My Vineyard at LakeviewOrange Judd, 1866 - 143 pagine |
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Pagina 2 - Congress, in the year 1866, by ORANGE JUDD & CO., At the Clerk's Office of the District Court of the United States for the Southern District of New-York.
Pagina 122 - PACKING FRUIT. — The boxes used in packing grapes for shipping, are of different sizes, holding from five to twenty-five pounds. They are sold according to their capacity, usually at one cent a pound, a five-pound box costing five . cents, and so on for larger sizes. Establishments for their manufacture are found in all the principal grape regions.
Pagina 122 - The vacant places left, after putting in as many whole bunches as the box will contain, are filled with parts of bunches, and lastly with single grapes, so that all the space is occupied. Another sheet of paper is now laid on, and the bottom nailed down. By this means, when the boxes are opened, only entire bunches are found at the top.
Pagina 106 - ... which is driven in so firmly that the wire is prevented from slipping through. The two end posts should be larger than the others, and braced (Fig. 1), so that the contraction of the wire (in cold weather) will not loosen them. The first wire is placed about eighteen inches from the ground, and the others eighteen inches apart; this brings the upper wire about four feet and...
Pagina 109 - ... before. Give one (6 in.) deep plowing in spring, taking care, however, not to cut or tear the roots of the vines, and two more shallow (three or four in.) plowings in summer. From each of the buds left at the last pruning (as shown in the preceding figures), canes can be grown during the third year, and each of these canes will probably bear two or three bunches of fruit. There is danger of their being injured by overbearing, on which account the bunches should be thinned out by taking away all...
Pagina 121 - ... the canes to the trellis. For tying, any soft string or stout woollen yarn, or the shreds of old gunnies, may be used; some obtain their tying material from basswood bark, soaked for two weeks or longer in running water. Tie closely, and as young canes grow keep them tied, but in all cases, take care against tying too tightly, as the free flow of sap may be obstructed. The ground is now plowed and hoed again, as before. Give one (6 in.) deep plowing in spring, taking care, however, not to cut...
Pagina 72 - In the fall, the plants may be dug up and the long roots cut off, to within six or eight inches of the stem. The stem may be cut back to two buds.
Pagina 72 - It would be like going back to the beginning of the road, when you are alreadv a good piece towards the end of the journey.