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THE GARDENI^RS" CHRONICLE OF AMERICA. 



CULTURE OF OUT-DOOR GRAPES. 



\',\ I'lovd Blowers. 



Our grape vine-^ wtre planted eight feet apart each 

 side of a drive running north and south through the gar- 

 den ; same were planted during the spring of 1907 in 

 verv poor soil, and received very little attention until 

 1910, when we set our posts eight feet apart and strung 

 five heavy wires on same, commencing one foot from the 

 ground and one foot apart : this formed our trellis ; then 

 we commenced to fertilize the plants with bone meal and 

 cow manure. 



Early in the spring we work the ground around the 

 vines working in the manure that is left from the \ear be- 

 fore, then we apply bone meal and a heavy mulching of 

 cow manure or other well-rotted manure. This is all that 

 we do for the plants in this regard, except that we apply 

 some liquid manure during the dry weather. 



The vines were cut back in the spring of 1910 to where 

 thev were one-half of an inch through, or about that, and 

 during the summer were trained into position on the 

 trellis! 



Winter pruning consists only of cutting back the fruit 

 bearing arms near to the main vine to a good strong bud. 



Summer pruning or ])inching hack process begins early 

 in the season and lasts nearly all summer. This is very 

 important, for the ]jruduction of large-sized bunches of 

 grapes. First we rub off all of the buds, except eleven or 

 twelve, about eighteen inches apart that form the uprights 

 or fruit bearing canes ; these canes we tie in this ujjright 

 position and allow same to grow about two feet long ; 

 then we pinch the top back and pinch off all other e.xtra 

 growth except the leaves ; we allow three bunches to 

 form and select the t\\i> best ones to grow; this gives us 

 about twenty to twenty-five bunches to a vine. 



We grow the following varieties of grapes in the black 

 grapes : We have Campbell's Early, Moore's Early, Wor- 

 den and Concord. In the red grapes we have Brighton, 

 Delaware, Lindley and Salem. In the green and white 

 grapes we have Winchell, Duchess, Niagara and Moore's 

 Diamond. All of these grapes have done well with us. 

 and have been very free from disease of any kind, so we 

 have never done an\- spraying. 



It is hard to say which is the best variety, as tastes 

 dift'cr. -Vfter eating a bunch or two of each kind I con- 

 sider that the Salem has the best flavor; bunches are short 

 and heavv ; berries are large and round. The other kinds 

 have their good points also, like the Concord and Niagara, 

 both great producers of large bunches of fruit, and these 

 grapes keep a very long time. Very good for market 

 purpose. 



The little Delaware is also a favorite with us, as it is 

 \erv show\', having a nice, rich color and a grand flavor ; 

 this grape does best in good, rich soil. 



Moore's Earlv and Winchell are our two earliest 

 grapes, ripening about two weeks ahead of the Concords. 



\\'hen our grapes are about half grown we put paper 

 bags over each bunch, tying the top of the bag or folding 

 same and pinning the top tight together; we use just or- 

 dinarv paper bags, using two-pound bags for small kinds 

 like the Delaware, and four-pound bags for the larger 

 kinds, like Concords and Niagaras, ^^'e consider that we 

 are well paid for our time and trouble in bagging the 

 grajies. as they ripen in almost perfect condition. 



OYSTER BAY HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY. 



( 1-rom the East Norwich Enterprise.) 



The first annual outing of the Oyster Bay Horticul- 

 tural Society was a great success and provided an after- 

 noon of much enjoyment. The events, which were many, 

 l)egan at 1.3C and kept things moving until 6.30, when all 

 repaired to Rothmann's for dinner. Both large dining 

 rooms were crowded with members and guests and when 

 they departed fur home at 9 o'clock they were a tired but 

 well-fed and hai)p\- Lt. In the contests of the afternoon, 

 for which many useful and beautiful prizes were given, 

 nuich care and ingenuity were shown, which were well 

 rewarded by the results obtained. Take for instance the 

 obstacle race: A contestant had to run forty feet, get 

 through a loop in a rope, run a hundred feet to a ladder 

 tied to stakes side up, crawl between two rounds, get into 

 a sack, pick up an ajjple. run thirty feet, crawl under a 

 t;glitl\ drawn tarpaulin — get out of the sack, throw same 

 in tarpaulin and run for another forty feet to the finish. 





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 fixed by your men were damaged in the least. They all look much better this Spring than 

 before they were worked upon. I am very much pleased with your work. 



Yours very truly. 

 May IS, 1913. R. M. CARRIER." 



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