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THE RURAL NEW-YORKER 
January 15, 
A Struggle With Grape Rot. 
if. H. RJamestown, O .—I have a small 
vineyard of about 200 grapevines, part of 
them have been set about 10 years and 
part only about six years; several varieties. 
For the last three years, they have been 
troubled with rot, growing worse each 
year, until this year they all rotted. I 
have sprayed quite thoroughly with Bor¬ 
deaux and lime and sulphur, but so far 
have been unable to control the disease. 
Can I, by “eternal vigilance,” with the 
spray pump, prevent the rot? I have been 
tempted to cut all the old vines off level 
with the ground next Spring, cultivate and 
spray thoroughly and see if I could get 
rid of the disease in that way. 
I know nothing more efficient to com¬ 
bat the black rot than properly made 
standard-strength Bordeaux Mixture 
(blue vitriol four pounds, lime five 
pounds and water 50 gallons), applied, 
first, just after the first young leaves 
have appeared; second, just as the blos¬ 
som buds are swelling; third, just after 
the blossoms have fallen, and afterward, 
every two weeks until the middle of 
July. After this date there is danger of 
the Bordeaux leaving discoloration of 
the berries, hence it is well to use am- 
moniacal solution of carbonate of cop¬ 
per (copper carbonate six ounces, am¬ 
monia three pints, water 50 gallons), 
dissolving the copper carbonate in the 
ammonia and adding the water. Con¬ 
tinue spraying with the latter solution 
every two weeks until the grapes are 
nearly mature. Much can be done in 
lessening the trouble from grape rot by 
removing all the mummied grapes from 
the season’s crop, burning them that no 
spores may escape later on. Strip the 
loose, stringy bark from the bodies of 
of the older vines so that the sprays may 
come directly in touch with all parts of 
the vine. It may be well, too, to plow 
the ground, turning under many mum¬ 
mied berries which may have fallen or 
been shelled off in pruning. I cannot 
but believe that the Bordeaux Mix¬ 
ture, made as it should be and applied in 
a very thorough manner, will control 
the rot. F. H. BALLOU. 
Ohio. 
The only experience that 1 have had 
with black rot was with Munson’s Bril¬ 
liant. I followed the instructions that 
were given by the late E. G. Lodeman, 
and had no trouble in controlling it. I 
used the Bordeaux Mixture; made the 
first application as soon as vines were 
trimmed, and sprayed all the posts in the 
neighborhood of the vine and the vine 
very thoroughly; two more applications 
in July, and the rot gave very little 
trouble. I had perfect clusters of this 
superb variety. Cutting the vines down 
will do no good; the spores, we are told, 
winter on the post or in the ground, and 
when the right conditions exist will at¬ 
tack the vines. Copper-plating is the 
only preventive; all the spraying will do 
no good after the spores have entered 
the tissue. g. schoenfeld. 
Chautauqua Co., N. Y. 
In regard to grape rot, I can only tell 
what we do here. For 10 years or so we 
have had more or less black rot, but it 
has never been as bad as it has in some 
other belts. Spraying is now practiced 
by practically every grower here. If the 
vineyard of M. H. R. was located here 
we would expect the following treatment 
to save most of the. crop the first year, 
and practically all thereafter. Spray 
with Bordeaux thoroughly, using 100 
gallons per acre just as growth starts. 
Again just before flowers are ready to 
open; then again as soon as fruit is 
formed and flowers drop. Give it an¬ 
other dose of Bordeaux when the grapes 
are the size of small peas. When grapes 
are full-grown or nearly so spray with 
clear copper sulphate solution : one ounce 
to five gallons of water. Give them the 
same just as the fruit begins to color. 
Keep well cultivated up to middle of 
July. I would not cut off the vines. 
North East, Pa. a. i. loop. 
“For the Land’s Sake, use Bowker’s 
Fertilizers; they enrich the earth and 
t those who till it.”—Adv. 
Raspberries in Washington. 
F. M. C., Spokane, 1 Yaah. —1. What are 
the best four blackcap raspberries and the 
best three red varieties? 2. Do you know 
anything about the new Idaho and Syra¬ 
cuse red raspberries? .3. How close can 
blackcaps be set, if tied to wires? 
Ans.— 1. The Washington Experiment 
Station recommends the Cumberland, Burk¬ 
hart and Gregg blackcap raspberries. The 
writer would add Kansas. For reds, Cuth- 
bert, Marlboro and Ruby are recommended. 
The writer would substitute Loudon for 
Ruby. Marlboro is the standard commer¬ 
cial sort. Cuthbert is mild-flavored, but 
too soft to ship. Loudon is the quality 
king. 2. No. Better let some one else 
do the experimenting with new varieties. 
3. The writer has grown raspberries In 
northwestern Montana, where conditions are 
very similar to those of eastern Washing¬ 
ton, which has been visited and studied. 
Raspberries are generally set about four 
feet apart in the row. and the rows six 
feet apart, although where the vines grow 
very rank it is better to make the rows 
one or two feet farther apart. Two wires, 
two feet apart and three feet high along 
each row, with cross-wires between each 
hush, are of great value in preventing the 
canes from being broken by the wind, and 
in keeping them up out of the way of the 
cultivator. Dead canes should be removed 
each Spring and about five new ones, cut 
back to four feet, left in each hill. o. H. n. 
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144 S. 8th St. 
■ LaCrosse, Wis. 
