1850 
THE CULTIVATOR. 
395 
decay, grafted on the old branches and the failure 
showed the folly of such work. 
Pruning grape vines in summer.— It is thought 
necessary by some, to cut off the ends of the shoots 
of grape vines in summer, in order to facilitate the 
growth of the grapes, or that the sun’s rays may 
fall directly upon them. The following from the 
Fruit Culturist will set this matter right. “ The 
summer treatment of grapes consists chiefly in thin¬ 
ning the shoots where there is danger of the leaves 
becoming crowded ,• thinning out the bunches; and, 
on exotic sorts, thinning out freely the berries. The 
frequent practice of nipping off the ends of the 
shoots, just above the bunches, when the grapes are 
as large as a pea, lessens their subsequent growth. 
For all fruits grow and ripen best when fed from a 
good supply of well grown but not crowded leaves, 
hence the foliage should not be lessened, nor the 
shoots shortened, until they interfere with each 
other’s full development.” p. 393. 
That seedling grape. —In the Cultivator for 
1844, page 382, is noticed a seedling grape obtained 
of G. B. Emerson, Esq. of Boston. It is represent¬ 
ed as about the size of an ounce bullet, perfectly 
hardy, the flavor richer than the Isabella, and ripen¬ 
ing about a month earlier. Such a grape would be 
very desirable for this climate. Do any of your 
readers know any thinf* about this grape or where it 
may be obtained? 
Another seedling.—A gentleman of this town 
has a grape vine which sprung from a raisin seed. 
It is now about five years old, apparently hardy, 
and, I should think, a slow grower. It has blos¬ 
somed. but never fruited. It is uncommon to raise 
vines from foreign seed., in this part of the world, at 
least, and if the owner of that vine expects it will 
ever ripen fruit, I u rather guess” he will be mis¬ 
taken, unless he gives it some kind of protection,— 
and then he may. W. L. Eaton. 
Apple Trees from the South* 
Fruit trees, of most kinds, taken from nurseries 
along the sea-board and replanted in Vermont, have, 
in most instances, met with ill success; so much so, 
that all 11 Southern trees” have been regarded with 
disfavor. But the fact is now well established, 
that those trees re-set in these parts, which were 
propagated in the nurseries on the banks of the 
Hudson, are hardy, and thrive better than most of 
the trees from our nurseries. 
Mr. Henry C. Hunt, of New Haven, has a fine 
orchard of trees from the Hudson nurseries that are 
equal in hardihood or thrift to any standard trees 
that I ever saw in any part of the State of New 
York, and superior to any that I have seen reared 
in this State. 
Most of his standard trees, set last spring, have 
this season grown two feet from the end bud , and 
older trees many of them over three feet. In fact, 
these trees commence bearing four years from the 
graft, and six from the seed. From one entire lot 
of 640 southern trees transplanted last spring, not 
one has died. 
Mr. Hunt, is now forwarding over two thousand 
from the Hudson river nurseries on sale. Such 
choice varieties of beautiful trees as he selects 
11 go off like hot cakes.” 
Borers, Mice and Sheep girdling.— Mr. Hunt’s 
method of protecting trees from the depredations 
of field mice and the borer, is worthy of notice. 
He procures sheet lead, taken from old tea chests, 
at a nominal price, cuts into strips, and winds 
around the body of each tree close to the ground. 
This will last for many a year. It is simple, expe¬ 
ditious, and sure to keep off the 11 varmints.” 
A little hillock of dirt is raised around each tree, 
enough to cover the bottom of the lead. 
Without protection, the borer is the worst enemy 
of the insect tribe, to the apple, peach, plum, or 
quince, that we have to contend with. 
I have successfully prevented sheep from girdling 
my trees by the application of their own dung, quite 
fresh, plastered upon each tree, as high up as they 
can reach, one boy can pass over several hundred 
in a day. Wcybridge, Oct. 18, 1850. S. W. Jewett. 
Expeditious Budding. 
Messrs. Editors —Under the above head, I see 
it stated in the Cultivator for June 1850, page 207, 
that the Messrs. Overmans of Canton, Ill., and 
another man in western New York, are at least sup¬ 
posed to be the greatest “ Live Budders” ever seen 
or heard of, they having set about 1,650 buds each 
in a day, (though it is not stated how many were 
employed to tie them in ;) and this in a region where 
to “ Strip off a bud and fling it at a tree was quite 
sufficient to have it take.” Although we live in a 
State where the soil and climate will not produce 
such a rapid growth as in Illinois, yet we have some 
trees and some “ Live Budders” here. My oldest 
son, now in his 21st year, set 2,300 buds, and pre¬ 
pared his own stocks, on the 22nd of Aug. 1850; 
and my second son, now in his 17th year, tied them 
all in ; and unless some two persons can be produced, 
who can bud and tie in 3,000 in one day, you may 
at least hear of one live budder who can go over 
the Messrs. Overmans’. Cornwall , Orange co., 
N. Y. Chas. Hamilton. 
Horticultural Items. 
The Curculio. —S. W. Cole, of the New Eng¬ 
land Farmer, sa\*s that he lately observed an orchard 
of plum trees in Brooklyn “ bending beneath their 
heavy and growing load of fruit,” and on inquiry 
he found that the trees were jarred morning and 
evening, the eurculios being allowed to escape, and 
as was supposed, flew away. Whether his neigh¬ 
bors suffered any the more for this expulsion, we are 
not informed; but although this is an easier way 
than to catch on sheets and kill them, it cannot be 
so sure, as a living insect may return, but if killed 
there is no possibility of any further injury on his 
part. 
Transplanting Evergreens. —-We have urged 
the importance of always, where practicable, re¬ 
moving a large mass of earth on the roots, and where 
this cannot be done, to keep even the surface of the 
denuded roots constantly moist till they are again 
replaced in the earth. This is corroborated by a 
statement from G. Jacques, who transplanted in the 
spring fifty two young hemlocks, (a very difficult 
tree to remove successfully,) on a rainy day, all of 
which are alive and growing. 
The Kew Palm House. —This celebrated and 
magnificent erection, built in 1848, is 362 feet in 
length and 66 feet high; the whole frame-work and 
sashes are of east iron, glazed with 45,000 feet of 
glass. It contains lofty palm trees, huge clusters of 
golden banannas, cocoa nut trees, and other large 
tropical productions, while the foliage of cinnamon 
and camphor scent the atmosphere; “and but for the 
glass roof that you see, instead of the sky, overhead,” 
remarks the editor, who visited it, “ you might be 
lieve yourself in the West Indies.” 
