DOMESTIC NOTICES. 



productive, (or fruit bearing,) I am unable to 

 say. I expect, however, a pretty fair crop — 

 rot excepted. 



Tills frost has proved conclusively, that of all 

 important fruits, the grape is least subject to 

 injury from that cause. 



This frost is the most destructive we have 

 had since the 26th of April, 1834, (which was 

 also locust year,) and very similar in its effects; 

 the vegetation was then a little more forward 

 than now. 



On the morning of the 2d instant the average 

 range of the thermometer in this vicinity, at 5 

 o'clock, was about 24^. Very repectfully, R. 

 Buchanan. 



N. B. "We find here,' that a glass or two of 

 the still Catawba at dinner, prevents acidity on 

 the stomach — and that two or three at the .same 

 meal, is very useful to those afflicted with dys- 

 pepsia. The pure article is often prescribed by 

 our physicians. R. B. Cincinnati, May 9, 

 18.51. 



"VVe are greatly indebted to Mr. Buchanan 

 for his very acceptable present of these wines. 

 In flavor, the Ohio wines very closely resemble 

 those of the Rhine, and the Catawba grape 

 gives a peculiar fruity flavor which is fast gain- 

 ing the approbation of good judges. About 

 Cincinnati, the shores of the Ohio are thickly 

 dotted with vinevards, and there can be little 

 doubt that the calcareous soil and warm climate 

 of that region will soon give us American wines 

 that will rank with any of the same class pro- 

 dilced in the world. 



Very few Americans, except those who have 

 traveled abroad, estimate properly the moral 

 value of pure light wines — because pure wines 

 very rarely find their way across the Atlantic. 



Containing, as hocks and clarets do, only 

 about eight or nine per cent of alcohol, they are 

 far more wholesome than coffee ; and the cheap 

 production of such wines* will do more to de- 

 crease the consumption of ardent spirits, than 

 any other circumstance. Neither law nor morals 

 can be brought to bear on the present age so as 

 io force men to be entirely temperate — but the 

 introduction of wholesome, pure light wines, at 

 a cheap rate will — as there is abundant proof in 

 the wine districts of Europe. It is for thisrea- 



♦ We uiidersland thai the light Catawba wine of the 

 ordinary grade, may be liad for about .30 cents a boUle in 

 Cincinnati. 



son, as well as because we look upon it as a 

 source of national wealth, that we regard the 

 successful labors of such men as Mr, Long- 

 worth and Mr. Buchanan, in introducing and 

 perfecting the wine culture, as worthy of the 

 highest public gratitiule. 



Peaches and Nectarines one species. — 

 Enclosed I send you an account of a curious 

 union of the Peach and Nectarine, which was 

 found on a farm but a few miles distant from 

 this place, last summer. I did not have the 

 pleasure of seeing it myself (being out of the 

 way at the time,) but as a very singular speci- 

 men, it was forwarded to one of our most dis- 

 tinguished botanists in Charleston, by whom 

 the accompanying description was furnished to 

 one of the city papers. As the account will 

 prove interesting to pomologists generally, I 

 have thought it worthy of a more permanent 

 record, especially as it would be seen by com- 

 paratively only a few, in the paper in which it 

 appeared. I would have furnished you with a 

 copy at the time, but that you were travelling 

 in Europe, and when remembered after your 

 return, I could not find the one I kept for some 

 time. I send you all that was published and 

 you can insert the whole or only such parts as 

 you may think proper. I shall endeavor to as- 

 certain whether any such are produced this 

 summer, and should there be, will try and for- 

 ward a specimen to you. I remain, yours, &c. 

 J. D. Legabe. Aiken, S. C, March 31, 1851. 



We yesterday received from Aiken, for which 

 we are indebted to the kindness of Mr. Dawson, 

 a specimen of fruit of so singular a character 

 and presenting a peculiarity which occurs at 

 such rare and uncertain intervals, that we re- 

 quest a small space in your paper for a brief 

 description. 



We cannot characterise this fruit more accu- 

 rately than as half a peach and half a nectarine, 

 united by a seam running around and through 

 the fruit, by which it is divided into nearly 

 equal parts. The fruit was of moderate size, 

 and was taken from a peach tree — it having 

 been the only one that presented this peculiari- 

 ty. All the rest were genuine peaches. It was 

 what is usually called a cling-stone, viz: the 

 pulp adhering to the stone. On one side of this 

 fruit was, in all its peculiarities, a nectarine. 

 It had a smooth skin of a rich dark red color, 

 possessing the fragrance of that fruit, and it 

 was ascertained on being tasted by several good 

 judges, that it had all the flavor of the 

 rine. The other half was in all its part 

 a peach, with its down, fragrance and 



