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their parentage promise well. Two or three other grapes 

 have been exhibited before the Mass. Hort. Soc, which have 

 attracted attention ; in any ordinary year we could more ad- 

 visedly speak of their value ; but in a season when even the 

 Catawba has ripened freely, it is more difficult to define the 

 real value of these new acquisitions. There can be no doubt, 

 however, that among all the new seedlings already fruited 

 and those now coming on, our gardens are destined to be as 

 well supplied with fine grapes, as they are at present with 

 other fruits. 



The science of Grape culture has just been exemplified by 

 Mr. M. H. Simpson of Saxonville, who has now in the high- 

 est perfection his crop of grapes in his grapery, being the 

 second within 15 months ! The first crop was ripe in March 

 and April, and the second in December and January. Such 

 an achievement in grape culture has never, we believe, been 

 made among our grape growers, and Mr. Simpson may well 

 be proud of its results. We have the promise of an article 

 from him, on the treatment of the vines during the growth of 

 this crop. 



A great deal has been said in some of the periodicals, upon 

 the curculio remedy of Mr. Mathews of Coshocton, Ohio, 

 which he has had under trial by a committee of several 

 Horticultural Societies, to test its value. We "know nothing" 

 of it any more than we find in the papers, but we suspect the 

 public do not place great confidence in this 7iew discovery of 

 Mr. Mathews, his previous one having severely disappointed 

 them. We trust, however, his plan will be thoroughly tried, 

 and if successful, a fair remuneration made for his discovery. 



In our last volume we have described a few new pears, 

 from our own inspection, and have given brief accounts of 

 a great many of high repute in foreign collections. In the 

 absence of definite information upon some of those kinds 

 which have not borne this year in consequence of the season, 

 we must refer to those lists (pp. 234 and 454) for descrip- 

 tions. Mr. Cabot, President of the Mass. Hort. Soc, will 

 give us the results of his observations on all that have been 

 exhibited, and this, together with what we have already 



