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hundi-ed acres is under the very highest cultivation. It is accessible from every part of the 

 country by railroad and steamboat, and its position within a mile of Seneca Lake, which it over- 

 looks, renders that feature of it strikingly picturesque and beautifuL Mr. D.'s residence is half 

 a mile from the public road, and the college buildings and ground?, although overlooked by 

 Geneva, will be beautifully retired and away from observation. We know of no position, other 

 things being equal, which can compare with the farm of Mr. Delafilld for such an institution." 



The following are the oflScers : 



PresfVfen^. —JOFIN DELAFIELD, of Oaklands, Seneca county. 



Chamnan of the Board of Tnistees. — Hon. John A. King, Jamaica, Queens county. 



Secretary of the Board of Trustees. — Joel W. Bacon, of Waterloo, Seneca county. 



Treasurer. — N. B. Kidded, of G eneva, Ontario county. 



!N"ative Wines. — The Cincinnati wines are woi-king their way into the market. Mr. 

 LoNGWORTH has established an agency in Rochester. His object, principally, is to let 

 incredulous people know how good their Ohio wines are, or, in other words, to show the 

 difference between pure wine and counterfeit. 



H. C. White, the agent, is not a professional wine dealer, but merely combines it, in an 

 amateur Avay, with his editorial and implement affairs for the public good. 



Wine drinkers should have patriotism enough to give the preference to native production, 

 and especially if purer, and therefore healthier and better than the imported article. But 

 we must di'op the subject here, lest we entrench upon the field occupied by brother Wabder 

 with so much credit to himself and advantage to the public. He will pardon this very 

 slight tresspass in his vineyard. 



In our article on the Duchcsse d) Orleans pear we omitted a description of the tree, as 

 follows : Tlie trees are of moderately vigorous growth, upright and regular. Wood — olive 

 colored, with light specks. Foliage — somewhat lilie Wliite Doyenne. It is yet doubtful with 

 us whether it wiU make a durable tree on the cjuince. We have some very healthy and 

 productive specimens six years old that have borne tln-ee years. 



The friends of Mr. Gervase Wheeler, the accomplished architect and author of '■'■Rural 

 Homes.,'''' will be glad to learn that he has returned from Europe and resumed the practice 

 of his profession. His card wUl be found in our advertising pages. 



Mat Weather in Onto. — ^The change of weather last week after our items were made up, was 

 a remarkable one, if any thing can be remarkable with regard to climate. Tliursday morning 

 was cold enough for a March day. The vines suffered where not protected, though the change 

 was quite enough to warn the wary. The potato tops were touched, and we observed the young 

 shoots of our dwarf pears slightly nipped. Fruit, generally, did not suffer, so far as obsci'ved. The 

 hail storm on Wednesday evening produced the change. On Thursday night was the climax. 

 A gentleman informed us his thermometer stood at 32 — ours at 38 under a porch. 



As regards the peach prospect, we have made no inquiry, but our own orchard was pretly 

 much stripped before the late frost The severe changes in April caused the "curl of the leaf.'' 

 Nearly every jiiub needs stripping, as the diseased leaves affect the health of the trees injuriously. 

 Dr. Uaruis ascribes tlie cause to insect-s puncturing the leaf. What woidd he say to two or three 

 hundred trees all "punctured" at the same time, and no insects visible? Mr. Barry is right. 

 Tlie same thing has been noted by us before, and always traceable to sudden changes of weather. 

 See the Fruit Garden, by P. Barry, page 365. — Sprhwf eld (Ohio) Gazette, May 27. 



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