymen
who came here from Illinois and Ohio with
plants handsomely illustrated, claiming
them TO be Russian varieties, sell some
common varieties and not Russian at all.
PRUNING.
Pruning and the Cause Of Black-heart in
Apple Trees was the title of paper by DIR.
| L. ii. HOtchkiss of Newport. Vt. He be-
gan by stating that an eminent horticulture
ist had alleged that pruning should be done
between May p to June %. Another that
March was the best and only time
He never had known a tree that was not
black-hearted to bleed when pruned. In
Kentucky no trees are blaek-hearted. He
had uprOOted the black-hearted trees and
planted irOn-cads. lie is now not troubled
with bleeding from pruning wounds. A
/ tender tree subject TO black-heart should
be lightly pruned. Heavy pruning in
June is a shock to the tree and
often kills the trees. Pruning in summer
tends to form the fruit bud. because Of
the shock to the tree. Fall pruning also
tends to shock and is not practicable.
Mr.. Sias thoroughly agreed with the es-
sayiSt. Another insisted that trees will
bleed when pruned in June. He suggested
that if the doctor was correct his (the speak
er's) trees were surely all black hearted.
He had observed that pruning in March is
not conducive to bleeding, and that because
the sap has not started. He spoke of many
trees of three or four years old. Ii is not
safe to prune in the fall. but if pruning is
done in August the wound will heal, or
very nearly, before winter sets IN.
Adjourned until this morning.