Our native grapeGrapes and their cultureAlso descriptive list of old and new varieties . SUBSOIL PlyOW. the plant roots, which can now find their way down there. The use of this plow istherefore very beneficial in land where there is a hard clay subsoil, but where thesurface soil rests upon a layer of sand or gravel it is not needed. Deep plowingenables the surface soil to appropriate fertility and moisture, both from considerabledepth in the soil and from the air. The preparation should be commenced a year, orat least the previous fall, before planting the vines. After plowing and subsoiling
Our native grapeGrapes and their cultureAlso descriptive list of old and new varieties . SUBSOIL PlyOW. the plant roots, which can now find their way down there. The use of this plow istherefore very beneficial in land where there is a hard clay subsoil, but where thesurface soil rests upon a layer of sand or gravel it is not needed. Deep plowingenables the surface soil to appropriate fertility and moisture, both from considerabledepth in the soil and from the air. The preparation should be commenced a year, orat least the previous fall, before planting the vines. After plowing and subsoiling thewhole area of the proposed vineyard, the ground should be thoroughly pulverized. SPADING HARROW. and harrowed over. It has been customary, on this class of work, to break up thelumps with heavy rollers and pulverize afterwards with a common drag. We have OUR NATIVE GRAPE. uovv, however, a spading harrow, and it is surprising with what rapidity this harrowwill cut up and pulverize lumpy, hard ground. With the weight of the driver on it,it will soon pulverize any ordinary ground and it must be extremely hard ground ifit does not penetrate at least six inches. The ground will be left as smooth as aftera spike or spring-tooth harrow and not in ridges or furrows. To facilitate planting the lands should be plowed just the width of the rows apart,which will bring the vines to be set out in the dead furrow. Then very little diggingis required for the holes in which to plant the vines, which should be about twelve tofifteen inches deep, depending on the size of the rooted cuttings and should be atleast that depth below the level surface of the ground in ordinary soil. The
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