Salevi Vindicated. 



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and 80 thafc it will hold through the 

 summer. 



Thib is the month for grafting 

 here, but us that operation is fully 

 discussed in another part of this 

 number, we will here say nothing 

 about tho viodus operandi. 



Cuttings may still be planted, but 

 to ensure success should always be 

 planted as earl}" as the ground is in 

 good working order for plowing. This 

 we generally do with a common one- 

 horse plow, throwing a furrow from 

 the vines toward the middle, as close 

 as we can come to them without injur- 

 ing the roots. ^Vo then hoe under 

 and around the vines with the two 

 pronged hoe or karst, loosening and 



inverting the soil to tho depth of 

 three or four inches. Then run the 

 plow through the middle of the row, 

 throwing the ground to the vines un- 

 til the whole surface is loosened, leav- 

 ing a furrow in the middle about four 

 inches deep to serve as a surface 

 drain. 



Canes for layering may also bo laid 

 down. Pulverize the soil thoroughly 

 under the vines, then make furrows 

 about an inch deep, bend the cane in- 

 to it, and fasten with w^ooden hooks 

 or pegs cut for the purpose. You can 

 cover with earth when the shoots 

 have grown about six inches, not now, 

 as the buds w^ill break more ovenly if 

 they are not covered. 



SALEM vindicatp:d. 



Editor of the Gkape Culturist — 

 Dear Sir : — I have just received the 

 January number of your " Grape 

 Culturist," and notice in an article 

 entitled "• Grape Humbugs and their 

 disseminators " much of ire, and con- 

 siderable nonsense, in connection with 

 one Dr. J. S. Hyde and the " Salem 

 Grape." It seems that the Doctor 

 lives at Brocton, N. Y., and there is a 

 large and veiy flourishing Salem vine- 

 yard in the same town, by which 

 strange coincidence both the "Doctor 

 and the "Salem" are brought under 

 condemnation. You say that last fall 

 the Doctor exhibited grapes as the 

 Salem which he stated came from 

 Bluffton, which were not Salem, and 

 that he has stated that j'ou have " no 

 true Salem at Bluffton." So to prac- 

 tice a shrewd bit of economy, you pro- 



ceed to pitch into the Doctor and the 

 Salem Grape at once. The inference 

 from your articles, and the charges 

 therein, is, that Dr. Hyde is now at 

 Brocton engaged in "■ bolstering up 

 the reputation " of the variety in ques- 

 tion, and selling all the plants he can, 

 thus deceiving the public, and acting 

 the part of " Shark and Hyena." Not 

 very polite terms, unless 3'ou are sure 

 you understand your case. Now as 

 you profess willingness, to give a fair 

 hearing to all, I wish to make a plain 

 brief statement, which I think will 

 show that you have misjudged the case 

 entirel}', at least so far as the interests 

 of the Salem grape are concerned. 

 And I will begin by saying that the 

 people at Salem-on-Erie have at present 

 no interest whatever in the propagation 

 and sale of plants of the Salem grape. 



