PROCEEDINGS OF THE FARMERS* CLUB. 195 



Mr. Robinson read extracts from Stephens' " Book of the 

 Farm," rekitive to the English mode of trenching fourteen inches 

 deep. 



Prof. Mapes stated that that was written before the invention 

 of the JMichigan plow, which would do the same work, turning a 

 six inch furrow into a fourteen inch hole, and then lifting the 

 next eight inches and plowing it in a reversed position upon the 

 top, at an expense of three cents per running rod. 



Adjourned. 



December 2, 1861. 

 Mr. Henry Steele, of New Jersey, in the chair. 



NEW GRAPE. 



Mr. Haight, from Dutchess county, exhibited a specimen of a 

 supposed new grape, produced from a vine eight or ten years old, 

 upon the grounds of a neighbor of his. It ripens some ten days 

 earlier than the Isabella, with the same protection, and is a very 

 good grape. 



Mr. Fuller. — It is a very good grape; with the Catawba flavor, 

 but without the muskiness of the Catawba. It may be a seed- 

 ling from the Catawba. 



Mr. Pardee. — I think it is the Diana. The flavor has been 

 changed from being kept in the house for some time. If it were 

 not for its early ripening I should think it was a Catawba; but 

 there might be reasons for its ripening earlier, being on the south 

 side of a house, for instance. 



Mr. Haight. — That is the case. It is on the south side of the 

 house, within ten feet of it. The house is a white building. 



Mr. Fuller. — If Mr. Haight will bring a branch of that vine 

 a foot long I will tell him whether it is a Catawba or Diana. It 

 is very easily settled by the wood. If it is a Diana it will have 

 from the base of the bud little dark streaks running down the 

 dark upon the new wood. 



Mr. Haight. — Would you recommend propagating this grape ? 



Mr. Fuller — I would recommend planting it in other localities, 

 away from the house, to see whether it keeps its earliness. ■ 



Mr. Pardee. — It is certainly worthy of further experiment. 



DEATH OF M. ISIDORE GEOFFROY ST. HILAIRE. 



Dr. D. P. Holton. — It may be appropriate to allude to the death 

 of Prof. Isidore Geoffrey St. Hilaire, upon the 11th of October. 



