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AGRICULTURAL REPORT. 



Places within the limit of vine culture, S(v. — Continued. 



Locality. 



Baltimore, Maryland 



Frederick, Maryland 



SykcsvUle, Maryland 



Wa«bin?ton, District of Columbia. 



Berry ville, Virginia 



Richmond, Virginia 



Lewiiiburg, Virginia 



P»plar Grov«, Virginia 



Kanawha, Virginia 



Marietta, Ohio 



Portsmouth, Ohio 



Cincinnati, Ohio 



Cincinnati, Ohio 



Richmoud, Indiana 



Peoria, Illinoia 



Carthage, Illinois 



St. Louis, Missouri 



Manhattan, Kansas 



74.3 

 74.5 

 71.6 

 76.3 

 7a 

 75.4 

 71.8 

 73.0 

 74.2 

 72.9 

 75.1 

 75.8 

 74.0 

 73.4 

 74.6 

 74.9 

 76.3 

 74.9 



76.7 

 77.7 

 73.8 

 78.3 

 75.4 

 77.6 

 74.4 

 75.7 

 77.2 

 76.2 

 78.3 

 79.8 

 76.5 

 74.7 

 75.6 

 79.1 

 78.5 

 76.1 



74.7 

 73.1 

 70.5 

 76.3 

 72.0 

 74.8 

 71.3 

 72.7 

 7.3.6 

 73 1 

 73.7 

 76.3 

 74.2 

 72.5 

 74.2 

 75.5 

 76.5 

 7&6 



67.8 

 66.2 

 65.3 

 67.7 

 66.0 

 67.1 

 64.5 

 66.1 

 66.1 

 69.9 

 66.1 

 69.2 

 66.0 

 66.1 

 69.9 

 67.8 

 68.7 

 7^2 



Length of obserration. 



Twenty-four years. 

 Sis years. 

 Five years. 

 Thirteen years. 

 Two years. 

 Four years. 

 Six years. 

 Four years. 

 Two and a halt' yean. 

 One year. 

 Do. 

 Five years, 1855 to 1859. 

 Twenty years, 1835 to 1855. 

 Five yoaa's. 

 Four years. 

 One year. 



Twenty-three years. 

 One year. 



The following will, we hope, clearly illustrate our mode of applying the 

 foregoing principles to practical vine-growing. 



By examination of tables of daily mean temperatures before us, we find that 

 at Providence, Rhode Island, a temperature of 52.50° had existed from Ist 

 of May to the 13th, and that on the 8th of September an aggregate of heat 

 had accrued equal to 7,915.7°. This, according to results at Waterloo, New 

 York, is about adequate to the ripening of the Delaware and the Hartford Pro. 

 lific, which commence leafing at a temperature of 52.41°, and require 7,926.66° 

 of heat. The time required to accumulate the above amount of heat was 118 

 days, being four days less than at Waterloo. The average temperature for 

 the entire period was 66.23°, and for the month of stoning 68.6°, both of 

 which arc amply sufiicient for the requirements of these varieties. They may, 

 therefore, be grown with good success at Providence, Rhode Island, other cir- 

 cumstances concurring to favor the attempt. 



If the Diana leafed at Providence May 12 at the temperature of 51.40°, 

 as required at Waterloo, and an aggregate of heat of 8,572.66° was demanded, 

 this variety also may be grown. For the sum reached at Providence on Sep- 

 tember 17, 129 days from date of appearance of the needed initial of 51.40°, 

 was 8,588°, with an average of 66.57°, both of which exceed the demaaids of 

 the Diana. 



The Clinton requires about the same temperature as the Diana, leafing at a 

 lower degree than most other varieties, and consequently earlier. Its initial 

 temperature is 51.66°, which was reached on May 12, 1854, at Providence. 

 The Clinton will ripen for wine with a low measm-e of heat, 8,213°, which had 

 accumulated on the 11th of September, when 8,223.5° had accrued in 123 days, 

 having an average temperature of 66.85°. At Providence, Rhode Island, the 

 Clinton may, therefore, be successfully grown. 



The Concord expands its leaf at an average temperature of 52.77°, which 

 was attained up to the 14th of May, 1854, at Providence. It requires for ma- 



