1910. 
THE RURAL NEW-YORKER 
ioai 
Ruralisms 
An Ohio Seedling Peach. 
I am sending you two peaches grown 
on a seedling tree that I planted about 
15 years ago. The samples are not as 
large as the tree has produced, nor the 
smallest, but a fair sample. The tree is 
a thrifty rank grower, a very sure crop¬ 
per. As a large yellow late peach I 
would like your opinion as to its merits 
for propagating for my own use, also for 
commercial use. M. E. dirk. 
Wood Co., Ohio. 
R. N.-Y.—This peach, shown in Fig. 
438, page 1023, impressed us as being 
well worthy of propagation for home and 
commercial use. Specimens were re¬ 
ceived October 11. The fruit was large, 
flesh deep, with small pit, free, yellow 
flesh. The flavor was sweet and rich. 
The size and general appearance, com¬ 
bined with what the originator says of 
its habit, should make it very useful. 
Transplanting Old Grapevines. 
E. It. E., Oak Valley, Kan .—I have some 
old grapevines that have been in bearing 
about 12 or 15 years. I do not wish to 
destroy them, but would like to remove 
them to another plot of ground. Can such 
vines be successfully transplanted? At 
what season of the year should such work 
be done? IIow close should vines be 
trimmed? How much root should be left 
on stalk ? 
Ans. —Large old grapevines may be 
moved successfully if care is taken to 
secure sufficient root surface to start 
new growth, and the transfer so care¬ 
fully made that there will be little chance 
for drying out. The work may be done 
any time when the soil is in good con¬ 
dition and the vines dormant. Probably 
early Spring is the most favorable sea¬ 
son. The tops should be cut back almost 
to stubs, leaving only one or two vigor¬ 
ous young canes, if such can be found, 
two or three feet long. Dig carefully, 
following out the surface roots for sev¬ 
eral feet, but cutting the deeper roots 1 
within 18 inches of the stub. Cover 
roots with wet burlap or blankets and re¬ 
set as soon as possible in wide, deep 
holes large enough to accommodate all 
roots without cramping. Use no manure 
or fertilizers, but carefully fill in with 
good top soil, tamping it firmly about the 
roots, which should be disposed at their 
respective natural levels. Old vines start 
slowly after transplanting, and rarely 
give as good results as vigorous young 
vines of similar varieties planted at the 
same time. w. v. F. 
Propagating Ornamental Vines. 
M. S. P., Danvers, Mass .—How can I 
propagate the following running vines for 
porches: Wistaria, woodbine, Dutchman's 
pipe, trumpet vine and Japanese Clematis? 
Can I root slips this Fall? 
Ans. —Wistaria is propagated by 
seeds, layers, division, ,or cuttings of 
ripened wood, usually under glass. Root , 
cuttings an inch or two long are placed 
where they have bottom heat. They are 
also root or crown-grafted. The name 
woodbine is applied to some honey¬ 
suckles, and also to the Virginia creeper 
(Ampelopsis). The latter grows easily 
from seeds, from rooted runners or 
from hardwood cuttings. The honey¬ 
suckle can be grown from dormant cut¬ 
tings, from layers or from seed. Dutch¬ 
man’s pipe (Aristolochia) roots readily 
from soft-wood cuttings in bottom heat; 
seeds and layers are not very satisfac¬ 
tory. Trumpet vine is commonly propa¬ 
gated by root cuttings, but is also in¬ 
creased by layers or cuttings of firm 
shoots. Clematis may be easily increased 
by layers outside at any time; by root- 
grafts, and by cuttings of young wood 
in gentle heat. When seed is used it is 
gathered as soon as ripe and stratified 
in sand until Spring; when it is sown 
in gentle heat. The inquirer does not 
state whether glass is available. With¬ 
out glass layering will be found the best 
and simplest method of propagation. 
This is ordinarily done at the time when 
the plant is making its most rapid 
growth; merely bend down the shoot se¬ 
lected, cutting a heel in the bark on the 
lower side, peg in place, cover the point 
selected for rooting with soil, and leave 
it till the following Spring, when it can 
be cut from the parent plant. All the 
vines mentioned except the Dutchman’s 
pipe can be layered very easily by mere¬ 
ly laying the stems in a shallow trench 
early in Spring and, when the buds 
push into growth, drawing the soil back 
into place over them; roots will be 
emitted the whole length of the stem 
and each shoot will produce a plant. 
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