Rensselaer Gazette, Volume 3, Number 2, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 4 May 1859 — GRAPE VINES. [ARTICLE]

GRAPE VINES.

NVe have several kinds of native grapes in this county growing wild, both nn the margin ot wet prairies and on the upland. When the grapes are r ipe in the fail select the'best roots, cut off the vines a loet or two from the ground and transplant the roots,in-a rich soil. Or take tlietii up in the spring or summer, ii known to be good varieties". Set t eem by a fence or stone w 11. Prune them * y time of the year. The iri p»ng or Wee ing does not hurt th. m. When n blossom, is as good tin e as any, to p une them;, any kind of gra,pes will make good w ine, and the truit of" our native white ur blue grapes of the large .varieties is much b tier raised here by cultivation, than the Gatawbu or Is bel. They are better bearers. J hey stand the dim «t 1 better, and are larger, more lueious, and bv far tnore profitHole.