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inch shall rest. The glass may be fourth quality, and the size 

 10x12, and should be bedded in putty and sprigged in. A door 

 in one end will complete the house. A temporary structure, 

 which will answer quite well for persons who are renters, may 

 be even more cheaply made, by placing a few hot-bed sashes 

 slantwise against any back wall with a southern exposure, under 

 which very good grapes may be grown. A well constructed 

 border is a pre-requisite for success, whether the culture of the 

 native or foreign vines is attempted.'" 



Mr. Fuller said that the glass should be of the first quality, 

 bedded in putty, but not puttied upon the top ; fastened in with 

 tin, and painted at the edges. 



Prof. Mapes said that curving the lower edges of the glass 

 would prevent the rain from forming lenses to cause the sun to 

 burn the plants after a shower. 



Mr. Cavanach. — I do not believe in putting up cheap houses. 

 A cheap one will cost money, and a little more will give us a 

 much more permanent structure. 



The Chairman suggested that grapes must be thoroughly 

 ripened in order to keep well. The Concord grape, grown in 

 New Jersey, will keep better than the same grape grown in Massa- 

 chusetts, for that reason. 



J^ew subject. — " Modes of cultivating row crops," was selected 

 as the subject for discussion at the next meeting. 



Adjourned. 



March 10, 1862. 

 Mr. William Lawton in the chair. 



VINEGAR. 



Mr. Pardee called the attention of the members of the Club to 

 a mode of making vinegar free from mineral acids, By it vine- 

 gar is made in twenty- four hours. A mixture' of one gallon of 

 whiskey and ten gallons of water, is passed through beach wood 

 shavings a number of times at a high temperature, and this is 

 the only secret in the preparation. 



I also mention a new preparation that is said to equal the best 

 Java coffee, at a cost less than ten cents a pound. Mix molasses 

 and water in equal parts, stir in wheat bran until the preparation 

 is as thick as possible; place the mixture in shallow baking pans 



