350 STATE HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY. 



with the pear standing in the centers of the squares formed hy the apple trees. 



I am much pleased with my fruit growing, but it is not my exclusive busi- 

 ness. My farm consists of 400 acres, devoted to grain-growing and stock- 

 raising. "We have a fine section for winter wheat, and, with good cultivation, 

 have an average of 25 bushels per acre. Sheep and cattle receive considerable 

 attention ; the former is my favorite stock, of which 1 have 250 head, and find 

 them quite profitable in connection with my other farming. 



The prospect for farmers looks brighter, and indeed for all classes of busi- 

 ness. I have always believed that farming could be so conducted as to pay as 

 well as the average of other occupations, but am convinced that many engage 

 in it who have no love for it, and through the lack of this and other necessary 

 qualifications fail to make it remunerative — the same as other business men 

 fail who may not be adapted to the pursuits in which they engage. — B. G. Sher- 

 wood in Post and Tribune. 



GKAPES. 



THE WORDEN. 



The Worden grape is one of those honest and modestly good things which 

 slowly but surely make their own fame. Every year approves and confirms its 

 merits, which have been little talked of, because the sort has been too much 

 distributed to make it worth any particular grower's while to be at the expense 

 of proclaiming it. It looks so much like a Concord in leaf and wood, and even 

 in shape and color of berry, that many assert it to be nothing else, and it is 

 probable that the Concord has been sold for it. But it is distinctly different 

 and superior to the Concord in earliness, quality, and to some degree in size of 

 berry, while fully equal to those two eminent excellencies of the Concord — 

 great hardiness and abundant yield. It is equally tender skinned, and will 

 probably keep no better, but has less of tough pulp, and is most enjoyable and 

 satisfying in flavor. It is nearly two weeks earlier — a notable distinction. The 

 Creveling has been our earliest best as to flavor, but we find it now positively 

 superseded. The Worden will make an admirable bower grape, for shading 

 paths or windows, on account of its hardiness in exposed situations, and its 

 abundant foliage. All vines, so used, should be sulphured during the end of 

 June and later ; and syringed from below occasionally, if practicable, to keep 

 the leaves fresh, bright, and clear. They are then the most beautiful and 

 perfect screen possible. — N. Y. Tribune. 



THE BRIGHTON GRAPE. 



It is not often that new fruits not only stand the test of experience, but grow 

 in popular favor. The Brighton grape seems one of these few good things. 

 It ripens about the same time as the Hartford Prolific, and may therefore be 

 classed with the early varieties. — Gardener's Monthly. 



