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NEW ENGLAND FARMER, 



July 11. 1832. 



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Boston, Wednesday Evening, Jnly 11, 1832. 



CLOSE OF THE TENTH VOLUME. 



The lapse of time has brought us to the close 

 of anotlier and the tenth annual volume of the New 

 England Farmer. We shall not attempt a retro- 

 spect of our labors, nor shall we trouble our readers 

 with promises nor anticipations of future exertions. 

 What we have done is humbly submitted as the 

 only pledge we can offev for what we hope to per- 

 forin. A tolerable share of industry, and an anx- 

 ious desire to render services to our country and 

 mankind, are our only claims to patronage ; and 

 on these we shall continue to rely until we shall 

 perceive indications that our services are not 

 wanted, or not appreciated, in the sphere to which 

 we are devoting our labors. 



Present appearances are favorable to the con- 

 tinued prosperity of the New England Farmer. 

 It is true we have long been in the field, but it is 

 wide and every day brings some useful novelty to 

 notice, or gives new views of well known objects, 

 which may lead to some improvement in the great 

 arts to which our publication is devoted. We 

 hope that our correspondents will continue to 

 lighten our labors and cheer us in our course, by 

 the results of experience and the deductions of 

 agricultural and horticultural science, till with the 

 aid of our own humble but unremitting efforts, 

 the community may he benefited to the full extent 

 of what our best friends and patrons have ever 

 been led to anticipate. 



The Index to the tenth volume of the New Eng- 

 land Farmer is nearly completed, and will be piint- 

 ed and forwarded to our subscribers with all pos- 

 sible expedition. 



and deposit them in bags or boxes till wanted. 

 Give water to such plants as require it, but let this 

 be always done in the evening, that it may be of 

 use to the vegetables before the sun shall cause it 

 to evaporate. 



You may now inoculate or bud your fruit trees, 

 and, where it can he done without inconvenience, 

 t will be well to turn swine into your orchard to eat 

 the fallen and decayed fruit, and thus destroy the 

 insects which it contains. If, however, this cannot 

 well be done, or you have not swine in sufficient 

 miinbers to devour all your fallen fruit, it will be 

 well to gather and carry it from the ground before 

 the insects which inhabit it, make their way into 

 the earth, and make you destructive visitations 

 another season. 



GARDENER'S WORK FOR JULY. 



Clean and prepare your ground where your 

 eirly crops of peas, spinage, cauliflowers, and 

 cabbages grow, and all other vacant spots, to cul- 

 tivate thereon such plants as are proper to supply 

 your table in autumn and winter, with later-grown 

 productions. Y'ou may continue to sow cro])s of 

 small salading every eight or ten days ; but they 

 should now be sown on shady borders, or else be 

 shaded by mats, occasionally, from the mid-day 

 .sun, and frequently watered, both before and after 

 the plants appear above ground. You may now 

 plant out your celery ])lants in trenches, unless 

 you have already performed that operation. — 

 About the middle of July, and from that time to 

 the end of the first week in August, you may sow 

 turnips. Thin and transplant such lettuces as were 

 sown last month ; and sow more lettuce seed in 

 the beginning, middle, and last week of this month, 

 in order to have a constant supply for the table. 

 Sow likewise, radishes ; and in the last week of 

 this month, a good crop of s])inacli may be sown 

 for autumn use ; it will not then be so liable to 

 run to seed as in the preceding months. It is a 

 good practice to sow early kinds of cabbages about 

 this time, for a supply of good greens during au- 

 tumn. Collect all kinds of seeds as they come to 

 maturity, cutting off or pidliug up the stems with 

 the seeds attached, as they ripen. Spread them 

 in some airy place under cover, turning them now 

 and then, that the seeds may dry and harden grad- 

 ually, and be careful not to lay them so thick as to 

 hazard their heating and fermenting. When they 

 are sufficiently dry, beat out and clean the seeds, 



CATTLE SHOW, .^c, AT NORTHAMP- 

 TON. 



