. Elliott's fruit book;. Fruit-culture; Fruit. [from old catalog]. USES—WINE-HOUSE. 241 ing the plant when not in perfect health. The rot, so mueh depreca- ted by Vignerons, at Cincinnati, we regard as attributable to same cause as mildew, viz: a want of consistent food for the perfection of the fruit Some, we notice, consider it attributable to too late and clean cultivation; and as late cultivation only tends to late growth, and formation of new eaves to exhaustion of what is required for per- fection of those already formed, the theory is good, so far as it goes ; and possibly in soils grea
. Elliott's fruit book;. Fruit-culture; Fruit. [from old catalog]. USES—WINE-HOUSE. 241 ing the plant when not in perfect health. The rot, so mueh depreca- ted by Vignerons, at Cincinnati, we regard as attributable to same cause as mildew, viz: a want of consistent food for the perfection of the fruit Some, we notice, consider it attributable to too late and clean cultivation; and as late cultivation only tends to late growth, and formation of new eaves to exhaustion of what is required for per- fection of those already formed, the theory is good, so far as it goes ; and possibly in soils greatly deficient in the constituents to perfect the grape, it may in a measure be the cause ; but in soils well supplied with the required food, late cultivation would only cause the bursting of new buds and continuance of growth. ^^.—Universally esteemed when well ripened, as a dessert fruit, tTJZPt ^al^hlg% valued by many physicians, as in its free use tending to health and the prevention of rheumatic affections of the human system. For culinary use, and for making of preserves, they aie sought for, both in a green and ripened state. Carefully gath- ered when ripe, laid in heaps for a few days on the floor of a cool fZ r,°m' thZ Tead out for one OT two days, and packed in shal- low boxes with layers of cotton batting at bottom and interme- diate between layers of fruit, as well as between bunches, they may winterdrm?™°1 ™om and keP* fresh throughout most of the winter Last, though not least, made into wine, a sketch of the de- wess Jp'f' "?f CUt ^trative of Plan f * wine house and p*ess, we extract from the "Western Horticultural Eeview :". B.—Back door of wine house. €,—Front door of wine house. 11. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Elliott, Franklin Reuben, 1817-
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