92 MASSACHUSETTS AGRICULTURE. 



was the largest exhibitor of natives, says his first choice is the 

 Concord ; second, tlie Hartford Prolific ; and, third, the Dela- 

 ware, which, with him, ripens a week earlier than the Concord, 

 both having the same aspect. Dr. Puffer, who has given con- 

 siderable attention to the Rogers' grapes, says they do not mil- 

 dew ; and he regards No. 3 with most favor. The Concord is a 

 grape of great promise, and it is safe to plant it. It does not 

 need as high culture as most varieties. The same may be said 

 of the Hartford Prolific ; but it has the bad habit of dropping 

 its fruit. The Delaware is very small, but of fine quality. The 

 Isabella and Catawba do not ripen except in sheltered situations 

 and favorable seasons. Those who plant or rely upon wild 

 grapes, cannot have compared them with the best improved 

 natives. 



It was a pleasant sight to many eyes to see peaches which 

 were grown in the open air on the tables of the society. So 

 seldom is this delicious fruit on exhibition, that no premium is 

 offered it. The Committee adjudged the exhibitors deserving 

 of gratuities. The disappointment which attends all attempts 

 to raise peaches with regularity, suggests the propriety of trying 

 an experiment, which, we learn, has been attended with success. 

 Plant trees in pots or tubs, say twelve inches broad and deep, 

 with an orifice in the bottom at least three inches in diameter. 

 Set them in a part of the garden which has a good exposure to 

 the sun, six inches deep in the ground. The soil should be 

 well prepared and the trees occasionally watered with liquid 

 manure. Take up the pots about the middle of November, cut- 

 ting off the roots which have pierced through the orifice, and 

 set them in a place in the cellar of pretty uniform temperature, 

 where they are to remain until it is time to set them out in the 

 spring. Trees treated in this manner are said, on good author- 

 ity, to bear well ; and fifty handsome peaches have been taken 

 from a single one. To those who pursue the ordinary course of 

 cultivation, we say : select the best trees, plant in warm situa- 

 tions, and take every precaution to exterminate the borer. 



So far as we are able to judge, the crop of quinces diminishes 

 annually, and there is a proportionate increase of price. They 

 have sold the present season for four and five dollars per bushel. 

 The borer has been allowed to make sad havoc with the bushes 

 in many gardens, and few are planted to replace those that die 