W^e have received a handsome handbill contain- 

 ing notices of the " Cattle Show, Exhibition of 

 Manufactures," &c, of the "Hampshire, Franklin, 

 and Hampden Agricultural Society," which is to be 

 held on Wednesday, Oct. 24, 1832. It is too long 

 for us to copy at full length, but we will give an 

 abridgment of some of the leading items. For 

 the best Bull, more than one year old, to he kept 

 for a sire wiiliiu the limits of the Society for one 

 year from and after the fair, f 8 ; for other bulls in 

 succession, from the second best .f (i, to the fourth 

 best $1. For the best Milch Cow, above three 

 years old, $3 ; for the best two years old Heifer, 

 f 3, &c. For the best pair of Working Oxen, not 

 less than four years old, &;c, 88, &cc. For the 

 best pair of Cattle for the stall, $10, &c. For the 

 best Merino Buck, &c, .95. For the best Boar, 

 &c, $4. For the best Stud Horse, &c, $8. For 

 the best Blue Woollen Cloth, &c, not less than fif- 

 i^vu ^aiils, .*0. For the t>est Woollen Cloth, oth- 

 er than Blue, &c, $G. Willi premiums for a va- 

 riety of other manufactures, including cassimere, 

 satinet, Scotch plaid, flannel, floor carpeting, 

 hearth rugs, cotton counterpanes?, woollen counter- 

 panes, stockings, sheetings, diaper, palm-leaf hats, 

 and straw bonnets. For the best liuttcr, not less 

 than twentyfive pounds, $3. For the best Cheese, 

 not less than one hundred pounds, $3. For the 

 best swarms of Bees, 810; for the five best 

 swarms, $5, &c. The greatest number of Mul- 

 berry Trees, &c, 815, &c. The greatest quantity 

 of Cocoons, 85, &c. Best acre of Winter Wheat 

 on old land, 810, &c. Best acre of Spring Wheat 

 on old land, &c, 810. For Winter Rye, Indian 

 Corn, Potatoes, similar premiums. The prospec- 

 tus containing the notices of which the above is an 

 abridgment, is signed by Mark Doolittlh, Pres- 

 ident, and by Daniel Steebi.ns, Cor. and Rec. 

 Secretarr/. 



MASSACHUSETTS HORTICULTURAL 

 SOCIETY. 



SiTURDiT, July 7, 1832. 



The standing committee on ornamental trees, 

 flowers, &c, award the following premiums : — 



To Mr David Haggerston, of Cliarlestown, for 

 the best Ranunculus, a premium of four dollars. 



To Mr Augustus Aspinwall, of Brookline, for 

 the finest Roses, a premium of five dollars. 



To Mr David Haggerston, of Charlestown, for the 

 best Anemones, a premium of three dollars. 

 Per order, R. L. EMMONS, Chairman. 



Fruits exhibited. — The specimens of fruit ex- 



hibited this day were not numerous, but were all 

 of the most extraordinary quality. 



By Elijah Vose, Esq. of Dorchester, Downton 

 Strawberries. By Mr Haggerston, of Cliarlesiown 

 vineyard, Wilmot's Superb Stawlicrries. By Mr 

 Geo. W. White, from Pomeroy Place in Brighton, 

 Black Tartarean and White IJigarreau Cherries. 

 W^ILLIAM KENRICK. 



N. B. — The Strawberries and Cherries were 

 very fine specimens, thought to be equal or supe- 

 rior to any ever exhibited at the Ilort. Rooms. 

 The show of Roses was rich and choice. 



At a meeting held this day, the following gen- 

 tlemen were admitted members of the Society: — 

 Isaac L. Hedge, of Plymouth ; George W. Bond, 

 Francis Skinner, Elbridge Gerry Austin, and B. 

 B. Grant, of Boston. 



Fine Roses and other Flowers were exhibited 

 by IMessrs John A. Keurick of Newion, Augustus 

 As|/mwall of Brookline, Messrs Vfinship of Brigh- 

 ton, William Kenrick of Newton, Samuel Walk- 

 er of Roxbury, and Richard Ward of Roxbury. 



The following circular was received by the 

 President of the Society, accompanied with two 

 bottles of wine. No. 10 was found to coincide 

 with the description below, but No. 70 had been 

 robbed of its contents by some inquisitive baccha- 

 nalian, who possessed more taste than honesty. 



Brooklyn, Long Island,) 

 June 27, 1832. > 



Sir — Believing you feel a dee]) interest in the 

 progress of our agricultural and horticultural con- 

 cerns, I take the liberty to send you herewith two 

 bottles of American wine, made from a grape 

 lately introduced to our notice and called the Isa- 

 bella grape. 



Bottle No. 10 is the pure juice, to which two 

 pounds of sugar per gallon were added, for fear of 

 its running into the acetous fermentalion. 



Bottle No. 70 is one third water to two thirds 

 juice. A gallon of brandy was added to a cask of 

 nineteen gallons, three pounds of sugar for each 

 gallon. The grapes from which this wine is made 

 had been packed in wheat bran to preserve them 

 through the winter, but on examining them a 

 month after, I found them taking injury by fer- 

 mentation, and therefore converted them into • 

 wine. 



This being my first experiment at wine making, 

 it must be regarded as a mere experiment. I can- 

 not, however, learn that any other person has at- 

 temiited to make wine of the Isabella grape, and 

 therefore believed that my first essay might be of 

 interest to cultivators generally. 



My vineyard is young and covers nearly two 

 acres, planted at different times. Some of the 

 vines commenced bearing last season, and from 

 ihcm I sold about one thousand pounds of grapes, 

 in the New York market. My attenqit to keep 

 grapes through the winter, in wheat bran and in 

 dry sand, has failed. I am desirous of ascertain- 

 ing the best mode of preserving them. 



The Isabella vine is probably known to you as 

 a most prolific bearer. It was introduced into 

 Brooklyn from North Carolina, by Mrs Isabella 

 Gibbs, the lady of George Gibbs, Esq. now of St 

 Augustine, Florida. It is the ornament of almost 

 all our yards and gardens, and the farmers and 

 gardeners are beginning to raise the fruit in quan- 

 tities for the New York market. It is known to 

 thrive well in the western parts of New York, and 



