The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1889-08-05
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T1s T;eld, Farm end Garden

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no.,,a-Its Diseases and Remedies
-. II +1a small fruits now so extensively
u - IS the New York World none Is
Iu-,I 1ra1eful to the palate or more heal'",
i'1 M, the grape. 1t IS easily propagated
and raised. comes INTO bearing curry oo--
o. NTH the larger fruits, ana Is eiiol III,
paie- 3r,tive on the small area required
U.s. --,.oyy+h Added to its other gooo
lOi - - i that OF longer keeping than
- - If the berry class. Again, the grape
~ TO this country, and there IS no
Ion where some one or more u i.S
So varieties cannot be successfully culUi-
waited. -, - s,,-round-
- few vines may be planted as
Ms I'.1.rs m a house or other building, pro-
C-i-i,1' ob,rdaDtlv. where no other fruit
,,oorinp plant will flourish. When an aroor
- : wanted nothing is better than the
e., vino and nothing is more beautlTuI
4 Fton crane arbor loaded with ripe 1rult.
-'odvantage in growing it on the SIDE OF
. I.iI+;ry i that in such situations 1t Is
-. affected with rot now sopreValent IN
,,;novsris. When thus trained on mouse
,ho yines should be disposed In such way
allow a free circulation of air and ad-
e nit sunshine to the fruit.
I, would be a singular anomaly II this
,na,r Of the small fruits should be wholly
5venpt from diseases and insect enemies
tbo+ 90 generally infest all others. In
E Fnrone the dreaded phylloxera has pre-
,aiIai TO such an extent as to ravage large
n territories and compel the importation OF
American varieties not susceptible to the
\ disease. In our own countries Its che
enemies are the mildew and the rot. Both
have been the subjects OF careful Cd
servatiJns and numerous experiments by
vi+iculturists under the direction of the gem
Il eral government Up to 1883 1t was be-
Ieved and stated that no preventive other
than bagging WIS known for the black rot
where it prevailed, although, as stated by
Mr.. Scribner chief of the section Of veg
etable pathology, manifestly good results
were obtained in 1887 by the use of the
remedies employed for the downy mildew,
\ and probably in a few cases for the black
a rot.
OF the six formulas tried the experiments
made in 1888 fully demonstrated the super
iority Of the Bordeaux mixture, not only
i for the mildew but for the black rot, so
that it has been officially announced that
through the efforts of the department both
are at last practically under control, or as
u stated by Mr.. Scribner, "the results al
ready obtained at Vineland, n. j., demon
strate beyo'd a doubt the possibility of
preventing black rot by applications to the
vines Of solutions having sulphate of cop
per for base.'
At the vineland station the results OBJ
tanned from treatment were as follows:
With the Bordeaux mixture the yield from
thirteen treated vines was so pounds of
grapes; from thirteen untreated vines same
variety, parallel and adjacent row to that
treated, 211 pounds. Vita eau celeste the
yield of fourteen treated vines was IA
pounds; yield of fourteen untreated vines,
4pounds. With sulphatine the yield of
twenty-five untreated vines, pounds.
The formula for Bordeaux mixture as it
was used at Vineland is pounds copper
suIphate, pounds fresh lime, % gallons
water. Pulverze the crystals of copper
suphate; dissolve them in boiling water,
say & lions water to pounds of sulphate
Stake quantity of fresh lime as masons
Stake 1t for mortar; strain into box to set
tie and thicken; then combine the proper
tons according to tae formula as needed
for use. After the vineyard is cleaned and
put IN order with the plOw and smoothing
harrow, spray, wash or sponge the vines
with Bordeaux mixture early in the spring,
before vegetation starts; then when the
clusters are formed, and before blooming.
spray the vines and the clusters again. Re-
peat this treatment once in two weeks until
the fruit begins to color.
While grapes are such excellent fruit and
SO easily raised 1t seems strange that any
permanent householder should do without
Them. The scantiest village door yard NAV
nave It's grape vine trained against the
mouse nigh enough for the clusters to hang
undlsturbed. For family use the Concord
grape stands in about the same relation tc
other varieties as the Jersey cow does TO the
herd, or the Plymouth Rock among fowls.
Although by no means the best in every re-
Spect 1t excels as a general purpose grape
anu should never be omitted when making
selections.