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.j      RICHMOND, JULY 1, 1856.
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i Vol. V No.   13.
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For the Indiana Farmer.
Critique on Articles in the Farmer of
April 13. j
; * THE   GRAPE  DISEASE. j
We should rather attribute thc rot as
spoken of by "A Reader," to excessive'
moisture in the subsoil together with unskill-1
fill cultivation, &c, and would, from experi-,
encc and practice, advise thorough draining ,
to tho depth of at least three feet, being -
careful to provide for the escape of all superfluous water at one end of the trench,
which is to be filled up to the depth of 12 or
14 inches with burnt bones, old carcases,
bits of brick, old plaster, &c, which serves
as a drain in wet weather, and aid' evaporation in dry. Fill the balance of trench with
well prepared compost, bay 3 parts leaf-mould
or muck, decayed sod, &c, 1 part leached
ashes; to do well, rotted yard manure well
and thoroughly incorporated together, the
plants carefully set out; the surface of the
ground should be kept loose and clear of all
weeds, together with the suggestions of
"Eds.," will, without tiny - doubt, ensure
grapes without mildew or' rot. Summer
pruning of grapes, except by judicious
pinching, should never he adopted in this
climate; especially not when the vines are
making rapid growth; it is frequently just as
the grapes are forming, whereby the plant is
unnaturally stimulated and all the sap flowing in the vines cannot be appropriated, it
having previously been deprived of a large
portion of wood and leaves, in which case
the plant' ultimately engenders disease, the
fruit falls prematurely by tho rot or otherwise. The greater the amount of soil appropriated to tho roots of the grape, (if in
good order) the better, all things being equal.
The "Eds." remarks are first rate and to
the point.
-    "TREES FROM SEED." •
Too highly colored in part, though we
heartily endorse a major portion of the article.! There are undoubtedly more seeds lost
in this way, (planting too deep)—yes, and
trees, too—than any other cause. We have
found that a very excellent way to grow
seedlings from our forest trees, is to clear a
small plot of ground under and about the
tree from which we wish the seedlings, dig
one spade deep, rake off all leaves and rubbish, leaving the ground as mellow as possible. When the mature (many of which
ripen in early summer and fall off,) the well
prepared ground, with the first rain, plants
the seed better than man can dare ; and the
shade of the forest is just the protection
needed by the young plants. The following
Autumn the young plants .ire ready for the
nursesy row. - By this the young seedlings,
such as Elm,.Maple, *13asswood, (or Lin), &c,
will bo 12 or 1.4 inches high. The LinDtlen-
dron Tulep tree, (Whitewood,) m.-iy te very
easily grown in this way—and whero can
one find a more beautiful and majestic - tree,
far surpassing any other tree in the richness
of its foliage; its round .ind magnificent
form, far outreaching any- tree we know in
silvan beauty; besides it is a rapid grower—
none more so.
"Through the verdant maze
The Tulep tree *   .* .
Its golden chalice oft triumphantly deplays."
We cordially endorse all the writer says
in regard to the form of seedling forest trees.
By the way, why don't our nurserymen
grow them extensively for ornamental planting ; they possess every advantage over the
determined "European" this and that, many
of which are the veriest humbugs in existence. In proof of this, one need only call to
mind the "mania" which seized our tree
planters ten years ago, when nearly all the
deciduous ornamental trees planted (except
by a few wise heads) were the Chinese Ail-
anthas (tree of Heaven) and Silver Abeal
together with a score of others of the others
of the same class, all of which have learned
the saying, "Every dog has his day." But
we get carried awiiy when thinking of our
"American Forest trees," and know no way
of disposing of this matter now, except to
notice the same at some length hereafter.   .
"Apple seeds make fruit-bearing trees in
four years," so says theory; practice says
twelve or fourteen, if they remain on their
own roots.
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