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Girdling the Concord 

 Grape. 

 JOTVVITHSTANDING 

 the advice of many of 

 our best horticulturists, 

 many vineyardists in 

 Massachusetts strongly 

 favor the girdling of the grape for early 

 maturity, and for increased size of the 

 berry. On the 1 3ih Sept. last, a commit- 

 tee of the Massachusetts Horticultural 

 Society, visited a vineyardof Concords of 

 several acres in extent, near the town of 

 Concord. In one-half of the vineyard 

 girdling had been practised for three 

 years. As a result, although the vines 

 did not appear quite as vigorous in this 

 portion, the fruit was as advanced in 

 ripening as the Moore's Early, while in 

 the other part, the Concords of normal 

 treatment were much smaller in size 

 and hopelessly behind time. 



The inference was that, under some 

 circumstances, and with some varieties, 

 there are decided advantages in the 

 process ; and continued experiments in 

 this direction are advisable. 



Russian Apples. 



According to the Iowa Experiment 

 Station, the Russians differ from our 

 ordinary apple trees in such points as 

 the following : — larger flowers, thicker 

 petals, shorter and more stocky pistils 

 and stamens, larger stigmas, anthers 

 and pollen grains; thicker leaves ; wood, 

 bark and bud scales of finer texture ; 

 and roots penetrating more deeply. 



These peculiarities are protective 

 against summer drought and winter 

 cold. Also having been developed in 

 a region of short Summers they ripen 

 their wood early, their Cambriun layers 

 do not contain so much liquid, and are, 

 therefore, less subject to the scalding 

 of the bark on the south-west side, 

 when freezing temperature quickly fol- 

 lows warm weather in early spring. 



Kerosene Emulsion for Plant Lice. 



To be forewarned is, or should be, 

 to be forearmed. During the dry, hot 

 weather of June and July, these insects 

 become a terrible pest, and increase at 



