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like the taste of the Diana, aad made remarks about it. However, 

 it wjis soon disposed of. 



Mr. X. C. jMeeker. — The Diana generally is considered a fine 

 grape. Some prefer it to all others. 



Dr. Sjdvester. — A gentleman in Massachusetts had a Concord 

 vine on a high trellis, and one winter the mercury went twenty- 

 five degrees below zero. The same season it bore more grapes 

 than it ever did before or has since. The Clinton is adapted to 

 genei'al cultivation. It will grow on poor ground. Pack the fruit 

 in shallow boxes of two layers, and in February it will be good. 



Mr. E. Williams.— If I were to plant many vines, I would select 

 the Concord. 



Mr. Solon Robinson. — Wherever one can be certain that the 

 Delaware and lona can be 'grown, they are the grapes to plant to 

 the exclusion of others. But there seems to be a great objection 

 to them because the birds commit such ravages among them, par- 

 ticularly on the Delaware. Some years they almost destroy the 

 crop. This complaint is general from the Hudson to the Missis- 

 sippi. Beyond the Mississippi, south of Iowa, these varieties leaf 

 blight so badly that many have given them up. All testify the 

 Concord will grow vigorously everywhere, but as to quality'- it is 

 not exactly first rate. But with reference to the Concord in the 

 warmer parts of the country, one fact is overlooked, or not gene- 

 rally known. There it rises in quality, and it is so superior that 

 it must be without a rival for many years. At St. Louis it is 

 almost equal to the Black Hamburg, and is highly esteemed for 

 claret wine. The hot sun swells it to great size, and gives a solid 

 sweetness almost equal to choice food. 



Combined Chdrx iVXD IcE-CnEAiii Freezer. 

 Mr. Poraeroy, East Hampton, Mass., exhibited a combined churn 

 and ice-cream freezer. The dasher is old-fashioned, but is upright, 

 and is moved by a crank which is most efiective when used as a 

 lever. In the outside case, hot or cold water can be placed, and 

 in making ice-cream it is filled with ice and salt. 



Sorghum. 



Mr. Seth Hulbert, East Hampton, Mass., says when sorghum 



was first introduced, several farmers tried it, but the syrup had a 



raw and sickish taste, and its cultivation was given up. I still 



see accounts of people making it, but perhaps they have got a 



