. The Horticulturist and journal of rural art and rural taste. od. The sapbeing impeded in its ascent by the twistedcondition of the shoot, roots are emitted, asin ordinary modes of layering. These, in ashort time, fill the pot from which the fruit-bearing branch is to derive its principalnourishment; at the same time the vine willbreak strongly hclow the twisted part, whenas many shoots (c) may be led up as thesystem of training intended requires. This method of taking a crop from youngvines has been most successfully practisedhere, in the newly erected graperies of For the sake of
. The Horticulturist and journal of rural art and rural taste. od. The sapbeing impeded in its ascent by the twistedcondition of the shoot, roots are emitted, asin ordinary modes of layering. These, in ashort time, fill the pot from which the fruit-bearing branch is to derive its principalnourishment; at the same time the vine willbreak strongly hclow the twisted part, whenas many shoots (c) may be led up as thesystem of training intended requires. This method of taking a crop from youngvines has been most successfully practisedhere, in the newly erected graperies of For the sake of experiment, twoor three were cut off at where the otherswere twisted ; but the growths these havemade are in no respect superior to theirfruit-bearing neighbors, which goes far toprove that the layer, in this case, is no drainupon the main root, and consequently thismanner of cropping young vines can be inno way injurious to their future who would be scrupulous of allow-ing their vines to bear the third season 200 RURAL GLANCES AT TIIC \ Fig. 57. View of Interior of Grape House. might again repeat the operation. Theextra labor attendant on thi? operation istrifling, being nothing more than that ofkeeping them duly supplied with water, oroccasionally with liquid manure. A light crop may also be had in this man-ner from vines the first season of planting, provided strong plants can be procured,which have been grown two years in of this description are grown exten-sively by Mr. BuisT of Philadelphia, andalso by some of the Boston Henderson. Pittsburgh, Pa., Sept. 14, 1846. RURAL GLANCES AT THE WEST. BY EVELYN. [The following memoranda of a journey to aportion of our western states, though, as weare told, slight and hastily written, arefull of rural interest. They are from thepen of a gentleman of the finest tastes andaccomplishments, whose residence on theHudson combines as much of the beautifulas bountiful nature has any Avhere la
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