Show I 1 alry A i 2 PRUNING GRAPE VINES the now rapid growth of the vine will demand of the cultivator a constant oversight if he be would secure the boft ba result from froin his vines the best beat crop and the best beat grapes and the best beat wine will always be beturne I 1 from those hose vines thai that have constant caie care nothing great ia is obtained without great cleat abor am an i the tlde tine is w oi aby thy of it we lve do now most roost earnestly ly wish that some of our vine growers f would test the capacity of a given number of vines by a constant attention to them great errors are constantly made anad uong nong duong our vine growers not only in the soi sol soil on which they are atre grown but in the time and manner of planting and more especially in the pruning of the vine we are certain that a laige loss is annually made by a neglected or bad system of pruning to let the vine grow giov and run freely for without pt is a certain war way way was ro t to reduce the crop from 10 to 25 P per er cent there ere are some systems 0 of I 1 aunins ahat rabat also aleo destroy from 10 0 o 40 per cent and arid in both instances these mistakes are made from an utter ignorance of the na nature and need of the vine some growers think that a i vine left to its itself ea f to trail upon the ground yields a larger a d better crop than when trained rained up and pruned others in order to ave eave labor and burry hurry their w rk mow move off the ends of their vines with a sickle in a harsh manner leaving them to bleed others tear boff ff all laterals literals late rals rais at the eye and break off all Je aders leaders in our humble bumble opinion all these plans are wong if any grower wishes a that the vine should be trained up let them see the little quiri quirl stat nature given riven boid I 1 en the vine to help it climb upwards hold hoid on as it climbs this to us ia is a con clusin evidence to train the vine upwards tue toe rough manner of chopping orf off the vines promiscuously branches Er is albo also wrong for the vine has branches anches intended as bearing wood for the present and coming year those branches which give the fruit the present year should be carefully tied up and all the laterals literals late rals removed not roughly torn off but gently nipped off after the first leaf a d when the branci has baa set two or three bunches then stop branca branch oe joint beyond that last bunch care should always be had bad in taking oblate off late rals not to break them out at the eye for injures the embryo bud of the next year but pinch them off beyond the first leaf as beffie becos e stated elated one two or three leading canes should be left to each vine according to the size bize B ize ibe and arid s bength of the vine kine these should erow crow grow on aud not be checked save the laterals literals late rals these leaders are the main conductors of the sap map ap causing it to now new alow flow briskly brickl and if other po eions of the vine are careful carefully y attended to each branch and each bunch of the fruit will receive its share of the strength of the vine and kind r ripen i en color and mature the grapes so as air to well wei reward ard the labor given to them dur ing the pruning of the vine we would suggest coall to all ail who no are fond of a dish dieh of hreen treen to try the clippings taken from the vines they are esteemed by some better than spinach mustard or any other article we should be gla I 1 for any criticism of our system by growers of the vine california farmer when and how must I 1 layer cayet o to geu get them to take lake root toot that I 1 may dekatch them from the parent root to transplant I 1 have a few isabellaa and concorde Con cords which I 1 wish to multiply A little information on the subject will be gratefully received J al shar shaf lin nothing ia Is easier than to 0 o propagate grapes by layers early in bummer summer say ai dring d ring ing he the middle or latter part art of june bend down the fresh shoots ani and cover them in the middle with three or four inches ot of earth to f facilitate the operation a cavity should be made in the stir surface face of the soil for admitting them tham if the ground is quite dry bury them deeper I 1 rhey they will send out roots at evey eve y joint thus covered and they may be taken up late in autumn or the following spring cut off from the main vine and each rooted layer cut into two parts at the middle thus forming root rooted ed vines set them out and let them grow another season and thy will make good strong vines in setting out do not allow k much of the vine to remain above ground country country gentleman CABBAGES EVERY YEAR J J H gregory fesq esq of hubbard squash and I 1 mammoth cabbage memory in a com munica ion in the count country gentleman gent Gat ieman leman lays it down as an improbability it not an impossibility to rai e good go d ca cabbage iwo gwo 0 or more seasons in succession on the same piece of ground that cab bage crops succeed succeeding irig the first will be beof of all sorts some long iong 1 legged eced eged and some bome eh sh rt legged some stump tooted footed booted and bome some someno no footed at all and all of them lousy and so on h b all the catalogue of cabbage infirmities and dispositions we lVe believe belleve lie he is about labout hair half right in his position and hence advise those who are desirous de sirous of succeeding in the cabbage line to select a freshly prepared plat or field stor ifor tor for the operation A sod newly turned over and properly pulverized and fertilized we have formerly former y found to be very good for that purpose salt has been recommended f good argood artic article articie e to aa as a minge mingle with the soil s ij w lere tere cabb cabbages ages ageg are planted and from s ome some little 04 f elji dijt it at f 1 tl tl 1 use uge of it we are led to think favorably of As its use cabbages it is well known are tender sti succulent plants and therefore seem to be a prey to a great number of different enemies the cutworm cut worm the army worm the aphis aphia and a lot more of insect marauders are al 1 ways in search after them and will generally multiply more or less lesa in spite of you and leave their eggs or their chrysalis in the ground ready to pounce upon the young plans 0 the next crop of the kind I 1 if it planted there hence one cause of the failure of successive crops these facts make it advisable to move your cabbage patch every spring |