JANUARY. 



To aid in this, as much as in our power, we offered some 

 suggestions in an article in our last volume, relative to the 

 effect of our climate upon foreign fruits, and also in our notes to 

 an article on pear growing, by M. Jonghe, (p. 410.) These, 

 undoubtedly, are fresh in the minds of our readers, but if 

 they have been overlooked, we would call attention to them 

 now. They will bear reperusal by all who are deeply inter- 

 ested in the cultivation of fruit. A subsequent article by M. 

 Jonghe, which we shall soon publish, will further show that 

 the views we gave in the first article, just alluded to, upon 

 foreign fruits in our climate, are fully corroborated by him, 

 and that several pears which we deem hardy, are in Belgium 

 only raised to perfection in very favorable locations, or on 

 walls. We have yet a great deal to learn in the growth of 

 the pear. 



Pomological knowledge has attained a high eminence. 

 All the foreign fruits of any note have been added to our collec- 

 tions, and much information has been gained in regard to the 

 synonyms with which the pear is still encumbered, greatly 

 to the regret of cultivators. Another session of the Amer- 

 ican Pomological Society has been held in Boston, which 

 was very well attended, and the result of its proceedings we 

 shall give in our next number. The discussions upon some 

 of the fruits were interesting, though, from inattention to the 

 details of the previous meeting in Philadelphia, some mistakes 

 were made and time lost in going over the same ground 

 twice. The Ohio State Pomological Society has also held a 

 meeting at Columbus, the proceedings of which we shall 

 notice when they reach us. 



The grape has attracted unusual attention the past year, 

 and this interest has not been without its valuable results. 

 Already quite a number of new grapes have been made 

 known, and the probability is that in a few years we shall 

 not have to confine our cultivation to two such uncertain 

 grapes as the Isabella and Catawba, but have a half dozen or 

 more to make up a certain and reliable collection. Besides 

 the Concord grape of Mr. Bull, Mr. Allen has two new kinds, 

 which, though they have not yet fruited in the open air, from 



