Vol. No. 14. 



NEW ENGLAND FAitiViEII. 



109 



examine the principles on which these vines are 

 said to be trained. It is, I confess, quite new, and 

 so far as I can see, quite impossible ; but perhaps 

 the respected translator can give some e.vplana- 

 tion that will remove the i.ifficiilties under wiiich 

 I labor. If I understand the article, five vines are 



shoots annually to make roots umil it Tvn'.'ntlie 

 trellis, diftcrs entirely from the mode roi-ouunend- 

 ed by the En};lish fjardeners. — TheFronrii prefer 

 layers to cuttings for plants, and tho MMj;iish pro 



fact, that lean stocU cattle, to the value of SOO,UOO 

 dollars, are ycatly brought from the interior of 

 New-York, and sold in this state, at an average 

 advance of one-third tnoro price, tlian cattle of a 



to be planted within the space of eight feet, "JO and the French seem to think that the ^'reat qur^n- 

 inches apart. Tliese are to be trained to a trellis ^ tity of small roots you liave from layers, produce 

 eight feet square, vertically with single stems, j tlie most vigorous plants. — My owii e.\perience is 

 from each of which stems two laterals are to be i in favor of cuttings, both on account of their jiro 

 produced, one on each side, "until they have," j ducing, as I think they do, fruit at an earlier peri 

 says the article, "gained 4 feet each." | od, and because I think they produce stronger and 



Now the Jirst question, is, how are the vines | more vigorous plants. Mr Porteau's five vines, 

 which are planted on the right and left of the J made from layers, when the irellis is complete 

 centre one, to gain in length 4 feet each tvay when and full, have 16S feet of wood on them. — I have 

 the two outer ones are only 20 inches from the i four vines in my garden, raised from siiif^le buds, 

 edge of the trellis, and the 3 next only 40 inches which have made this year from 400 to 600 feet of 

 from the same point? i wood each, beside being loaded with fruit of the 



The second question is, how are 64 fine bunches largest size, a sample of which I send you. The 

 of grapes to be raised in a space 1H3 inches long shoots of the year are of the finest kind — large — 

 by 18 inches wide? — for this is 'he space allotted ; and many of them now ripe, 14 feet from their 

 to this number of bunches, by Mr. Porteau. If insertion. They must of course have roots that 

 the space was chalked out on the floor, I doubt if; will nourish any quantity of fruit that can be rais- 

 64 fine bunches of grapes could be placed within { ed in the space allotted for Mr Porteau's trellis, 

 the lines, however close they might be stowed, ; and much to spare. I counted seventy branches 

 without bruising 1 or shoots of this year's growth on one of these 



The lliird question is, how are vines thus train- vines, which I estimated would measure on an 

 od, to be laid m the winter? The body of the average ten feet in length, making the wood ©n 

 vine being once formed, it is to remain so, and i the vine of this year's growth 700 feet beside the 

 the only pruning to be practiced is on the first old wood and what had been cut off in dressing 



fer cuttings to layers. — The English . ardenors similar description from the interior uf our own 

 say that cuttings produce fruit sooner tl an layers; state. The cattle frnni New-V'ork are of better 



breed than ours. — Thoy iced easier and grow 

 larger: and as before stated, are considered worth 

 one third more. 



Every body knows there is little or no difference 

 in the trouble and expense of raising one cow more 

 than another, yet one of u particular make and 

 breed, at a given age, will be worth ten times as 

 much as the other. One horse will travel with 

 double the speed, and perform twice the labor of 

 another, and with more case to himself. So with 

 horned cattle. One cow will give four times as 

 much milk as another, and not cost a cent more 

 to keep her. Also with pigs. Put two piga of dif 

 ferent breeds into the same pen, and with the same 

 food, at a given time, one pig will be found twice 

 the weight of the other. — All this shows the im- 

 mense importance it is to tarmers to procure the 

 best stock. To promote this beneficial purpose, is 

 the aim of the Agricultural Societies, and the de- 

 sign of their exhibitions and cattle shows. 



[Pennsylvania Gazette. 



four bags of hops, computed to weigh more thaa 

 tv^-o tons, the growth of his farm the present sea- 

 son. It riiay be well for fiirniers in this beer-drink- 

 ing country to turn their attention more towards 

 raising this article of produce. — Eastern Republ. 



HOPS. 



