SEMI- TROPIC i ’A LI FORM I A . 
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lia cheaper. and with proper setting j inch or two buck, as 
and rare, provided they are properly taken | treatment, and the e 
from the vines and treated before they are . to start ns soon as they are pi 
set hi vineyard form, from seventy-live to post 1 * '' 
—— (ninety per cent, will grow. And if you 
The time of year has again arrived when put out a few hundred or thousand in nur j 
lie movement toward setting new vine-lsery form the next year, you will have 1 - 
i ten linn. The | roots with which to till out the varan trivs. f li'vali/ing tin- value i.f the opt in on -(if L 
tin the other hand fooled vines will eo»i j*!■ Hiiw bs regards wine culture, we make 
inueh more, the labor of nlaming IS con 
•iderably more, but all will grow,anil prnb 
iblv they will bear n year esilier than th 
they 
HOW TO PUNT A VINEYARD PROPERLY. 
to the sun nnd warm a 
WINE OPINION OF L. J. ROSE. 
lollen ready 
.ted and c *. 
s receiving gei..,... 
tl success attending cur grown* unei 
»ear will not only lend others to gu lnrg»k | 
into this industry, hut will also he the’ 
means of causing present gmnrcra to ' 
crease their own vine area. To the expe 
meed the setting of a vineyard brings 
more anxiety than the planting of anv orui- 
nary farm crop, while to others the task is 
one fraught with uncertainly, so hip goes' 
work, and no small Riiiniint of wnrrv con 
earning the success of their venture.' It i 
said that the young bird builds us good t 
oast as her mother built the year before 
therefore why should we nut be able iJ 
e.pial or even excel our predco*-s*ors, when 
wo have inherited the eaperience which 
cost them a lifetime? 
The B-onnd for a vineyard ehr.uhl he 
plowed fully fifteen inches deep, if ii is tbo 
intention to grow without irrigating. Even 
With irrigating this depth is not too great; 
Mill ten or twelve inches would probably 
answer If Urn ground is new, all mots 
should be grubbed nut, carried oil 
! tins following e, react fiom bis, re pi 
Momd of State Vitioultiirnl ('. inn 
of December, 1880 Although o, 
elapsed since these opinions wc 
in?y will ut-rir n year cat Her tlmn the|*" • ■'crmuer, i»ii. Although one yea, 
> lutings; all'll by some ii i* claimed that i ho * *•*{>*'*• si'ic« these opinions weie writ 
there l8 no gain in time of hearing. Neither | r,-n . «»o ttOIKt the less Bbpiiouhlc ai 
do all agree upon the depth that cuttings [ * ,w present time, ami considering ihei. 
should lie planted. Some contend that (if ' 5,Mir i-e, we know Hint they will be reud 
teen niches i« long enough for n outline. I w ' £ h Ituicli interest : 
planted. . . 
inches i« long enough for n cutting, I w ' t * 1 Dutch interest : 
..; 01 ,u " ' nche . s ’f" 3 ground is I It is a pleasing Inals tu r 
bcitei than a greater depth. This is proh-1 and wine imlust.ie: 
ju'ly the correct theory for cold soils, i r for j for JSSti. Crops ' 
—.. I he grape 
rt n ' r T y*rr «» c,jd «.r|i"r is*. 
I’ ',' 1 ,’ W«» • imawn » practiced • [ of a belt,, ,|,.„„ nd ' 
u... •,r I 
Will *, I.Cicely around the ami .ho viticulturist is now busy in pruning 
md s.ivmit iM.itifnT, r... . i 
"" vosciy aruum; the 
be leveled, and the ground in general 
sliould be given an even, smooth surf sou. 
I hen plow straight trenches, in which the 
cuttings arc to he planted, at |.. 8B | fifteen 
tnclma deep, tml. a two horse plow, as wide 
apart ns you wish to sol your vineyard; fur 
wine not loss than sis feet nor more than 
r,,f «*«■■. prubably „nt less ehar. 
mghr feet nor more than ten. Stretoh a 
rope—-or what is better, a win- -across 
iho«e furrows and if your rope , s knotted 
/t |° Ur w,r 1 p **v<rv >lv fl ht l>r feB 
Ire , according to the distance you dmoM. 
you an; ready fur business. 
it d.TT,! T al, " r f ’ ntTru " *'«i with 
: . J ttt I" trcuul. a» many more 
. "- 11 wcu I I nerc will hen 
tinly large, well-matured ing seifcot. than 
‘ Wlfll in/,r 1 .,»i.i.l.. .1 i . . 
