SEMI- TROPIC t A I LtVRNIA. 
WINTER IRRIGATION. 
“TO COM MONICATX FOHrtBT NOT." 
EniTOits Srar-Tnoi'Ti::—The above in- 
junction, laid hr the great Apostle to the 
Cientiles or his Christian converts, may 
h»vo a very proper application to men of 
all profession#, trades ami occupations 
whatsoever; since progress in no one nf rho 
arts of civilian,i life can l>e realised except 
through the general effusion ol iw/nf, 
A'lioirletlift thereto appertaining, •!> rov,/I 
from eji/wrimat. The business succoMes 
or failures of an isolated individual, how¬ 
ever important to himself, are of no const?, 
sequence to his fallowtnen an long as their i 
antecedent causes remain looked up in Ins 
own bosom. Hut let the key to assured I 
success in any department of human enter-1 
pr.se be discovered by a careful observer 
(or skillful experimenters, if you please) 
and by him made public properly, and tint 
entire community is meulonlahlv bene fit tod 
thereby. .So, on the other hand, if a false 
theory be entertained by an influential in 
dividual regarding some vital question it 
agrionlturr, horticulture, or any other of 
the arte of life, and tl«community be M 
to adopt tiro false conclusions l.e has drawn 
Iron, defective promises, wide disaster will 
in- tiro i nn v its Ido consequence - Evil com¬ 
munentmi.* corrupt go .d mar./iorsVVliat 
we wont lathe “boiled down'" experience of 
niiservani and discriminating men 
AC „,.n„- other lime, jf fff, ,,,'j 
l»-n.,u. I m.v oirer to |„e,|,„„ „ f 
l..r!ireiier,! denomiiutioi, B B | inrt ..| av 
•e.'mm bur,I on the > 
l ■<- hem! of it,,. article. |, UI ,| (l , ( , f 
tnyecll, ertl, ,|„. A,».llr'.7ni U n«io,, P l,v’ 
■ reel tM.McKJ 
•ttr.ote,l .tle„,i„„ ,|„„„ g . .. 
may have relieved the viues of a somewhat 
I larger portion of thoir wood than - 
mature iugement 
IN TUB VINKYARti, 
When I camf (front Western Mawaeh 
aett.) to Souther,, California, in Nov *’70 
I found that ] knew, practical I v A 1 
UdTevt a, 0 ,";TT K gr " f ’ ,; «*r u * 
ro “the m! '' T “ " rXl ' l00f neighbc 
stances lay 'under^’t'h,. rmill'T'"" r 
;~r ...or..™." 
Sehoo. el Viliculiuri. £i j£» 
'au."’:!ne?i ,, rrr d, “^'“V'i 
toile »„ 1 f„r . chwf.MX's,"”' 1 , ” 
'"'Hie 10 me ul.jne 
plnilT,"mr 
Wee led t. ..w„,r "., "!" * h«V" 
__ _ - more 
_ _.. nv<i 1 d have dictated. 
(Note,—The two opposite theories of short 
and long pruning of the vines are certainly 
deserving of a very thorough investigation. 
The fact alleged by M. K. that the poorest 
clusters of grope.* are commonly tin* product 
of tire eye* nearest the stump and the best 
the product of those which are most remote, 
I finds ■ striking analogy in the fact, ob-, 
|served by myself for many years, that 
apple, pear and plum trees locate the finest 
. specimens in the uppermost branches.) 
The next subject, in order of time, that 
) presented itself for consideration, was the 
j winter irrii/ntimj of the vineyard. Again I 
| sat at. the feet of the Gamaliel’* of tjie i 
neighborhood. Having received inslrur-, 
( Uou mid become truly wise, as I supposed, 
| I made no duly (after the coming in of | 
Feb.) to hoist Urn water-gate and turn a ! 
Hood of “pure snow water, full if nitre," 
upon the vineyard, until I had reason to 
supjit.Au ’ t8 thirst to be fully satiated. 
