cold, l)loak winds. At the lower end of Grand Isliiml, is a tract of land called 

 Peach Haven, it is protected from the west winds hy a natural forest. There 

 the Peach sncceeds well. Would advise the planting of the Norway Spruce; it 

 grows quick, and will afford good shelter. 



Mr. Hooker said many fruit growers thought the ]n-iiicipal injury to the Peach, 

 was from the cold northeasterly winds in the S|)ring, just after lilussoming. 



Mr. Burtis, of Rix-hester, would i)refcr the coldest, l)leakcst hill for a ]>each 

 orchard, so that the-gruund would freeze deep, ami thus kec[) the trees l)acl< in 

 the spring. 



Mr. Fish, of Rochester, had found, by e.\}ienence, that when the Peach crop 

 failed, it was, in almost every case, in consequence of extreme culd in winter. 



Dr. Roach, of Ontario Co., has two peach orchards, of al)out two hundred trees 

 each. One is exposed to the west wind, and the other })retty well sheltered. From 

 the exposed orchard he gathered about a peck of peaches, last season, and, from 

 the other, one hundred and fifty baskets. 



Mr. T3arry had no doubt but exposure to the west winds was very injurious. 

 The winter before last, the west sides of hemlock-trees, standing in the natural 

 forest, were injured by the cold of the winter, as were the west sides of ])rivet 

 hedges, and other hardy plants, plainly showing the evil effects of continued cold 

 blasts from the west. Pear plantations that were exposed, bore but little. Mr. 

 Barry agreed with Mr. Hodge, that the Norway Spruce should be recommended 

 as a suitable tree to plant for sheltering orchards. For small gardens, the Arbor 

 Vitcf; would be suitable. 



Mr. Langworthy had cultivated the Peach for twenty-five years, somewhat as a 

 profession. He found that both the east and west winds destroyed a good deal 

 of fruit. As a general rule, the rows of trees on the east and west ends of the 

 orchards bear but little, while those in the other parts of the orchard bear well. 



Of the value of shelter for the orchard, there can be but one opinion. Those 

 who have travelled over the Western prairies, and noticed the effects of the 

 tremendous winds that prevail there on fruit-trees, mwsifeel the importance of 

 shelter. Were we to plant an orchard on the prairies, we would almost surround 

 it with a belt of Norways. 



Hardy Grapes. — H. N. Langworthy would like to have gentlemen talk freely 

 about the best method of cultivating the Grape. The finest Grapes, he often 

 observed, were those that were grown on part of vines that had run up among 

 the branches of some neighboring a[)ple, or other tree, where they seemed to fully 

 ripen in the shade. From this, he argued that the sun was not necessary to ripen 

 the Grape — it seemed to require warm air. 



Mr. Hodge hardly thought the Isabella Grape would ripen well in the neigh- 

 borhood of Rochester, in ordinary seasons. 



Mr. Barry thought, with proper culture, the Isabella Grape could be ripened in 

 Pvochester almost every season. He referred to the beautiful, well-riitened Isabellas 

 raised by Mr. McKay, of Naples, Ontario Co., and called upon Mr. Johnson, 

 who resided in the neighborbood of Mr. McKay, to give the meeting some in- 

 formation as to his mode of culture, profits, &c. 



Mr. Johnson had been somewhat interested with Mr. McKay in the culture of 

 the Grape. He pruned very close every season, and trained his vines on wire 

 trellises some seven feet high. The lower branches, were trained very near the 

 ground. The vines were one rod apart each way, making one hundred and sixty 

 to the acre. He thoroughly manured. The fruit ripened every season perfectly. 

 The soil is gravelly, with a clay subsoil, a-»id a northeastern exposure. The prod 

 is about $1,200 per acre. Mostly sold at fifteen cents per pound. 



