Editors' Letter B0.1'. 



139 



[We can easily explain this. The 

 protection of the roof kept off the 

 rain. Wc have often observed simi- 

 lar cases, and Mr. William Saunders, 

 Superintendent of Public Gardens at 

 Washington, D. C, recommended 

 boards nailed on the top of the trellis 

 as a preventive against mildew years 

 ago. For ourselves, Ave prefer varie- 

 ties not subject to disease, to the doc- 

 toring of those which are diseased. 

 We have done and seen enough of 

 this, to satisfy us that vevy little can 

 be done in that way, although no 

 doubt many diseases arise from faulty 

 treatment of the variety. — Editor.] 



GuAXT City, Mo. March 16th, 1S70. 



Geo. Husmann, J'^sq., Bluffton, Mo. 



Dear Sir : As I intend putting out 

 a small vineyard this spring, I want 

 to get some information from you in 

 regard to the proi:)er distance to plant 

 ray vines. I am a reader of the Grape 

 CuLTURisT, besides several agricultur- 

 al papers'having '^Yinej-ard Depart- 

 ments" among them, and there are so 

 many different views about planting 

 and pruning vines, that I thought I 

 would venture to ask your opinion. 

 My ground lies mostly to the south 



and east, and I intend planting the 

 Concord, Clinton, Delaware, Hartford 

 and Ives principally, with, possibly, 

 a lew of some other varieties. Some 

 say plant 0x6, some OxS, and still oth- 

 ers who say 12x12 and even further 

 than that. As you are a practical 

 vineyardist of Missouri, I would be 

 pleased to have your opinion as to the 

 proper distance, and also as to the best 

 mode of training the vines, whether 

 to stakes or trellis. 



Enclosed find one dollar for which 

 please send me A^ol. 1 of Grape Cul- 



TURIST. 



Please answer by mail or through 

 Grape Cilturist, and oblige, 

 Yoiu's truly, 



J. H. Pierce. 



[We plant all btrong growing vai'ie- 

 ties, such as (Concord, Herbemont? 

 Norton etc., 0x10 feet, the vines ten 

 feet apart in the rows, the rows six. 

 Delaware, Creveling, Cassady, Alvey, 

 all Tttoderate growers, 0x6 feet. 



Trellis is the best and cheapest mode 

 of training ; five feet high with three 

 horizontal wires, of No. 12 wire The 

 posts may be twenty feet apart, with 

 an intermediate stake for support. — 

 Editor.] 



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