I.ater on I gave studious attention to the 
matters ul plowing, cultivating, hoeing, 
etc. Imn the set time was come, the two ! 
adjacent vineyards responded with alacrity 
to nature « aummons, mid were goon array 
ml in tlm beautiful gala drees of the season, 
nut ours remained dormant, seeming dis- 
P“».J •■;. i, "! ,,l e f ’ J«> •" “* Hula more 
slumber, and on they did sleep f or ten 
dayg yet, while the two other vineyards 
alluded to, within n stone’s throw, and or 
suds supposed to he perfectly homogeneotig 
were rejoicing l l Ie ir gpring-time robes 
At this respectful (but far from w» f riahl, 
| distance) it continued to play the laggatd 
m.n«e K, ° Two <Wr0US 
oonaequenceg resulted. F, r *t, the ex«m. 
tional genes of f..g% ,| 1Bt prevailed fn 
August occasioned the clusters, through 
their immaturity, to “blast” somewhat vx 
I, ruatore, owing to ,| l0 Intonoj, lh , 
““iSSniioT; ,ri< '" .. . «»»». 
atti.nlioti to convert them into raising 
“ ,h P ,”' re ">«• ‘«ilverlo.l ,1,0,' 
only «.f ,| (C reprobate order. The 
I or thl* back wardnea* of our vincyanJ 
perph-xed me much, and for w.-ck* J **, 
r«:‘rr" r r •-•.»(«J": 
^rr'r.xtr.a.S' 
anv r^t" t0 i: ° ufin " fn l '"» theory. At 
Tcaa «re If Vl\ w,nw , icli ™ rt 1,f •»* correct. 
'-Mur. go well settled that „Un „ r 
into ou ° r Tu' A ""T ,r :"' r wil1 it” way 
.■..r.hor o.„„tc , 
consequential in its bearing on the quefition 
of the profitableness of grape growing. |( 
was that the outside, south rows of our 
vineyard on a wide, unshaded avenue 
where it hud on one side an unlimited sup¬ 
ply of air ami sunsLinc, the clusters were 
far more numerous, and the berries of 
much larger size than nn any row iri the 
interior of the vineyard, and that wherever 
tfte interim' of the tineyard au Oin?n 
sjiaee hud been nrcatod about any particu- 
l«r plant, bv tin; removal of one or more of 
its neighboring vines tlte same phenomenon 
was seen. These facta led me to the con¬ 
clusion that the vine delights in a great 
amount of free air and sunlight, and who¬ 
soever restrict* them in the enjoyment of 
tl.i-?e, doe* so not only to their injury but 
I I to hi* own detriment aUo. It i« my con¬ 
viction, settled long ago, that no’ fruit- 
hearing true*, bushes or vines can bring 
either their wood or their fruit to full per¬ 
fection when so huddled together as to be¬ 
come trespassers on each other’s pasturo- 
Igrounds, and interrupt cadi others sun- 
bght. ^ “There are escr/i/ioi,* to all gmicrnl 
I rules;” there may possibly be gome to this, 
lint as a general rule it is the one I choose 
to work by; and if it should happen to be 
one of the things remaining for me to do to 
hoi a new vineyard (of any of tl, P 
varieties particularly, I would a|| u 'w 
no plant to stand nearer its neighbor than 
ten tect, and would sooner increusc tlmu 
dimmish that distance. 
Aha uni. Foote. 
GRAPE CULTURE IN SANTA BARBARA COUNTY. 
UY AIRS, R. tv. WISiTOjr. 
It is evident that no maxim euibodien u 
greater truth than the one wlm;l, touches 
our experience here, “ Knowledge comes 
tml Wisdom lingers.’’ I„ each new garde,, 1 
ami plantation in this section, you will find 
growing from live to fifty variotica .,f 
grapes, and subject to flfi ,„ H ny different 
oonditioDE of soil, and culture and training. 
All these cultivator*claim to have especial 
knowledge, born of the experience of 
it: 
1 P DQ pl«i ond wisdom 
J prove that “ W. 
shall dio with us,” 
When ll.oir n.i K hb<n>, »ii|i 
p.'m-nt’a ,<i rnfo.„„ U.eir Vnu»lrd» 
. . . 
, “'I not do for many varieties of grapea 
bill, the proof is yet t„ , v < ' ly . ® ,u • 
fim; hillaiifo for a fiuty «r v',', - hn * w 11 
l«r. Tl,,.„ vo„r g, wdl } l‘ in « bo, ‘ 
rigaliun arc' ,!?, ^.pure r.o ir- 
«ri ii, nu danger of ... 
'at e a subsoil U> hold il ’ 
'• the finest a» to 
the planting seven 
Jthcru ojtpoaurc 
and ’ 
i ut ;: 
"i "tin'll we asaisioi) ip 
years „gn. u | las n 
•yirig well to the sun 
“ f toZkmaSi aSSiirsj 
