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SOME INFORMATION ABOUT 
BARIUM- 
PHOSPHATE 
AN ALKALINE FERTILIZER 
Containing 
28% PHOSPHORIC ACID 
7% BARIUM SULPHIDE 
Writ* for booklets describing this material 
and its~use on various crops. 
NITRATE OF POTASH 
Analysing 
42% ACTUAL POTASH 
15% AMMONIA 
One ton of this material contains as 
much Potash as 1750 lbs. Sulphate 
of Potash and as much Ammonia as 
1650 lbs. of Nitrate of Soda, 3400 lbs. 
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Notes About Grapes 
Transplanting a Grapevine 
Would you advise me about the re¬ 
moval of a grapevine? It has been bear¬ 
ing two years, is a white variety, and 
very thrifty. I wish to change to a dif¬ 
ferent location. Can this be done with¬ 
out detriment to the vine? How should 
it be done, and how are the vines started 
to get other vines? MRS. R. F. M. 
New York. 
It is, of course, possible to transplant 
a grapevine of the above age, but it is 
seldom practical to do so. After the 
vine has come to bearing age it starts 
very slowly when it is transplanted. A 
one-year-vine set at the same time as the 
transplant will usually produce fruit of 
like amount as the transplanted one. 
If, however, it is desired to move the 
vine to a new location, it should be dug 
around carefully so that none of the 
larger roots are torn or split from the 
base of the trunk. Usually the roots that 
are included in a two-foot circle will be 
ample to give the vine a start The hole 
into which it is to go should, of course, 
be large enough in diameter to accommo¬ 
date this extent of root. As much earth 
as will adhere to the roots should be taken 
up with the vine. When transplant is 
placed in its new location it should stand 
at the same level as formerly. The soil 
should be thoroughly tamped around it. 
Early Spring is probably the best time 
to do this work, even before there are any 
indications of growth activity in other 
plants. The Spring rains tend to com¬ 
pact the soil about the roots, and read¬ 
justment to the new location precedes 
growth activity. The top of the trans¬ 
planted vine should be severely pruned 
back to conform to the root pruning. 
Grapevines are propagated usually 
from cuttings or pieces of cane (wood 
not over one year old) that are taken 
from the parent vine some time during 
the dormant season. These cuttings vary 
in length from 9 to 12 in. They are 
made so that cut surface of the lower end 
is just below a bud, while 1 to 1 y 2 in. 
project above the upper bud. Several 
cuttings are obtained from a single cane, 
the exact number depending on the length, 
size and maturity. The tips of the canes 
are usually discarded because of small 
diameter and poor maturity. The cut¬ 
tings are placed in bundles of 100 or 
less and buried with their lower ends up 
in loose, well-drained soil until they are 
planted out in the open soil. F. E. G. 
Grapes Fail to Ripen * 
I have a red grape which last Fall had 
ripe red and also green grapes. Some 
were wilted and half grown. The Con¬ 
cord and other grapes were good. What 
is the remedy? A. B. 
Brazil, Ind. 
One of several causes might have 
brought about the above condition. Lack 
of fertilization of the flower or mildew 
may have been the cause, possibly a com¬ 
bination of the two. Spraying with the 
lime-sulphur solution has also caused the 
same condition in at least one season 
within the writer’s experience. Occasion¬ 
ally one or more berries of a cluster are 
thus affected by reason of a girdle about 
the peduncle or pedicel. 
If the trouble be due to a lack of fer¬ 
tilization. it can in part be overcome by 
the planting of varieties that are self- 
fertile near the vine in question. Of 
course, this vine must bo one that blooms 
at the same period. Mildew of the vine 
can be readily controlled by spraying with 
Bordeaux mixture made by using 4 lbs. 
of blue vitriol, 4 lbs. of lime, in 50 gals, 
of water. The first application should be 
made directly after blooming, with a sec¬ 
ond treatment about three weeks later, 
and if the trouble be particularly preva¬ 
lent a third spraying should be made. 
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Greenhouse Grapes 
I have a small greenhouse heated with 
a stove, where I start my early seedlings, 
but it is idle during the Summer. I 
would like to grow a grapevine or two, 
and thought it would be practical to do so 
as follows: Between the bottom of the 
sash and the ground I would remove the 
wood, substituting glass, and plant my 
vines inside, training them as they grow 
t<> send their laterals along the slant of 
the glass. We have considerable fog and 
wet weather during an average season, 
not very early Spring, and 'frequently an 
early frost in the Fall, and it occurred 
to me that I could overcome this by the 
method I have mentioned. G. R. r. 
Maine. 
The above plan for utilizing a glass 
hmts 1 that is used for the purpose of 
growing other plants than grapes is pos¬ 
sible, but not practical. The heat that 
is required to force early seedlings will 
likewise start the vine to growing, and 
likewise the heat that will be necessary 
to keep the seedlings growing will be ex¬ 
cessive for the vine at this season. Hu¬ 
midity and heat are quite favorable to 
the development of fungus diseases of the 
vine, that were the grapes grown solely 
in the house could be lessened by proper 
ventilation. If one wishes to grow grapes 
under glass the cold grapery in which the 
vines alone occupy the house is much to 
be preferred. F. E. c. 
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