draw ii 
.. .... vsmy large, well-matured 
inus and those with ores moderately close 
tos-iiiiT, .a that, planting ; bo l 
n... .1,0.1-, J depth,, bc >b 
the ground. Hume tS„ „ t , ovl 
Mie ground „ auniderii; but „ 
upper one ,h,,, .Id f,,|,„ ita 
l.iB rubbit* rboul.l K el One. nr the »}, |1| L - 
Iree, m CUlliruling, rtould l.ie.k ,,u 
OI.I.IJ V,.u not .lien unpreciulu ilie i 
f y°' J ukouU at anv time fii„i 
kn.re * ‘"’’“e O' • .harp 
koik t,<i nId l,„ v,, 1(r femady The lir,t 
0 f Iron, the large e^d „f U„. ,i„, 
euuoaemt heal, hut d ,„„, 4 
laritel, upon the length 
bo,.he, oe.rrank nor , "n 
growth of ettle I. „ K „.,.J „„ k . i u „” " 
r bo for* 
. ■ . otiiiH.u iiciurm the bi 
s ’zvz'zzbzti tt *r ; - uuutug, 
U, ‘ * "."'trie-ho..c plow, and When made; tie then m , i ?'“ ''; J " r - v 
nur.. K..ii .....i I . i ni mto bum-lies ul fifty 
hundred each, wrap ih-n. with 
or kiiinuiIn,,,, ...tu . 
both side* with 
w.uk is in P >l D,,t • *" )' m « r 
plaotiug la tlie'worat of wlT^Vou*?^ ”! 
form there; but some of the i , n00t 
-i. send out. few bltSr 
"«die, « w « re bet te-,nt did, 
I he process for planting rooted vma . 
t‘ 3 r "tC;;:;,:;: x f.*™ - . 11 ^'s. „„ d ; 
1 ■ 1 '■’ me 
, . . > "'“i 1 iiiiun witn 
Jta, or Homethtog thar will a „,w 
««mo pur,,,and remove Vn lh „ 
re.Kb, rmt Hw many in » p| Ul!) ., H „d , 
,1.,. or tw„ Week,, ,f ... 
ditnm to be taken out 
il<-1 burvimi nine..-, i . planted. Thi 
. . y " l K P*«ci:a* keeps t|„. eutlimrs fr. 
u I tosnig any of their vitality, lioiliti- * ' 
Uluw I " ,J> ih * — v ATSlis z 1 1 
. .. a proven luot that we, too, ear, 
ake llirr finer ,,ual,tin, of light hotllr.l 
pure w nie., in former years Lot Angelne 
J ItaJ the reputation of being ,..pe5„|,v 
••l.pted for the making of I hat, Angelin,, 
making of light dry nine, time county etourl 
..t on the The writer „„„ aharerl 
in that he ref, for, if the »fi„„„, 
aUained a highor an I moru perfect m.rur. 
"■I’' , "" 1 o' tlm heat ,,u»lity for 
whron ir „,lapt„r|, I e,i„|,| „ M 
'Other ,,"e„,a of graj.ea, „|,icl, were.uitej 
for other kind, of wore, .horrid 
„lirn ripened |„ our g fln j„|, ,,|,-aRrrrir eli- 
“* ;> Itghl wrue—elrarae- 
rn ed l,v a lennpt.tof the heat ,. u ,| ilv . 
.. l"«l'lj.e | m,-te. and other ear,,;, 
,; V i B . marked elleeton the rpiality „f were 
*nd all rrorirluiona nirial he favorahle t, 
!£** . f . .. ; hut I 
an to '-.y that the lurn-ty r,aa 
"" I 1 "','*'* «7 ,'thvr condition. 
I crhapA there m no locality in California 
re I which inn Irulrr understood tia lo ira el,. 
.. .“ <-»> -''‘g'-le. anri other 
• ,1,101"--. I u„t oflcn mot. „ he, i„ .Sioeh 
tun, Sa-iraumitio, .,„| ,,|»e„ 
W«»r.. '‘tVell, it rauat he very 
'* ',"' r .“'nnrer |„.„t |, ,„„„|, |„„ , 
our trlghla are muol, . ....lo,, ||„n ,. ,l,„ e„, 
; "her pltree me„t| 0 „d. „■ |„ve Inn 
An thi. I. the ln,„„. ,'f ?,,, '" B ”' 
and Other l.ke f r „|„, 
"alurnl one, hut » c excl i„ r „,|„g 
■auao w„ have a , 
