DBCCAN GRAPES 



furrows between t h. pits serve as water-ohannels, and water is applttd 

 iatvlv uft.-r planting. A second and third watering are irivni at 

 int. -r\ ah of i.-ur and six day*, ami later the plauUtiou u watered - 

 M'jlit 'lavs till .Jun.>. Wh.-u tin- vines are established, harm stake* 

 {Strohittint/i, * <<ill*n*) arc dnvrn int.) tin- Around ami two of the 

 healthier shoots li.-.l to th.-m, uhn.- the others are eut off. In this war 

 1 1:.- vines '_rrow till April, durinu' whu-h tune half a basketful of farm-yard 

 niaiiuiv. or preferably poudrette, should be pi to each vine and 



nil side-growth n-mo\v.i. \\ h.-n the vine has grown over 5 feet (towards 

 April), the ends are nipped off. As a consequence, side shooU are 

 thrown out near the top. About thr.-. or four of these shoota are kept 

 niul all the lower ones are removed." I stakes of the pangara 



(Ki-i/tliriini intiii'ti) are now supplied in place of the karri. "The 

 thrve or four shoots kept at the top of the vine continue growing till 

 October next, when the pruning for the mitha bar (sweet < 

 due." After pruning, the ground l-t w<-.-n the rows of vines is ploughed. 

 No water is given till the shoota blossom, and form small fruit*. 

 " About four weeks after pruning the blossoms appear and the fruit sets 

 in u short time afterwards." The bunches are ready to be gathered in 

 March, about six weeks after the grapes begin to get B<> "A well- 

 established plantation about t.-n v.-ars old vields about 10 or 12 Ib. of 

 grapes per vine." After the fruit is gathered (in March), no water is 

 given for about a month, and in April the hot-weather pruning is done. 

 " At this pruning the spurs or kalams which had three or four buds left 

 on them at the cold-weather pruning for giving the fruit-bearing shoots, 

 are shortened and cut back to two buds, from which alone one or more 

 shoots will spring up to bear the sour fruit of the rainy season." After 

 the hot-weather pruning, the land is again ploughed, harrowed, and 

 manure applied. Water is then given and continued weekly till the 

 rains. In October pruning commences again, as already explained. [C/. 

 Repts. Dept. Land Rec. and Agri., Bombay.] 



DIMM*. Very little is known regarding the diseases of the vine in 

 Western India. Recently, however, Butler (Agri. Journ. Ind., ii., pt. i.. 

 94-5) furnished a brief report on the subject and identified two out of the 

 four diseases mentioned by Mr. Kanetkar. The four diseases are ( 1 ) Mania 

 rog (red or brown rust), (2) buri (mildew), (3) khajalya rog (black rust), 

 and (4) karpa rog (drying-up disease). The second and the fourth are 

 well-known diseases of the vine. Buri is IHtlinm l'm-i.,-ri, one of the 

 most destructive of mildews ; while karparog is anthracnote (>/.//./. ///' 

 fan/famuli). Both can be controlled if not checked by flowers of 

 sulphur. [Cf. Maxwell-Lefroy, An Insect attacking Grape- Vint, in Agri. 

 Journ. Ind., 1907, ii., pt. hi.," 292.] 



Baluchistan and Sind. One of the many surprises that meet 

 visitor to Quetta is the profusion and superior quality of the grapes that 

 are offered for sale. On inquiry these are found to be frequently raised 

 in vineyards where there is practically no rainfall and where few or no 

 streams are seen to carry surface water. Underground, however, the 

 people have excavated drains that communicate from one well to an- 

 other, until a fairly good flow is established from the upper (often rooky 

 regions) to the more fertile lower plains, where vineyards and fruit gardens 

 abound. The system of subterranean drains (or tunnels) has been adopted 

 as a matter of "economy, since the great dryness of the surface soil and 



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