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THE GENESEE FAEMEE. 



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eiuiiK ct'Ui.-te oi piumng, as tJie tree progresses lu growth 



dre v.^.f' "f ^V" ''? '''^''■' '"'•■^ ^'■'^^^^ ^'•''''' ^''''"^'^ '" France the age of „k i" 1 u n a h.S 



ma?he hT; 'l''"" ^'T' I"" ^'" ?"^"r' '^"''^'^ ^^^^>'^ '^^ t'-^'"<^J i» tl'^' pyramidal lorni These 

 ?;>...! ^ i ""'"^' closer order than when grown as standards. We have kn.;w>. the. to 

 succeed well whei'e grown at the distance of six feet apart in the row* In tt.i. .v«,. \r v ^""" /" 



it . k owu7h ,t r /„i / '■"'^- ^' ^" ^''"^^' ^'"^ ^^" "'^t 'H^pear as an exaggeration, when 



We commend tlie above ^irticle to the attention of those who are seeki.io- reliable 

 mformation on this snbject. Col. Wildkk's statements are entitled to the ftillest confi- 

 dence. We must add, however, that from what we have seen and learned last'season 

 both at home and abroad, we have concluded to abandon the Urbaniste on quince- 

 we feed satisfied it wdl not be durable. We would add to the above list, Belle Lucrd- 

 hve, Doyenne Boussock, and White Doyenne. These succeed well, and are indispensa- 

 ble, m our opmion, even in small collections. 



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Handbook of Wines. - The Appletons have published a book under this title 

 which we have seen noticed in several newspapers. A writer in the Western Horticul- 

 tural Review takes the author (Thomas McMullen) severely to task for his very 

 remarlcable and culpable neglect of the wines and wine interests of Aemrica and 

 concludes thus : ' 



H,r?l'r"^'^ir'"°''^^'j ''• °"* ""f P^'"'^ ^« anticipate in this article the statistics and facts in rel-ition to 

 the grape culture and wine making in this vicinity, now being prepared by a compete In and 

 winch w> 1 shortly be made public; otherwise we Should take°great^pleasuTe fn oEr fo h e ed 

 ficatio.1 of the public generally, and Mr. McMullen in particular, a statement fn.mnJ'terial.n t 

 possession, whidi would go to prove the great extent and importance of this branc- of h ittr We 

 may say en pam«^ however that this culture embraces more than a thousand ae,-es o v i?;.ul 

 m..ny luindreds of laborers and that there is a value embarked in this business a one ^latl n Se, i. ' 

 fixtures, stocks on hand, etc., that will reach half a million of dollai-s. We know ofTh ee in h- d nl 

 concerns, whose vmeyards w,ne-house.s, stocks, and materials, will reach two-fifth of thTs sun 



_ In conclusion, we venture the prophecy, that the culture of the grape, and he n'amSure of 

 wine in he valley of the Ohio, in the vicinity of this city, is destined to reach a n irt i , 



Sie itTu^ "'' '"' T^'^Kr'^'r ^°"^ ^^^'-^ ^ -°^^1 -^ beaUhLl\;fl enru in s ;^ 

 the friends of temperance have thus far vainly sought to attain." »oi,ieiy, in.ii 



Xo w-onder, really, that the wine-growers of Cincinnati shcuM feel slirrhted in an 

 American book on wines, * 



Horticulture i>' Philadelpdia.-A ne^v monthly gardening journal bos been commenced in rhil- 

 adelphia, called the "Philadelphia Florist." We have not seen it, but learn that it is conducted by 

 a committee of practical gardeners." That city in many respects, has more of horticultural int.roi^ 

 about it than any other in America. In floriculture, especially this is true, and a journal well c 

 ducted there would be well received. We have some doubts, however, about the success of editori,'* 

 ' committees." We have no recollection of any of these holding long together. 





