THE CLINTON GRAPE. 



is possible to sulxlue it by « lu-cparation of siiliiburic nci<l, in thd proportion of ^ oz 

 acid to 7.V oz. water, scattoreil tliroiigh a garden engine over the foliage: but this is 

 not verv eli'octual, unless when thoroughly done ; and then when thoroughly done, is 

 very apt to destroy, or very much deface the tree, especially if young. 



I'erhaps some of your readers more fortunate than myself, may have discovered 

 some method less dangerous, and more cfiedual, for stibdiiing this enemy. Jf not, I 

 very much fear, (at least in our part of the country,) that in a few years we shall 

 know the white pine and scotch lareh only liy name and recollection. More than this, 

 I do not see why all the new pines will not be similarly afl'ected. The Piceas and 

 Abies seem exempt so far, though I am sorry to find the Deodar cedar is apt to lose 

 its leader every summer, from the attacks of the pine weevil. At Messrs. Parsons' 

 Nursery, Flushing, that fine avenue of Deodars just commenced, had their leaders all 

 more or less cut up by this destructive insect. My Deodars are also more or less 

 attacked every year in June, by another enemy — a beetle — which gnaws patches the 

 size of a sixpence on the trunk and principal limbs. I have found dusting the tree 

 with sulphur, though not particularly becoming to an evergreen, efficacious in repel- 

 ling the attacks of this beetle. 



I have examined carefully the pines and larches of my neighbors upon the river, 

 and find them more or less afl'ected — those places the worst where the Scotch larch 

 abounds, which would confiim what my lamented friend Mr. Downing used to say, 

 tliat it was a disease that made its appearance in this country within the last ten or 

 twelve years, and is now being scattered through it, from the large importations of 

 Scotch firs and larches, and from these has been communicated to that fine evergreen, 

 our white pine. If it proves fatal in Scotland, why should it not here ? In fact it 

 has, in my own case, in several instances. I should be very glad if some one inter- 

 ested in this most important branch of ornamental planting, the evergreen family, 

 w^ould take the subject in hand, and devise some ways and means of protection. 



THE CLINTON GRAPE. 



BY Q. E., EOCHESTER, N. Y. 



I HAVE now before me (.January 25tli) a bunch of the above desirable, long-keeping 

 variety, as fresh and perfect as it came from the vine. It has been cultivated in the 

 vicinity of Rochester for the last twenty or twenty-five years ; yet it is still but little 

 known, although well worthy of a more general cultivation on account of its hardi- 

 ness and productiveness. It is the grape for the north, where no other variety ripens. 

 Even with us, (latitude 42*',) in backward seasons this is the only variety that attains 

 complete maturity. I would particularly recommend it to wine-makers as worthy of 

 trial. My opinion is, that before many years it will be extensively cultivated as a 

 wine grape. Judging from the character of its juice, the wine will require a longer 



J^*^ time to ripen than that of Isabella and Catawba, and will keep much longer than 



