The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1902-09-01

lent. While whole bones are good.
they work more slowly.
The grape is not particular as to the
kind of soil i'm which it is set A light
sand or a stiff clay, il we'll enriched,
is acceptable. Well cared for vines of
almost any variety will produce large
crops of fruit. BY painting early and
late varieties we may have a plenti-
full supply of fresh grapes from the
first of September, to the end of the
year. Who will say how much it would
be worth to have them upon the table
three times a day! for the children to
carry to school; to send to the sick
and to give to friends.
But they may be had longer than 10
the end of the year. The mode of
keeping them is very simple. Bunches
of perfect grapes are cut from the
vines without handling, carefully laid
in shallow paper boxes and then placed
in the coolest place available, the cold
er the better so long as it does not
freeze. In this way they may be kept
until late in the spring. Vines may
be transplanted any time after the
leaves drop in the fall until the buds
start in the spring when the ground
is dry enough and not frozen. A
stronger growth will follow fall plant
ing if the vine is protected during
winter by few forkfuls of coarse ma
nure. If a one-year vine have its roots
shortened to one inch in length, ii will
grow just as well as though they were
carefully preserved to their full length.
1t is advisable TO plant the vine three
or four inches deeper than it grew be-
fore. In the fall, after the first sea-
sons growth, cut back to three or
four buds and protect by a forkful of
litter. The second season allow two
canes to grow to the top of six-foot
stake, at which point they should be
nipped off. AS fast as laterals appear
they should be nipped back to one
leaf. At the close of this season cut
back to three feet. lay down and cover
The next season they should be trained
to trellis and may be allowed to bear
limited quantity of fruit.
If the vines are to be laid down and
covered for winter protection, each
new growth may be cut back to one
bud at the November pruning If they
are to remain on the trellisses all win
ter as the hardy varieties may safely
do, two buds should be left one for
the winter to kill and one to live.
The main drawback to successful
grape culture has been the rot which
hasa destroyed immense quantities of
frq&, discouraged growers and led to
the abandonment of many vineyards.
But we are now able to control this
disease. Grapes never rot on the vines
when they are kept dry. This is the
reason that we have no trouble with
grapes growing on buildings under cor
nices If each bunch is inclosed in a
paper sack when the young grapes are
the size of shot they will ripen per-
fectly without rot. This disease can
also be controlled by spraying with
Bordeaux mixture. But the work must
be thorough. Commence several weeks
before the rot is expected to appear
and repeat frequently. Especially use
the spray after each rain that is suf-
ficient to wash off the previous spray
ing.
Many people can remember when the
Catawba and Isabella were the only
varieties known to the average grow
er. The Catawba is still. grown to
some extent, but the Isabella has been
almost entirely superseded by better
sorts. The list of varieties is a long
one For family use, good quality be-
ing the desideratum. a person would
not go amiss in selecting the Delaware
of the red varities, the Worden of the
blacks, and, if a white grape is de-
sired, the Niagara. There is no really
good white grape, and the Niagara is
no better than the Concord or any of
a number of the colored varieties
Campbelps Early is highly spoken of
and by some is said to be the best of
the black varieties.