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SEVENTV-FIKST VEAIi
SALEM, OREGON, THURSDAY MORNING. APRIL 28, 11121
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in is a roil OLDER lit
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He Grew Grapes in Competition With Jack London When
He Was a Youngster, and He Has Not Lost Any of His
fntcrest in the Production Of Fine Grapes, and He
' fcnows the Salem District Produces and Can Produce
Them.
j. (Jim) I.Inn of Salem is
Interested" In ou,d many things,
BcJdiiK hops. prunes, loganber
ile, general farming and stock
falning hotels, the Htate fair,
politics, etc.
But he takes an much personal
Interest In hi young vinyanl.
four mile south 1 Halem. in tho
liberty district. as he does in
snjtnlng els.
When Mr. Linn was a number
of rs younger than he is now.
It was on the payrolls of the
itate of California!, working at
the! home for the feeble-minded
children at Glen Ellen, In the?
Sonoma valley. He then had the
nM of the vineyard of that in
gt 1 1 tion. and the vineyard that
:
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Telephone
Pacific Long
It places the
It brings the
It provides a prompt and satisfactory means of communi
cation between friends in distant cities.
It enables the business man to communicate immediately
with his salesmen and with his trade.
It eliminates time, it saves expense, it gets results.
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Pacific Long Distance service is available not only to neigh
boring cities and towns, but to the East, the South, and to all
Pacific Coast points, j
Make use of this money and time-saving service; time saved
is money earned.
Consult your directory for rates or ask for Pacific Lonj
Distance.
The Pacific Telephone and
Telegraph Company
he attended wu across the road
from the one on the farm of Jack
London, the great novelist, and
near one owned by Dr. Donnelly,
mayor of San Francisco and
whilom candidate fur governor of
California.
There was a good deal of riv
alry between Mr. Linn and Jack
London, for the great story writ
er though! he knew all about
grape growing, and he took great
delight in the arts of viticulture.
Hut Mr. Linn made a study of
the science, too, and he worked
hard, and he thinks he put It all
over Jack London in the quality
and quantity tf grapes grown.
Mr. Linn says the grape land
of the Sonoma valley district is
At the Club
and in the
Best Cafes
You'll find Snow Flakes
served with broths, soups.
Oysters, salads and cheese.
Everyone likes to nibble
these crisp, tasty soda wa
fers. Sold by grocers in red
packages and family tins.
Dotit atk lot crackers
-say SNOW FLAKES
Long distance
Service
Distance telephone service is
producer in close touch with
home of the traveler to his hotel.
like the I'olk county hills, only
rougher.
lie says the rough rocky land
of the Willamette valley, with
south slopes, to get the best ad
vantage of the sunshine, is the
best for grapes in the country
around Salem.
Ill Own Vine nnl Fig Tree.
Mr. Linn's own vineyard Is a
four-acre patch of land that was
formerly grown up to oak grubs
and wild things of the woods.
lie set out his grape vines in
the spring of 1 1 5 ; Concords and
Wordens. which he got from New
York. The Wordens are of th"
Concord family; only larger and
finer. 'Me set his vines eight
Teet apart; set them like hop
Tines.
There are three ways to culti
vate graces; the stump system,
the trelllsing system, and the
layering system. The grower can
produce more grapes to the acre
with the layering system than
with either of the other two;
some Hungarians and Hermans in
Marion county are producing lu
tons to the acre with the layering
system. Hut that system takes
the most labor of all.
Then there Is the trelllslng
system escribed in this l?s je
by Professor Brown, of Oregon
Agricultural college.
Mr. Linn useg the etuni)in
system.
He says this Ig the f-yetem used
in California for large acreage
It makes for easy cultivation and
harvesting.
The stumping system Is like
this:
The second ye ar tie up the first
year's growth to a stake IS
Inches high which makes the
Ftuinp of the vine. Each year
after that cut back the season's
growth to about two eye. Thus
the new growth will branch out
and make a bush high enough to
carry the fruit off the ground.
When the vines produce frut, to
get perfect fruit pinch back the
vines about the first of July to
two joints In order to throw the
growth Into the fruit.
Another advantage, this will
make the winter pruning much
less.
Mr. Linn says that, while he
set his grapes about like hops,
deeper holes are better.
He says that a grower here
may safely count on an average
of three tonii to the acre, under
the stumping system; a well
tended . trellised vineyard will
produce five tons to the. acre, and
a layered vineyard may bear 10
tOHs to tha acre.... ,; . ...
The price should' be at least
f 100 a ton, in normal years,
He says the Jelly and jam
plants will need all that is grown
or may be grown for a long time,
hereabouts; for grape jelly is a
standard product, in demand
everywhere.
The Layering System.
The layering system is rather
hard to describe without a pic
ture. But the principle is the
growing the year before of two
or three vines about six feet long,
from the parent stump; then the
covering of these vines with soil
for about two feet, supporting
the rest of the vines with stakes.
The part of the vine under th
Foil grows rootless and gets sus
tenance from the soil to put
growth into the grapes on the
part of the vine exposed to the
sunlight on the stake and, the
universal, tjj.
his market.
GRAPE GROWING AROUND SflLEIVl
Br TIE CD1TY
Spare the Pruning Shears
Mr. Van Trump We Should Tack our Faith to the
Standard American Varieties if We Expect to Develop
A Grape Growing Industry on a Commercial Scale
Proper Locations.
I Kdiior Statesman :
Very good grapes can Imj grown
and are grown every season in'the
Salem section of the Willamette
' vaalley. Not all varieties succeed
I equally well,' however. Only the
earlier ripening varieties of the
itfj labrusca or native American
I species, reach the highest degree
of perfection on tlt. average soil
, in this section. In a I eW very fav-i
orable locations and on suitable
"soils certain varieties of the. vitis
vtnifera succeed fairly well here,
i but generaly speaking, California
, or Kuropeuu grapes require a
lonoer season and a hotter cli
! mate than we have in the Willam
ette valley.