Mr David Damon of Stetson, brought into this 

 bearing shoots, which proceed from the vertical j the vines and heading down fruit bearing brancir- |town last week, and stored fur exportation, twenty 

 branchesidown to which they are to be cut annually, I es. This is no fiction — the vines are to be seen by " ' '' ' ' 



leaving the eye or bud in the crotch, to shoot to any gentleman who doubts the fact, or whose cu 

 produce a branch the next year, and bear fruit; — | riosity may lead him to see them before they are 

 thus carrying on a perpetual supply of fruit from ; cut down in the fall pruning. I have also a young 

 the same spot. It appears to me, therefore, that : vine, novv three summers since the cutting was 

 the difficulty of protecting the vines against frost, i put into the ground, (one eye only) that has pro- 

 will place this mode of pruning, in the open ■ duced this summer three branches, measurino- I 

 ground, quite out of the question. i think over 40 feet, viz. one vertical and two later- 



It is not said why five vines are planted where, al branches at its base. This plant is therefore 

 one would answer the purpose: but I suppose it in a state of preparation to try the experiment of 

 is with the view of brintying your whole tree into Mr Porteau'.^ system, and asl believe he has crowd- 

 baring at once ; or rather your five trees cover- ed his bearing branches too near to each other, I 

 ing your whole trellis with fruit at once, and shall test the eligibility of his system bv givino- a 

 sooner than it could be done from one vine. So portion of my lateral, eight vertical branches ; a 

 far, I think the plan a good one, as it saves time portion of them only six — and a portion only four, 

 and repays the labor of the cultivator one or two My belief is that those that have only six vertical 

 years earlier than a single tree would do. or fruit branche 



Slovf.s. — It has been a desideratum with house 

 keepers, to find fouju plan by which they could 

 combine the comfort of a ten-plate stove and the 

 economy of anthracite coal. If we were not deceiv- 

 ed, two ingenious mechanics have succeeded in 

 supplying this want. We called in at the Foundry, 

 No. .594 Market-street, yesterday, and saw in full 

 operation a very simp^io contrivance, but one cal- 

 culated to effect much good. It consisted of an 



There is nothing in the spur pruning that has of fruit ; and those that have but four will produce 

 not been known for many years. The former the finest fruit and largest bunches. 



iron box, with a t^rale bottom, slid into the furnace 

 uVroduce"the gi^atest'iVe'iVwh'' ''°''>' "f ^^ cuimnon ten plate stove-tie outward 



end completely closing the entrance, excepting 

 an aperture in the lower part of the bo.x to admit 



gardener of the late Gov. Gore, pruned his vines When vines are planted near to each other, as T '^^'^^ ''.'^'''' '^'^'^ box was filled with anthracite 



altogether by cutting close to the eye in the is recommended by Mr Porteau, they rob each -.th- i '^°"'' ^^''"'^'^ '^"'""^'' ^''"''"'^'''j''''"'' -'"''^ "^"'"'^ ''°^' 



rotch of the wood. But I doubt if the fruit pro- er of a portion of the nourishment that they would I''''"" ''^ usuidly imparted by the common quantity 



of > 



ud. As this box may be put into the stove 



duced from these shoots will be as fine as from otherwise get, and of course they must grow pro- 

 branches pruned in the ordinary way. To those, portionally weaker than either of the same plants I ''°'' ''■''**" out with as much ease as a stick of 

 however, who have but little rooni, and a very would be, occupying the same space alone, in j wood, there seems no reason why it shonhl not be 

 sheltered situation, the plnn may he useful, wheth- ' proportion as a plant" is vigorous, while in a state { '"^^ '" families— the cost will be about *1 50 or 

 er they use one or more plants for its operation, of bearing, the fruit is large and may bo made ! 

 If they find that the vertical shoots are too near abundant; and I believe that one vine trained in 

 each other, as I think they must be when allowed the way proposed, may be made to produce more 

 to grow from 4 to fi inches only apart, as laid down and finer fruit than five vines can in the same 

 by Porteau, they can take out every other vertical space. 



branch, or place only six on each side of the tree 

 in lieu of eight. This will reduce the quantity of 

 fruit, of course, according to the number of bran- 

 ches suppressed ; and six vertical branches on 

 each side the stem, will give 240 bunches only, in 

 lieu of 320 ; but I believe the weight of fruit pro 



If, Mr Editor, you think these remarks pertinent, 

 you may give them a place in your paper as coming 

 from A BROOKLINE CULTIVATOR. 



OcioJer 22, 1827. 



$2. — Our opinion is, that it will be founil to an- 

 swer all tlif purposes of a family for cooking aad 

 heating rooms. — United States Gazette. 



INCONVENIENCES OF BEING A GREAT MAN. 



Cowley, in one of his essays, speaking of a suc- 

 cessful votary of ambition, says " He never set 

 his foot beyond his threshold, unless, like a fune- 

 ral, he have a train to follow him ; as if like the 

 dead corpse, he could not stir, till the bearers 

 were all ready. It is an unpleasant constraint to 



IMPROVING THE BREED OF CATTLE. 



duced will be equally great in either case, and of' Our attention has been drawn to this subject, : be under the sight and observation and censure of 



course the bunches, where there are 6 branches, , by a gentleman to whose liberality, zeal and intel- j others ; as there may be vanity in it, so methinks 



much larger. ligence this state is much indebted The impor- there should be vexation too of spirit: and I won- 



The French mode of planting vines four or five , tance of improving the breed of cattle and domes- \ der how princes can endure to have two or three 

 feet from t&e jvall or trellis, and laying the new j tic animals, is made abundantly manifest from the \ hundred men stand gazing upon them whilst tljey 



