A Practical Treatise on the Cultivation of the Grape Vine on Open Walls |
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annually aspect autumnal pruning bearers bearing wood berries betwixt black Hamburgh bone branches bunches of fruit bunches of grapes consequence covered cultivated decayed degree direction effects erwise extremities feet flavor foliage fruit buds fruiting shoots grape vine greater ground grow grown growth inches increase injurious latter layer leaves liquid manure lowermost buds manner matura mature method of pruning mould MUSCADINE nailed necessary Night soil nourishment number of buds open wall operation pinch plant point of culture portion possible pounds weight produce projecting coping proper juice pruning a vine push quantity of fruit quantity of grapes remain ripe ripen roots of vines season shreds soil solar heat solar rays spect spurs stem sufficient sun and air sun's rays supply surface tendrils thereby thin throughout the summer tion trained vegetation vigorous vine border vines on open weight of fruit wind winter young shoots young vines
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Page 15 - And Judah and Israel dwelt safely, every man under his vine and under his figtree, from Dan even to Beer-sheba, all the days of Solomon.
Page 96 - Powers of the Vine; on Aspect; on Soil ; on .Manure ; on the Construction of Walls ; on the Propagation of Vines ; on the Pruning of Vines; on the Training of Vines; on the Management of a Vine during the first five years of its growth; Weekly...
Page 86 - ... from the spurs, are trained at whole length as before, and so on annually in alternate succession. This method recommends itself by its simplicity ; by the old wood of the vine being annually got rid of ; by the small number of wounds inflicted in the pruning; by the clean and handsome appearance of the vine ; and by the great ease with which it is managed, in consequence of its occupying but a small portion of the surface of the wall.
Page 16 - It is not too much to assert that the surface of the walls of every cottage of a medium size that is applicable to the training of vines is capable of producing annually as many grapes as would be worth half the amount of its rental.
Page 18 - Chemical examination has proved, that the young shoots, the tendrils, and the leaves of the vine, possess properties, and contain substances exactly similar to the crude fruit. It was no unnatural conclusion, that they might equally be used for the purposes of making wine. Experiments were accordingly instituted in France with this view, and they have been repeated here with success.
Page 63 - ... entire surface of the wall at the same instant of time, unless there be some local impediment; and in this aspect, therefore, the lower part of the wall will always enjoy an increased degree of warmth from the reflection of the ground. Hence, grapes growing within two or three feet of the bottom of a wall facing the south, will, in general, ripen from ten days to a fortnight earlier than those growing on the upper part of it. There is a disadvantage, however, in training grapes near the ground,...
Page 22 - Nor let it be supposed that this estimate is madehypothetically ; on the contrary, it is the result of actual inspection and careful observation, and is considerably within the mark as to the quantity of grapes that might be annually grown. Every moderate-sized dwelling-house, having a garden and a little walling attached to it, may with ease be made to produce yearly a quarter of a ton weight of grapes, leaving a sufficient portion of its surface for the production of other fruit...
Page 17 - ... that plant ; whereby the wood is suffered, and indeed encouraged to extend itself most disproportionately beyond the capability of its fruitbearing powers. "I scarcely ever allot more than from forty to fifty square feet of surface for one vine, and unless the soil and situation be very superior indeed, a single vine will require a space of time not less than twenty years...
Page 78 - ... and the branches, the buds begin to elongate and unfold. From this time the fluid becoming more expanded every hour, its ascent is simultaneously increased in force and velocity. The vessels in the branches being filled to repletion, the buds quickly open, and shoots and leaves rapidly protrude. " The leaves attract the sap as soon as it reaches their vicinity, and, by one of the most wonderful processes that can be conceived, the result of exquisite organization, elaborate and prepare it, and...
Page 67 - If the latter be less than four feet, and the aspect south, the coping ought not to project at all, as the light and solar heat excluded by it will be a serious drawback on the healthy vegetation of the vines. But if the wall be four feet high, then the coping may project as many inches, and if this width be increased an inch...