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The RURAL. NEW-YORKER 
February 7. 1920 
Don’t Pay Freight on Water 
Spray with 
Niagara Soluble Sulphur Compound 
In Powder Form 
(The Original Soluble Sulphur in Powder Form) 
THIS SCIENTIFIC POWDERED SPRAY 
MATERIAL ASSURES CLEAN, 
TOP-OF-THEMARKET FRUIT 
Dissolves instantly in cold or hot water. Will keep indefinitely 
in any climate. Will not crystallize. Sticks like paint. Eight 
years’ actu .1 use has proven it to be the most economical, effi¬ 
cient, practical and convenient spray material on the market. 
CONSIDER THIS COMPARISON 
600-Ib. Barrel against 100-lb. Drum 
SPRAYING TREES 
is a Business Proposition 
Niagara Soluble Sulphur 
Compound is absolutely the 
best spray material for the 
control of San Jose Scale, 
Peach leaf curl, and other 
similar orchard troubles. 
Standard Barrel 
commercial lime and 
sulphur. This 50 gal¬ 
lons of liquid weighs 
600 lbs., of which 75 % 
iswater and package. Im¬ 
possible to prevent leakage. 
This year it actually costs 
less than any other sulphur 
spray material and also 
costs less to haul and han¬ 
dle. No barrel to return, 
no leakage, no crystalliza¬ 
tion. Keeps indefinitely 
anywhere, and is better 
Standard 
Drum 
Niagara Solu¬ 
ble Sulphur 
Compound. 
This 100 pounds 
of powdered Ma¬ 
terial is equival¬ 
ent to 60 gallons 
of liquid. .Leak¬ 
age impossible. 
Don’t acccptsub- 
stitutes andimita- 
tions called dry 
lime and sulphur. 
than liquid or dry lime and 
sulphur. Again we say, Don’t Pay Freight on Water. 
We have the facts about producing Quality Fruit. They are 
yours for the asking. Send today for our Up-to-the-Minute Spray 
calendar. Live information about spraying from the very best 
sources. 
NIAGARA SPRAYER CO., 149 Main St., Middleport, N.Y. 
Manufacturers of AII Kinds of Spray Materials and Sulphu , 
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Insist on ii 
The SENIOR 
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Growing Grape Cuttings 
Would you give the correct method for 
making and growing grape cuttings? I 
know but little about their culture and 
have a contract to grow 100,000 for a 
nurseryman. W. F. R. 
Coloma, Mich. 
The growing of grape roots from cut¬ 
tings is a business in itself, and requires 
much experience if it be done successfully. 
Of course, it is possible to secure mediocre 
stands of roots without any special train¬ 
ing, but the successful nurseryman can¬ 
not be satisfied today with average stands, 
for his costs all along the line are much 
higher than ever before. When cuttings 
cost but half what they do uow and labor 
cost about half, he could make a fair 
profit with a stand of 50 per cent of his 
planting taking root. But today it is an¬ 
other story. My advice to this questioner 
is to let someone else do it unless he. is to 
have the work supervised by someone who 
knows the kinks of the business. Nursery¬ 
men who contract with others to grow 
grapevines for them usually supervise the 
work, unless the grower happens to be ex¬ 
perienced in the art. 
There are a few general principles ae to 
making cuttings that are applicable and 
which are fundamental if one is to be suc¬ 
cessful. If good cuttings are not utilized 
failure is sure to follow. By good cut¬ 
tings is meant that they are from well- 
nourished vines, and that the canes and 
buds are well matured. Canes that are 
above normal size for the variety, and 
likewise those that are below in size, 
should not be used for cutting wood. 
Medium-sized canes are the best. 
There is considerable diversity of opin¬ 
ion as to the proper time at which to take 
the cuttings from the vines. One grower 
believes that they should be made early, 
that is, in late Fall or early Winter, while 
another argues that those in midwinter 
make the best vines. The fact, of the mat¬ 
ter is that both are probably right, as 
climatic conditions vary from season to 
season, and the calendar proves to be a 
poor guide from year to year. As a gen¬ 
eral proposition it is not advisable to take 
cuttings before several days of low tem¬ 
perature in late Fall or early Winter. 
The cold serves to indicate in some meas¬ 
ure the condition of the canes as to ripe¬ 
ness. On the other hand, it is not advis¬ 
able to wait till midwinter or early Spring 
before the cuttings are made, as severe 
low temperatures kill many of the buds, 
and as these cannot be detected by the 
casual observer at the time they represent 
the first loss of the prospective nursery¬ 
man. Another principle that ought to be 
self-evident, but which is frequently ig¬ 
nored. is the shortening of the period from 
the time the canes are cut from the vine 
until they are made into cuttings and got 
into the medium that is to carry them 
over till planting. But a few days should 
elapse from the time the canes are severed 
from the vine until they are stored in the 
cellar or out of doors. 
Cuttings of the grape are made in vari¬ 
ous lengths, depending largely on the de¬ 
sires of the nurseryman. In California 
they range from 15 to 20 inches, while in 
parts of the East the length varies from 
eight to 12 inches. From 10 to 12 inches 
on the whole is desirable for most condi¬ 
tions. Beginning at the base of the cane 
a cut is made through or just below the 
lower bud, while the out that, determines 
the length of the cutting is made an inch 
or more above the top bud. It is not best 
to use the cane out to the tip. as this 
part is usually poorly matured, and like¬ 
wise it is low in plant food reserves. 
Grape cuttings are usually made into 
bundles containing 100 or more, the 
smaller bundle is the better. The butt, 
ends are all brought to the same level, 
when they are tied with wire or willows. 
It is advisable to do the bundling at fre¬ 
quent intervals, so that the cuttings will 
not become dry. 
The storage from the time the cuttings 
are made till they are planted is one of 
the most critical periods in the whole 
business, for no matter how favorable all 
other conditions have been until then, or 
how favorable they may he later, if the 
storage is not well adapted the work has 
been for naught. And here is where the 
experienced nurseryman exhibits his learn* 
ing, and likewise he is careful that the 
other fellow shall not. profit from his 
methods that have cost him much time 
and money in learning. Hence all that 
can be offered are general principles that 
seem reasonable and that have proven in 
a measure successful. There are probably 
no two nurserymen who agree as to the 
best way to hold cuttings.from cutting till 
planting time. Until we learn more of 
this practice, the best way to handle cut¬ 
tings is to place them in a pit in the open 
ground and cover them with a few inches 
of soil. The pit should he located in a 
well-drained, fine soil, and preferably with 
a southern exposure. The bundles are 
placed side by side with the tops down 
and the butt ends up. then they are cov¬ 
ered with the soil, care being taken that 
this is worked iu all around the bundles 
When the warm days of Spring come the 
soil is gradually removed from over the 
butts, and when the time arrives at which 
the planting is to be done all but one or 
two inches of the soil has been taken off. 
As already stated, these operations are 
done quite differently by different men : 
no hard and fast rules can be formulated 
for like the practise of farming, conditions 
alter the accepted rules. F. E. G. 
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