! The first and most essential
! point demanding consideration in
.planting a vineyard Is the selec
; tion of a suitable soil. The best
soif for the grape is a sandy or
! gravelly loam that will not' bake
j nor suffer seriously from drouth.
I Such a soil underlaid by a porous
I suboil which will furnish good
natural drainage, even ii poor in
fertility and liable to suffer from
occasional severe drouth, is much
to be preferred for the grape, to
the heavier and darker loams,
which, though much more fertile,
are apt to be too wet and cold in
spring and early summer.
The I!et location. ' ' '
! The best location for a vineyard
is a southern slope, the steeper the
I better, up to that point where til
i lage and harvesting optrations
are not seriously inconvenienced.
It is important that your vineyard
be located on an elevation the
highest you can command above
the adjacent lowlands. By this
single important precaution you
iraay enjoy an abundant harvest of
I fruit many a season when Jack
; FTost shall have despoiled the
! prospects of your less fortunate
neighbors in the .bottoms.
Preparation of the Soil.
Whether you plant in the fall or
In the spring you should first give
your aoil a libertl application of
well decayed barnyard manure.
After harrowing the manure into
the soil it should be plowed to the
full depth of the surface soil.
When the breaking of the soil is
finished it may be allowed to lie
exppsed to the elements until con
ditions are favorable, when it
should be thoroughly pulverized
with a harrow to the full depth
i plowed. Having decided upon the
proper distance apart to plant,
which is 10 feet each way for the
stronger growing varieties like
Concords, and two feet closer each
way for weaker growers like
Moore's Early, the next operation
is laying the ground out for
planting. This is best done by fur
rowing out the rows up and down
the slope with a 16-inch breaking
plow and then with a ten or 12
inch plow, breaking up the subsoil
along this furrow as deep as pos.
sible.
In planting I use a wire, stretch
ing it perfectly straight and tight
at right angles to these furrows
and planting at the intersections
of wire and furrows. In planting
set vines six to eight inches deep
and spread the roots out evenly
In all directions, firming the soil
thoroughly and filling the furrow
up level. Immediately after plant
ing the young vine should be cut
back to within a Tew inches of the
crown, leaving only two or three
strong buds.
Cultivation the first season
should consist in frequent hoe
ingH around the young vine, with
Biich other shallow tillage between
the rows as will keep all weeds in
subjection and retain soil mois
ture. All cultivation should be
lesult is a great crop.
A Year Older Now.
The above was written last
year; but it will do most begin
ners good to read It again, if they
did read it in The Statesman's
Salem slogan pages in 1920; and
j there are many new people and
many new subscribers of The
Statesman to whom it will be new
and of service
For there t a greater Interest
in grape growing in tbs Salem
district than ever before.
Mr. Linn secured about two
tons of grapes from his vineyard
lat-t year. He gave some away,
mrwle some into grape juice, and
old the balance to The Phez com
pany for ." centR a pound; and
they went Into jelly for the mar
kets. The excessive early rains of
last year rendered the grapfs
lss sweet than they would have
been in a normal seapon. Hut
they are growing better and larg
er each season. It is largely a
matter of pruning. Mr. Linn says,
for size and quality.
Mr. Linn says California grapes
sold as high as $200 a ton last
year; but there is money in
grapes in the Salem district at
$100 a ton. One may expect at
least three tons to the acre, and
the harvesting Is not expensive.
Mr. Linn himself, when he first
went to California, picked grapes
at $1 a ton. and he picked two
tons a day. The scales of wages
are higher than that now. but,
even so. the expense of harvest
ing grapes is low as compared
with any other fruit crop.
FRUIT HEC1
and You Spoil the Vine, Says
discontinued on or before the first
of September. During the liist
Reason it will be found convenient
and prolitable to grow some catch
crop between the rows of vines. I
have found the navy bean one of
the most desirable crops for this
purpose as it is low growing and
adds much fertility to the soil.
Training and I 'inning
Training and pruning the vine
is oiit of the most particular and
difficult processes in connection
with growing a vineyard. Indeed,
one of the most difficult problems
in horticultural practice is that or
pruning the grape vine to get the
tst yields under- varying condi
tions of soil and climate. How
ever, one point seems to be thor
oughly proven, viz., that a grapo
vine though ever so well fertilized
and cultivated, will, if left to
grow according to its own natur".
soon come to naught. The great
trouble with most vineyardists is
they spare the pruning shears and
soiI the vine. No one not pos
sessed of a large bump or d
destrucilveness need look for n
success in a vineyard. Important
as winter pruning is to the life oi
a vine, it is not more important
than summer pruning Is to tlx
success of each succeeding crop. It
would require a separate artlcl"
to treat the subject of summer
pruning adequately, but w hen w
note that the size of the bunch,
the quality of the fruit, and in
seasons of drouth the ripening ot
the crop all depend upon proper
summer pruning we indicate the
importance of the subject.
The KuiH-rior Varieties
Co-equal in importance with
the o.uestions of suitable soil,
proper methods of culture and
training, is the question of super
ior varieties suitable to your soil
and climate. Some varieties, like
Delaware, are admirably adapted
to certain restricted sections, but
when taken out of their favorite
conditions of soil and climate
prove utterly worthless. Other
varieties, like Concord and War
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If this section ever becomen
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I am inclined to think that for
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Iv, Campbell's Karl Concord, anil
Worden. Moore's Carly, besides
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ness. These defects might b'
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ons varieties like Concord of
Ozark.
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