Milford chronicle., 1924-08-22
GRAPE GROWERS SEE
CULTURAL METHODS
DEMONSTRATED
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vineyard has been set with concrete
posts. The next vineyard on the list
was the one operated by J. H. Hip
well who has twenty acres of both
old and young vines which are kept
in an excellent state of cultivation
A section of this vineyard is being
sprayed this season with an oil
emulsion as a means of controlling
the mealy bug which was found to
be infesting the vines last season.
Following the inspection of Mr.
Hipwell's vineyard. the entire tour
inc party assembled in the Capitol
Grange Hall in Dover where an eX-
cellent dinner was served by the la
dies of the Grange. During the noon
hour County Agent Russell E. Will
son called upon President w. " Cos
den of the Kent County Farm Bureau
for an address of welcome which
was followed by short talks from
Dean C. A. McCue and DR.. 7. F.
Manns of the University of Della
ware.
The first place visited after lunch
was the farm of Jacob Kesselring,
where the growers had an Opportun-
itv 10 inspect a vineyard in which
dist has been used exclusively
throughout the entire season. The
vineyard of DR.. Alfred Smith and
Son. near Wyoming, was the next
one on the list, and here the visitors
studied the effects of both the dust
and LIQUID applications of Bordeaux
for the control of black rot. The
itinerary of the tour was changed
slightly at this point by including
the vineyard of w. V. COsden which
was one of the cleanest of any in
sDected on the trip. Mr.. Cosden has
a small vineyard of only six or sew
on acres, but he takes great pride in
keeping it we'll cultivated and fert1l-
lied which results in its always be-
ing in good condition.
One of the most interesting places
visited was the large commercial
vineyard of B. B. Chase which COM
nrise about thirty acres. AS the
members of the tour walked through
this vineyard they were heard to re-
mark that it was the best one in
spected from the standpoint of culti-
vatiOn and black rot control. A few
rows are being used this year for a
fertilization demonstration with a
view of determining the proper
amounts and kinds of commercial |
fertilizers best adapted to grapes in |
this locality. After this work has |
been carried on for a period of years
more definite results will be obtain
ed. as it requires more than one year
of such experimenting to show out
facts.
The last stop on the tour was made
at the vineyard of N. w. Taylor IN
which both fertilization and spray
ing demonstrations are being con-
ducted this season by the Agricul-
tural Experiment Station and the
Kent County Agent. This spraying
work for black rot control is similar
% that which was conducted in Mr..
Halls vineyard, but the results Sc
cured this year have been more con-
elusive than those obtained in any
previous year. It was demonstrated |
thoroughly this season that the ear ,
V applications when the new growth
S from one-half to three-fourths of
n inch in length and again when
he shoots are from three to four
1ches long, and then just before y
and again after blossom Il
lg, are the ones most important in 8
he successful control of the black :,
Ot =
Considering that Kent county has ,
YER seven hundred acres of bearing .
ineyards under a high state of cul-
vatiOn at the present time, and that :;
7veral hundred acres of young vine u
ards are coming into bearing each -
ear, it is not difficult to realize the y y
rowth which this industry is maxi =
lg in this state. With this interest q
this crop and the large quantities Il
grapes being produced each year, 8
lere arises a need for a practical 81
nd sound marketing organization =
hich will have for it's purpose the " "
selling of the fruit. +,
hen such an organization is formed g
Id is operated on a plan that is sat "
factory to all concerned, the grape III
dustry will increase more rapidly dl
an heretofore, and this section of se
e United States will gain for itself u
e reputation of being one of the W.
eatest and most profitable COM
9rcial grape growing regions in the oI
lole country. re