VOL. XII. NO. 14. 



AND HORTICULTURAL JOURNAL, 



107 



From llir Bimkerhitl Aurora. 

 RAISING OP GRAPES. 



Tin: season for Grapes has been generally very 

 favorable, although in some gardens they have al- 

 most entirely failed. In the Vineyard of Mr. Ki n- 

 dall Bailey, is exhibited the finest display of foreign 

 grapes, growing in the open air, which wo have 

 ever seen. Tlic trellisi s are completely loaded 

 with tliiek clustering bunches of large and full- 

 grown fruit. 



In Mr. Mead's Vineyard, under charge of Mr. 

 Mason, the green-house vines exhibited a splendid 

 show of fruit; but in the open air, the amount of 

 fruit was small and scarcely deserving of atten- 

 tion. 



In Mr. Davidson's Vineyard, we understand the 

 vines have borne abundance of fine fruit. 



The vines in Mr. James Hunnewell's garden, 

 (rear of Rev. Mr. Walker's Church,) bore a fine 

 show of fruit, at the gathering of which on Mon- 

 day last, he invited his friends to partake of his 

 abundance. The fruit was delicious and " fair to 

 look upon." In his garden a Black Hamburg 

 vine, in the open air, produced some beautiful 

 fruit. 



Mr. Joseph Hunnewell's vines, both foreign and 

 native, have borne abundantly — they are exceed- 

 ingly well protected from the cold winds of the 

 climate. 



The Isabella vines have been generally loaded 

 with fruit this season. Col. Kendall has a vine, 

 the second year of bearing, which produced this 

 year by estimation about a thousand bunches of 

 grapes. Mr. James Hunnewell's Isabella vines, 

 and those of several other gentlemen in this town, 

 bore almost enormous quantities of fruit — and this 

 vine, for out-door cultivation, is yearly gaining a 

 decided preference over the foreign varieties. 



We are rejoiced that this admirable fruit has 

 become so abundant among us. It is a delicious 

 and wholesome fruit, and we hope in a few years 

 to have it still more abundant and its use more 

 general. All that is now raised finds a ready sale, 

 and at comparatively high prices. A single vine 

 of the Isabella grape will produce fruit sufficient 

 for the use of a family. 



THE TEETH. 



A person cannot be too careful of his teeth, for 

 much of his comfort depends upon attention to 

 their cleanliness. Care ought to be taken that no 

 grit be in any composition that he may use. Char- 

 coal however useful ought to be used with caution, 

 for even the finest contains sharp edges, which by 

 friction will wear away the outer coat and pro- 

 duce speedy decay. Filing is very injurious ; re- 

 move the outward shell, aud acids will, with ease, 

 be enabled to act upon and corrode the teeth. 

 Avoid purchasing all compositions for beautifying 

 aud whitening the teeth ; they are in general com- 

 posed of deleterious substances. I knew a lady 

 who made use of magnesia ; her teeth were exces- 

 sively white ; but before she arrived at thirty, her 

 front teeth had decayed. Another used lime, and 

 was not more successful. Water, with a few drops 

 of the tincture of myrrh, will be found adequate. 

 The too frequent use of acids is the principal cause 

 of the loss of teeth. Myrrh will cause the gums 

 to adhere closely to the tooth, and will therefore 

 act as a preservative. There is great connexion 

 between the stomach and the teeth ; if care is not 

 taken that the digestive organs be kept in order, 

 the nerve of the tooth may be easily irritated and 



cause great pain.— -Salt dissolved in vinegar, and 

 held in the mouth, will relieve the severest pain if 

 the stomach be not the cause. A morbid stomach 

 will generate both tooth and ear ache. — People's 

 Mag. 



POTATO PUDDING. 



In the hands of an economical housekeeper, no 

 vegetable can afford a greater variety of cheap and 

 wholesome preparation than the potato. The fol- 

 lowing is Dr. Kitchener's direction for a cottage 

 [intato pudding- 

 Peel, boil and mash, a couple of pounds of po- 

 tatoes, beat them up into a smooth batter, with 

 about three quarters of a pint of milk, 2 ounces of 

 moist sugar, and 2 or 3 beaten eggs. 



Bake it about three quarters of an hour. 

 Three ounces of currants or raisins may be 

 added. 



Leave out the milk and add three ounces butter; 

 it will make a very rich cake. 



THE RESULT OF SOME EXPERIMENTS 

 ON THE GROWTH OF POTATOES. 



By John Lindley, Esq. F. R. S. 



" In order to acquire the greatest possible weight 

 of potatoes per acre, it is necessary that large 

 round heavy tubers should be employed, and that 

 the space allowed for the growth of each plant 

 should be as nearly as possible such as it would 

 naturally occupy, if suffered to spread freely on 

 all sides without interruption ; that this space will 

 vary according to the habits of particular varieties, 

 and can only be determined by accurate experi- 

 ments ; that too much and too little room are alike 

 injurious to productiveness ; and that, finally, it is 

 quite practicable at least to double the crops that 

 are usually obtained." 



" It cannot be necessary for me," says Mr. 

 Lindley, "after this statement, to make any re- 

 marks upon the methods at present in use, of plant- 

 ing sets or fragments, or the smallest tubers, or 

 even, as sometimes in Ireland, parings of the po- 

 tato ; the evil consequences of such practices can- 

 not but be apparent to every one." 



By Mr. Barnet, of Edinburgh. 



