dried, I put tlicm in perfectly tight bottles, or earthen jups, according to the 

 quantity I wish to save for seed. In these I put a teaspoonful of si)irits of tur- 

 pentine or a lump of camphor, but I prefer the former, and cork them tightly. 

 The name of the variety written on a card is fastened to the bottle by a piece of 

 twine. When I wish to plant them, I find them on opening perfectly sound. The 

 turpentine effluvia is fatal to the insect. If I wished to preserve a larger quantity, 

 I should put them in camphene or turpentine casks, from which the contents had 

 been recently drawn, and seal them tightly. This for seed. For the table, in- 

 stead of the above mode, the beans are placed when dry in a brick oven, in shal- 

 low pans; after the bread is withdrawn, there is heat enough to kill the egg with- 

 out injuring the quality of the beans. 



OTJIl NATIVE WINES. 



BY R. BUCHANAN, CINCINNATI, OniO. 



An opinion prevails in some of the eastern cities — doubtless encouraged by the 

 importers of foreign wines — that our native toines are gradually falling into disuse. 

 I am happy to say that this opinion is entirely erroneous. The demand for the still 

 wines is now greater than ever, and for the sparkling wines, equal to any period 

 previous. The financial troubles of last year somewhat interrupted the consump- 

 tion of sparkling wines, but only to a small extent. 



We have the gratification here of knowing that our own wunes are rapidly dis- 

 placing the foreign, and that the people are supplied with purer wines from our 

 own soil, than many of the mixtures from abroad prove to be. 



This is as it should be ; why should we send our money thousands of miles 

 abroad, to purchase an inferior article to what we can produce at home. There 

 is no American spirit in that policy. 



The vintage of 1855 was a light one ; the average per acre not exceeding 150 

 gallons. We have in this vicinity about 1000 acres in bearing, which will yield 

 150,000 gallons. Half of this crop has been sold already, at prices ranging from 

 90 cents to $1 10 per gallon from the press. Part of it intended for sparkling 

 wines, and part for still. Ten thousand gallons were purchased for the St. Louis 

 market, the grape crop in Missouri having proved to be almost a total failure. 



Our still wines sell here at $6 to $T per dozen, and the sparkling at $11 to $12. 

 Good still wines can be purchased by the cask at $1 25 to $1 50 per gallon, after 

 the second fermentation, and when fit for bottling. 



The introduction of pure native wines will do more in aid of the temperance 

 cause than all the stringent "Maine Laws" that can be enacted ; our experience 

 thus far points to this remedy with great confidence. 



