423 Domeslic JSTotices. 



Our correspondent at Brooklyn has promised us a report of the 

 exhibition, which will apj)ear in our December number. — Ed. 



The Ohio grape. — An ojiportunity oft'ering by Dr. Biites, I send 

 you two bunches of my Ohio grape. They are not more than two 

 thirds their usual size; and as they have already been four days off 

 the vine, and not calculated for long keeping, do not ex|)ect them to 

 reach you in eating order. The vine is very vigorous, hardy, a fiue 

 bearer, free from mildew, without the hard pulp conmion to all other 

 native grapes, and equal, for the table, to the Muesinier, or Miller's 

 Burgundy. 1 will next season send you a fairer sample. — Yours, JV. 

 Longworth, Cincinnati, Ohio, Sept. 1842. 



[The grapes came to hand in tolerably good order. The variety 

 appears to l)e a good one, but it has much the appearance of Herl)e- 

 mont's Madeira. Does Mr. Longworth know its origin? for we are 

 inclined to think it identical with the latter. — Ed.] 



Gardening in Indiana. — Much spirit has been shown within one 

 or two years past, in this State, in cultivating fruits and flowers. 

 We have formed a State Horticultural Society, whose exhibitions 

 are attracting, and beginning to deserve, much attention. At our 

 meeting in October, we shall exhibit a lar^^e number of new varieties 

 of apples. Considerable attention is directed to originating new 

 kinds, and our premiums have tended chiefly to that point. We 

 suppose our soil and climate to be admirably adapted to the fruits 

 belonging to the middle States, and doubtless Indiana will, in a few 

 years, be one of the largest fruit-growing States in the Union. The 

 apple and the pear are the especial objects of cultivation, and in 

 every direction, as farms are opening, large and thrifty young or- 

 chards will be found. 



It will give me pleasure, if any thing worthy of note is presented 

 at our October exhibition, to give you descriptions of it; and 1 may 

 be able to send, by private hands, some specimens of new winter 

 ai)ples. — H. JV. Beecher, Indianopolis, la., Sept. 29, 1842. 



iridea. Gladiolus natalinsis. — Roots of this fine exotic, planted 

 out so late as July 16th, are now blooming finely in the open air, 

 notwithstanding several severe frosts have occurred; they causing 

 the foliage only to turn a little yellowish, although of sutiicient pow- 

 er to completely destroy the foliage of the dahlia. — R., Oct. 12, 1842. 



Fair of the American Institute. — The fourteenth Annual Fair of 

 this Institute was held in New York, from the 11th to the 26th of 

 October, at Niblo's Garden, Broadway. We were present at the 

 exhibition, at the close of the second week, and were much pleased 

 with that part of the Fair devoted to agricultural implements, and 

 garden productions of flowers, fruits, and vegetables. Nearly an 

 entire room was devoted to the three latter, and a very fine display 

 was made. Around the two sides of the hall were arranged large 

 stands, on which the dahlias were placed; between these stands, 

 (which occupied only the space against the wall,) in front of the sev- 

 eral windows, were vegetables of various kinds: at the end waa 

 placed the exhibition of fruits, consisting of a very good assortment 

 of kinds, the largest collection of which was from our corresjiond- 

 ents, Messrs. A. J. Downing & Co., of Newburgh, N. Y. Other 

 fine collections were seat by Messrs. Keid, of the Murray Hill Nur- 



