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MISCELLANEOUS INTELLIGEiNCE. 



Art. I. Domestic Notices. 



The To Kalon Grape. — We understand, from a cclel)ratcd horticultu- 

 ralist, of Alltany, that Dr. Spatlbid's famous !;rape of this name is likely 

 to prove synonymous with tlic Cataiobn, now so well known as one of the 

 best of our native gra])es. — Jl. J. D., Newburgh, N. Y., Oct. SOth, 1835- 

 [VVe have had this kind in hearin<^ this season ; the parent variety of 

 the plant having hcen received by ourselves from Dr. Spafford. Wo 

 tasted the fruit in his garden at Lansinjiburgli several years since, and 

 thoui^ht at the time it was synonymous with the Calawha, and so informed 

 the Doctor, who thought us rather presumptive. Sul)se(iuently, however, 

 and after the latter ()ecame better known to us, we thought we were 

 in error. Dr. Spairord/?erso?ia//)/ iiit'ormed us that he raised it from seed 

 (and he believed from a foreign variety), and it would l)e a singular cir- 

 cumstance if itslKJuld |)rove synonymous with the Catawba. Our grapes 

 did not ripen sullicienlly tiiis year to enai)le us to decide correctly. It 

 certainly has much the appetirance of the Catawba, but we yet doubt its 

 being synonymous. We were at Lansingburgh in the early part ofOcto- 

 l)er, and the grapes were then fully rijie. In this vicinity, Catawbas 

 were not ripe, the same season, until the first of November. Another year 

 will, we hope, enable us to settle this important (juestion. — t'onc?s.] 



Magnolia consp'icua. — This beautiful variety of the Magnolia we have 

 found to grow much more thriftily, blossom more abundantly, and with- 

 stand the severity of our winters more eftectually when grafted or in- 

 arched on the native specieS; ctdled, in the west, the cucumber tree, M.. 

 acumimila. — A. J. D. 



The Fapaxo or Custard Apple (Asimma triloba, D. C. An6na, W. . 

 Porcelia, Ph). — This tine indigenous tree is but too little known or culti- 

 vated in the Midille or Eastern States. There is a fine specimen twen- 

 ty-five or thirty feet high, in the ancient garden of J. Parker, Philadelphia, 

 which has produced fruit for several years (some specimens of which 

 were exhibited before the Pemisylvania Horticultural Society the present 

 season). The tree merits a more general introduction into our orna- 

 mental plantations as well on account of its fine, broad, deep-green 

 foliage and pendent purple fiowers, as the uiiitjue appearance of its 

 curious and not inedible fruit. — I. B. 



Elsinbnrgh Grape. — This native variety has perfectly ripened its fruit, 

 owing to the late fine weather, at the country residence of T. Lee, Esq., 

 Brookline. It has never bet'ore, in this vicinity arrived at suflicieiit ma- 

 turity to test its qualities. We have beard, however, from gentlemen 

 who have tasted the fruit, and who may be considereil as the best au- 

 thority, that it is inferior to no other native grajie. Mr. Lee himself 

 has informed us that he prefers it to the Catawba, generally acknowl- 

 edged as the most sujxMior variety. — Conds. 



Zinfindal Grape. — This varimy, which, we believe is as iiighly es- 

 teemed, l)y those who have tasted of fine ripened specimens, as the Hiun- 

 burgh, we have found to possess the excellent and rare (piality of keep- 

 ing untU very late in the season. W^e have at this time (Nov. 25) a fine 

 cluster, weighing nearly a [lound, hanging upon the vines in the green- 

 house, which has upon it scarcely a single decayed berry. The green- 

 house plants have long !)een in, and the h )use being situated in a low 

 j)art of the ganlen, it is (piite damp, especially in wet weather; still, how- 

 ever, this grape has kept its flavor and soundness perfect up to this 

 time. We have no doubt but th.it, in a good grapery, where nothing 



