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DOMESTIC NOTICES. 



many interesting pomological facts in this report i 

 which we have not space to notice, bat recommend 

 the pamphlet (which may be had at the ofiice of 

 the Ohio Cultivator,) to the notice of pomologists,. 

 and especially to western fruit growers. 



Horticultural Dinner at Buffalo. — The 

 president of the Buffalo Horticultural Society, Wm. 

 K. CoPPocK, Esq., entertained a large party of hor- 

 ticulturists, from various portions of the state, at 

 his residence in Buti'alo on the 1st of March. After 

 dinner, the guests resolved themselves into a kind 

 of ho?ne pomological convention, and sat in judg- 

 ment upon the various productions of the garden, 

 which were brought from various localities for that 

 purpose. About seventy varieties of apples — many 

 of them of the best standard varieties — were exlii- 

 bited, tasted, and their popularity tested by a vote. 

 Messrs. Elwanger & Barry, of Rochester, pre- 

 sented 27 varieties. Mr. Watts, of Rochester, 15 

 varieties, and several others a smaller number of 

 sorts. " The Esopus Spitzenburgh" was — as we 

 learn by the Western Literary Messenger, by a 

 preliminary vote, unanimously decided, taking into 

 consideration all its qualities, the ne plus ultra oi 

 apples ; and as the specimens approximated in ex- 

 cellence to that variety, they stood, in the judg- 

 ment of the company. Among those rated " No. 

 l,"we find Baldwin, Newtown Pippin, Swaar, Van- 

 devere, Northern Spy, Golden Russet, Roxbury 

 Russet, Herefordshire Pearmain, Pomme Gris, Yel- 

 low Belleflower, Westlield Seek-no-further, Pow- 

 nal Spitzenburgh, and Rhode-Island Greening, (the 

 latter it was remarked, "does not always hold, in 

 western New- York, the colour and high flavor of 

 the land of its origin." Still, it is a very popular 

 apple, and passed as No. 1 by a bare majority.) 

 A very fine new apple, classed No. 1, was pre- 

 sented by Mr. Eaton, and called the Eaton apple. 



Specimens of the Buffalo seedling Pinkeye pota- 

 toes, from the originator. Rev. N. S. Smith, of 

 Buffalo, " were served up at dinner, and found to 

 be unsurpassed in quality." 



L. F. Allen, Esq., president of the State Agri- 

 cultural Society, presented some excellent "Stil- 

 ton" cheese, made by Mr. H. Parsons, of Canada 

 West. 



Altogether, Professor Coppock's horticultural 

 dinner was, we learn, a most agreeable one ; and 

 serves, amon^ other indicaticns, to show how the 

 gardening imefe^t is making progress in western 

 New- York/ 



HoRTictrLTURE IN ALABAMA. — Nothing gives 

 one a more definite idea of the extent and variety 

 of soil and climate of our Union than a comparison, 

 at this season of the year, ot accounts of the season 

 in difTerent parts of the country. For example, we 

 have to-day received letters from Maine and New- 

 Hampshire speaking of snow, and two feet of frost 

 in the ground there, -while the following extract 

 from the letter of a zealous amateur in Mobile, 

 dated March lOth, speaks of a crop of young peas, 

 and shoots 8 or 10 inches long already. 



" I think the climate and soil here will do very 

 ■well for pears, on either pear or quince stocks. I 

 have about 500 young trees planted, embracing 



nearly all the finest varieties ; over 200 of them are 

 on quince stocks ; these latter show, at this time, 

 a fine new growth of from 8 to 10 inches, and some 

 of the trees have young pears upon them, now go- 

 ing on finely. I suppose this sounds strangely to 

 northern ears, where I presume all fruit trees still 

 have the look of drear winter. 



'' I have in my young orchards about S60 plum 

 trees, 160 cherry. 100 apricots, and about 1400 

 peach and nectarine trees, besides some of all the 

 other fruit trees ; and I am resolved to give them 

 a fair trial. I have also about 250 apple trees, 

 among which are 12 of " Early Joe's ;" these lat- 

 ter I had from Elwanger &, Barry of Rochester, 

 N. Y., with 100 pears on quince stocks ; and every 

 tree is living and doing well. 



" I have some doubts regarding the success of 

 plums, cherries, and apricots here. The northern 

 peach trees do very well here ; and, although they 

 are transferred to this warm climate, some of their 

 northern habits stick very closely to them. They 

 bloom at least from two to three weeks later every 

 spring than our native peach trees, which almost 

 entirely preserves them from the spring frosts * 

 Your friend, R. H. Mobile, Ala., March 10, 1848. 



Horticulture in Missouri. — The St. Louis 

 Horticultural Society, judging from reports of its 

 meetings which reach us, is already exerting an 

 admirable influence in that state. The report of 

 the premiums for 1848, made at the meeting of 

 Jan. 8th, and of the proceedings at that time, is 

 iiighly creditable to the society. The culture of 

 vineyards, and the production of excellent light 

 wines, appears fast becoming a matter of impor- 

 tance there as well as at Cincinnati. Three speci- 

 mens of " Catawba wine" were exhibited at the 

 meeting. Specim' ns of wine were presented by 

 Mr. Mallinkrodt, made from both Ohio and the 

 Catawba grapes : " the wine of the Ohio grape 

 resembled Claret, — that from the Catawba, the 

 best Hock." We observe that the society offers, 

 this year, a premium of $30 for the best gallon of 

 native wine, and $20 for the second best ; evidence 

 to be given that not less than a barrel of the same 

 quality has been produced. 



A very spirited address was made by President 

 Thomas Allen, Esq., from which we quote the 

 following interesting extract ; premising the growth 

 of the finest vegetables at St. Louis, especially 

 melons, etc., almost without cultivation, surpasses 

 what is produced in England with the greatest 

 skill of the gardener, and with a lavish outlay of 

 money : 



" I'here are very few vegetables or melons, de- 

 sirable for the table, which do not succeed well 

 here, in the natural unexhausted soil, with even 

 the most ordinary cultivation. The soil, however, 

 would be a rare exception to the general character 

 of the surface of the globe, did it not require, at 

 length, a return of some of the elements we take 

 from it. Vegetable physiology and chemistry, with 

 the light of the M'onderful discoveries made, of late, 



* An interesting fact, which we beg our correspondent in 

 Ohio, who doubls the influence of one climate on varieties 

 having their origin in anothei, to make a note of. Ed. 



