. [Fruit culture]. f a row, the soil being thrown towardthe row. After these single furrows have been plowed, theremainder of the ground between the rows should be a cover crop is plowed under, as should be done whenever 24 GRAPE CULTURE § 14 possible, the plow should be followed by a disk harrow or somesimilar tool. The ground should be cultivated every week or10 days during the summer months, the frequency dependinglargely on the kind of soil and its physical condition. In general, the tools needed for ciiltivation will be one ofthe several spring-tooth harrows, some type of smoo
. [Fruit culture]. f a row, the soil being thrown towardthe row. After these single furrows have been plowed, theremainder of the ground between the rows should be a cover crop is plowed under, as should be done whenever 24 GRAPE CULTURE § 14 possible, the plow should be followed by a disk harrow or somesimilar tool. The ground should be cultivated every week or10 days during the summer months, the frequency dependinglargely on the kind of soil and its physical condition. In general, the tools needed for ciiltivation will be one ofthe several spring-tooth harrows, some type of smoothingharrow or weeder, a one-horse grape hoe, and a heavy handhoe. In Fig. 8 is shown a desirable form of grape hoe may easily be guided in and around the posts andvines, by means of the disk castor wheel to which the handleis attached. A horse is hitched to one side of the pole, whicharrangement allows plenty of room for the plow to work underthe vines. By changing the position of the blade, the soil can. Fig. 8 be thrown toward or away from the vines. A cultiAbator attach-ment can be had with these hoes at a small additional cost. Soon after the grapes blossom the grape hoe is used to leveldown the furrow turned up to the grapes in the spring plow-ing. The cultivator shoiild then be used several times. Afterthe last cultivation the seed for the cover crop should be sownand harrowed in. The object of this frequent tillage is not, as might be thought,to kill weeds, but to conserve moisture, to set free plant-food,and to aerate the soil. Cultivation is probably the mostnecessary factor to the maintenance of perfect conditions in avineyard, and there is no danger of giving too much tillage,as may be done in the case of some tree fruits. § 14 GRAPE CULTURE 25 32. Sowing- of Cover Crops in a Vineyard.—Covercrops are largely an undeveloped resource for the bettermentof vineyards, being far more generally used for the tree fruitsthan for grapes. However, cover crops have
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