" We have been trying the planting of whole 

 potatoes in wide rows; and, in a trial of three 

 kinds, the mode has proved superior in one kind, 

 the early frame, in rows 3 ft. apart, as this kind 

 has yielded ten bolls [a boll is about six bushels] 

 an acre more than when cultivated in the usual 

 mode ; namely, by small sets, and in rows 2 feet 

 asunder. In the two other kinds, which were 

 late ones, the produce of the new method has been 

 inferior ; but one kind had suffered considerably 

 from the depredations of a herd of rats, so that 

 the result in this case has not been satisfactorily 

 ascertained." 



MASS. HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY. 



PROCEEDINGS 



Of the Massachusetts Horticultural Society, Sat- 

 urday, Oct. 12, 1833. 



Frederick Wolcott, Esq. of Litchfield, Con., 

 Commodore Jesse D. Eliott, U. S. Navy, D. Smith 

 M. Cauley, Esq. Consul General of the U. States, 

 at Tripoli, were admitted as Honorary Members. 

 N. Morton Davis, Esq. of Plymouth, was admitted 

 a Subscription Member. Messrs. E; Vose, B. V. 

 French, and Cheever Newhall, committee of Fi- 



nance, and Zebedee Cook, jr., S. A. Shurtleff, 

 and E. Vose, a Committee to procure a room for 

 the future meetings of the Society. 



EXHIBITION OF FRUITS. 



.tipples. From Mr. Hunnewell, Fall or Holland 

 pippin of Cox, No. 15, very fine. Mr. Holyokc, 

 Marlborough, Lyscom apple, sometimes called 

 Mathews' stripe, a good autumn apple. Dr. Fiske, 

 Lyscom, and a seedling apple of a red color ami 

 good flavor. E. Vose, Esq. Spice apple, English 

 russet and spitzenburg. Mr. Pratt, very large and 

 handsome red apples, unknown'. E. II. Derby, 

 Esq. Salem, 2 sorts of apples, true names unknown, 

 one of them cultivated at Salem as " Osgood's Fa- 

 vorite." Charles Brown, Newton, Lady apple, Cox 

 No. 28. B. V. French, Esq. Yellow' Bellflower, 

 Cox, No. 33. Major G. Dickenson, Deerfield, 

 Bard apples. Col. John Wilson, Deerfield, Dick- 

 inson apples. R. Manning, Hollandsbury, (Ron- 

 ald, plate 40, fig. 2 ;) Wine sap, Cox No. 89 ; 

 Bellflower, Cox No. 33 ; Stump apple, supposed 

 to be a native of Essex county. 



Pears. From S. Downer, Esq. Wilkinson, very 

 superior; Napoleon, Diel, unripe ; Moorfowl's Egg, 

 Crassane, and Florelle, Pomological Mag. No. 112. 

 N. M. Davis, Esq. of Plymouth, Duchess of An- 

 gouleme, Pom. Mag. No. 7C, weighs 12 ounces. 

 James Reed, Esq. Roxbury, Moorfowl's egg. Capt. 

 Win. Lander, Salem, pears, name unknown. S. 

 G. Perkins, Esq. Doyenne Gris, Forsyth No. 44, 

 Napoleon, Pom. Mag. No. 75. B. V. French, Esq. 

 pears, name unknown. E. Vose, Esq. Wilkinson, 

 Marie Louise, and Capiaumont, Pom. Mag. No. 59, 

 all beautiful and good. T. Loring, Esq. Hingham, 

 Treasure, a large baking pear. John Mackay, Esq. 

 large pear, supposed the Treasure. R. Manning, 

 Passe Colmar, Pom. Mag. No. 64, Easter Beurre, 

 or Bergamot Penticote, Pom. Blag. No. 78, Orange 

 Bergamot, Cox No. 53, Winter Orange, Cox No. 

 37, Louise Bonne of Duhamel, and Buffum, a na- 

 tive of Rhode Island. 



Peaches. From Wm. Kenrick, Williamson's N. 

 Y. Clingstone, Eagle's late Rareripe, and Spanish 

 Clingstone, very fine. S. Downer, Esq. and J. 

 Balch, Esq. Seedling Clingstone Peaches. 



Grapes. Joshua Child, Boston, Grisley Tokay 

 and Black Hamburg. Samuel Hastings, Boston, 

 Black Cluster. Benj. Guild, Esq. Sweetwater and 

 Lombardy. Samuel Pond, Isabella, Catawba, and 

 Pond's Seedling, a very fine native grape, free 

 from the fox flavor. Mr. Sullivan's garden, Black 

 Hamburg. S. Downer, Esq. Schuylkill Musca- 

 delle, Buck, Winne, Troy, Prince Edward, and 

 Black Cluster, all identical, and not worthy of 

 cultivation. Wm. Kenrick, Alexander, Catawba, 

 Black Austrian and Bland's. J. Balch, Esq. Rox- 

 bury, " Pied Rouse," of rich flavor and worthy of 

 cultivation. 



It may not be improper to observe, that where 

 reference is made to the descriptions or figures of 

 any pomological author, it is intended to say that 

 they are the identical fruits described and figured 

 by such authors. For the Committee, 



Robert Manning. 



EXTINGUISHING FIRES BY STEAM. 



In a house 15 ft. by 15 ft. and 10 high, com- 

 bustible materials were put in the four corners and 

 centre, aud set on fire, and allowed to burn till the 

 flames reached a height of about 9 or 10 feet ; steam 

 was then admitted, which extinguished the flames 

 in less than two minutes. — Scottish Guardian. 



