A'oics and Gleanings. 43 



To the Editor of Tilton's Journal of Horticulture. 



Grapes at Vineland. — The last season was unusually favorable to grapes 

 in this section — dry, warm, and breezy throughout. I believe that exposed situa- 

 tions are here the best for grapes. In my own vineyard, on high ground, nearly 

 all varieties have escaped injury from mildew, while I have seen in lower and 

 more sheltered places whole fields of Concords bare of foliage. Probably nine 

 tenths of the vines in this settlement are of this variety, but a much better grape 

 is sadly needed. Hartford Prolific generally loses so many leaves as to ripen 

 no earlier than Concord. Agawam is pronounced here to be superior to well- 

 ripened lonas ; entirely healthy and productive ; ripens v.ith the Concord ; a 

 very beautiful and promising variety. Wilder healthy ; a good and handsome 

 grape. Cottage, healthy and vigorous, not fruited. Una the same. Eumelan 

 mildews considerably. Walter the same. This variety seems to be a vigorous 

 grower, but, like the Delaware, the leaf " fails to stand the pressure." One old 

 variety deserves special m.ention. The fruit of the Clinton raised in Vineland is 

 sugary, very spicy, and rich. Double the size of the Clinton as it is here, and 

 you shall receive our everlasting thanks. F. M. B. 



Fumigating Greenhouses. — Some years ago, while in charge of the Cam- 

 bridge Botanical Gardens, I experienced considerable difficulty with the old-fash- 

 ioned iron pot in producing smoke of sufficient volume to destroy the common 

 aphide, or green flv. The houses being roomy and very high, the smoking of 

 them was a slow and tedious process, and something more elTectual was needed : 

 so I ordered another pot to be made, similar to a cylinder stove, of sheet-iron, 

 aliout two feet and a half high, and ten inches in diameter, with a small sliding- 

 door at the base for a draft. To use it, put a handful of shavings at the bottom, 

 then fill it nearly full with tobacco (we use stems), rather loose at first, and set 

 fire to the shavings through the door. Should the tobacco burn too rapidly, 

 the door may be partially closed, and the tobacco pressed down with a stick of 

 wood. A few minutes will suffice to fill up the largest greenhouse with a dense 

 smoke, when the furnace may be taken out to smoke other houses if needed. 

 That little apparatus is now generally used by gardeners around Boston, ail 

 agreeing in calling it superior to any other in use, being so very prompt, simple, 

 and effectual. Denys Zirw^icbcl. 



The Peach Crop of 1S69. — During the late peach season, the Philadelphia, 

 Wilmington, and Baltimore Railroad carried from Delaware and Maryland two 

 million one hundred and fifteen thousand five hundred baskets of peaches. Of 

 this immense quantity, two million twenty-one thousand four hundred and seven- 

 ty-four baskets were shipped to Jersey City for New York and New England, 

 and the rest, ninety-four thousand and twenty-six baskets, remained in Philadel- 

 phia. There were seven stations that sent to market more than one hundred 

 thousand baskets each. 



Cranberries are so abundant in Wisconsin that they sell for two dollars per 

 bushel. 



Papaws were abundant the last season in Western Missouri. 



