Care of Frozen Vines. 



sand or kept in the cellar, and trimmed 

 and cut into cuttings at your leisure, 

 in the shop or room. Cuttings ma}^ 

 be made nine to ten inches long, cut 

 with a sloping cut close below the eye 

 on the lower end ; leave about an inch 

 above the eye on the upper. Tie in 

 convenient bundles, and bury in the 

 ground or in sand in a cool cellar. 



You can also prepai*e material for 

 trellis, as it is seldom too cold for the 

 use of the axe out of doors. Posts 

 should be seven feet long, and about 

 three inches square, made of red cedar, 

 mulberry, honey locust, white oak, or 



any other durable timber, set two feet 

 deep, and about twenty feet apart in 

 the rows. 



If a vineyai'd is old and exhausted, 

 this will be a good time to manure 

 it. The best manure is new sur- 

 face soil, leaf mould, and decomposed 

 vegetable matter or compost. Animal 

 manures, if used at all, should be well 

 decomposed, as they create a rank,^ 

 succulent growth, productive of rot 

 and mildew, and also impart a dis- 

 agi-eeable flavor to the fruit and wine. 

 All manures may be put on as a top 

 dressino-. 



Fur The Grape Cultiirist. 



CARE OF FROZEN VINES. 



Friend Husmann -. 



Lately I heard a letter read, which 

 was an inquiry; "The vines came to 

 hand froze in one solid mass; what 

 shall I do with them ?" 



Now, as I had a hand in packing 

 those vines, and in a certain measure 

 feel myself responsible for their wel- 

 fare, I will inform your readers, at 

 least, what to do in such a case. 



The sudden cold snap in November 

 has taught us a lesson that should 

 not soon be forgotten. Vines to go 

 a considerable distance should be 

 packed in such a manner that cold 

 will not affect them, unless exposed so 

 long as to actually dr^^ out the moss 

 and all. This rarely takes place, 

 however; but when a box comes to 

 hand in cold weather,, tbat is frozen 

 solid, you have only to put it into a 

 cellar or pit until it thaws, when all 



will be right. Thawing in the dark 

 and excluded from external atmo- 

 sphere^ will leave most things in the 

 condition they were in previous to 

 being froz.en ; while, if taken out and 

 suddenly thawed in a warm tempera- 

 ture, and exposed to light, they will 

 speedily perish. I have had apples 

 frozen in tight barrrels for six weeks, 

 yet come out tine in the end. Per- 

 haps you remember an invoice sent 

 you some years since, from a thou- 

 sand miles east, that was a month or 

 more on the wa}', yet all kept safe 

 except the potatoes. 



Hoping that the vine growers may 

 see fit to make up a subscription large 

 enough to warrant you in continuing 

 the Grape Culturist, 



I am truly yours, 



8. Miller. 



Blikton, Mo . January Ist, 1870. 



