1849. 



THE GENESEE FARMER. 



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HORTICULTURAL PARTY. 



Tiif. Following aotice, which we extract from the 

 Horticulturist, will show something of the Horticul- 

 tural spirit in Philadelphia. We have been assured 

 by many of the guests that this was duo of the 

 ghtful fetes they ever participated in; and 

 Imw could it be otheru ise ? 



I!. : i. Partt. — We learn that our friend, 



Dr. Brinckle, whose zeal and knowledge place him 

 among the foremost of amateur horticulturists, held a1 

 his residence in Girard Square, Philadelphia, on the 

 evening ol the 13th September, one of the most agree- 

 able horticultural soirees ever en joyed iu this country. 

 Had we been able to accept his kind invitation, we 

 would gladly have noticed this reunion more fully; 

 but we now are forced to content ourselves with the 

 following memoranda, kindly sent us by one of the 

 guests. — Ed. 



During the horticultural exhibition, we have had 

 rather more than the usual supply of fruits' and 

 flowers; but the climax of the gala was last evening, 

 when Dr. Brinckle, to do honor to the occasion, and 

 to exhibit some remarkable fruits and wines that had 

 been provided by his liberality and that of his numer- 

 ous friends, gave a "Horticultural Party" at his ele- 

 gant and hospitable mansion in Chestnut street, where 

 were assembled the amatuers, the gardeners, and the 

 friends of liberal culture. J. P. Gushing, Esq., of 

 Boston, kindly forwarded a liberal supply of his best 

 grapes, pears, &c, and the tables were in addition, 

 ornamented with every flower now in bloom, the 

 whole forming a fete such as the writer would be 

 glad to see frequently repeated. As an evidence of 

 the good things of this region, I beg to insert in the 

 pages of the Horticulturist the following list of fruits 

 exhibited at a private evening party on this single 

 evening: 



Oranges and Pigs. Citron melons, two varieties. 



Watermelons — Mountain Sweet, Mountain Sprout. 



Flowers — Very beautiful pyramids and basket bouquets 

 for the table, from Messrs. Bissktt, Kilvinger & Raabk 



Chinese Preserves — Finger fruit, Mangostan. 



Native Wines — Longworth's Sparkling Catawba, Long- 

 worth's Catawba or Hock, Buchanan's Hock, Resor's Cape. 



Foreign Wines — Washington Morton's Champagne, Geis- 

 ler's do., Wirts & Co., do. : Hockheimer, two vintages ; 

 Weinnengen; very superior Hock presented by Mr. Len- 

 nig. Chambertin, Port, Sherry, Maderia. 



Grapes — Black Hamburgh, very large, Hanstrell, do., 

 White variety. Nectarines — New White, Early Violet. 

 Pears — Bartlett, Golden Beurre of Biboa, Flemish Beauty. 

 All the above from Mr. Cushing. 



Grapes — Lashmere's Seedling, Chasselasde Fontainblcau, 

 Muscat Muscadine, White Frontignan. Grizzly Frontignan, 

 Raisin des Carmes, Decan Superb, Cambridge Botanic Gar- 

 den, Victoria, Black Hamburgh. Black I'rince, Fromental, 

 I'raukenthal. The above from Mr. Bust. Many other 

 fine varieties were presented by Messrs. Cleveland, Bax- 

 ter, Johns and Copia. 



Pears — Petre, Chapman, Lodge, Pennsylvania, Moyamen- 

 sing, Hanover, Seckel, Seckel from original tree, Autumn 

 Bergamot, Zant/.iii<_ r er. White Doyenne, Gray Doyenne, 

 Chancellor, Orange, Stcinment/.' Catherine, D'Angouleme, 

 Julienne. 



Peaches — Many varieties. 



An interesting item in the evening's proceedings 

 consisted in testing the American wines. The la- 

 bels from these arid the best foreign brands were re- 

 moved, and private marks attached. The best judges 

 in the city were present, and the result would have 

 been exceedingly gratifying to Messrs. Longworth, 

 Buchanan and Resor, had they been present, and I 

 may add, will do much in introducing the Cincinnati 

 wines into use in this region. Yours, S. 



GRAPE CULTURE. 

 \\ i: are glad to observe thai the culture ol thi 



Grape is making rapi State. At 



the Slate and County Pairs this season, the quantity 

 and quality of tin 1 Grapes presented have far sur- 

 passed anything we remember to have seen in former 

 years. At our County Show we had Isabellas from 

 Air-. E F. Smith, of this city, Zrra Burr, of i'< r- 

 inton. Mr. Ajnsworth, of 15! 



that in size, color, &c, approached bunches of Black 

 Hamburg, raised under glass. Johnny Bull may 

 turn up his nose at our "American sour grapes, 

 hut wo have great reason to rejoice that we have a 

 soil and climate where such grapes as these can be 

 grown with comparatively no care at all 



We have on our table a box of Isabellas, presented 

 us by David McKay, Esq., of Naples, Ontario Co., 

 from his young vineyard, as fine as Dr. Underbill 

 ever gathered in his famous Croton Point Vineyard, 

 and fit to appear in the dessert of the daintiest repub- 

 lican in the country. Mr. McKay designs supplying 

 our market with] grapes. His vinepard is in a very 

 promising condition, and will no doubt yield him a 

 handsome revenue. 



It is almost incredible what a quantity of grapes a 

 single vine of the Isabella will produce. A mechan- 

 ic of this city planted a vine some seven or eight 

 years ago, and now it covers one end of his house, 

 gives him a delightful arbor, and this year has yielded 

 about seven bushels of fruit. The man who has a 

 place for a vine to run cannot invest fifty cents better 

 than in planting a good Grape Vine. 



The cultivation of Foreign varieties in cold vine- 

 ries is also attracting much attention. These struc- 

 tures may be very cheap and simple, and yet answer 

 every purpose. We copy below a notice of a very 

 complete establishment of this sort, from the Horti- 

 culturist, and we may add that we saw exhibited at 

 the American Institute, splendid specimens of Queen. 

 of JV7ce, Muscat of Alexander, Black Prince, and 

 Black Hamburg, from the Clinton Point Vinery. 



THE VINERY AT CLINTON POINT. 



Our frontispiece is intended to convey to the reader 

 some idea of the very complete vinery at Clinton 

 Point, the residence of our neighbor, Philip S. Van 

 Rensselaer, Esq., near New-Hamburgh, on the 

 Hudson. [We omit cut of vinery. — Ed. Gen. Far.] 



The effect of this vinery is so excellent, and its 

 adaptation to the intended purpose so complete, that 

 we consider it the best model for a cuvilinear house 

 that we have yet seen. The general plan is not un- 

 like that of many vineries near Boston; but in sim- 

 plicity and nicety of construction, : * far surpasses all 

 the curved roof vineries that we have seen there, and 

 was designed by Mr. Van Rensselaer after a thorough 

 inspection of the best vineries in the country. 



The house is built entirely of wood; and while it 

 has an exceedingly light and pleasing effect, is at 

 the same time very strong and durable. The view 

 of the interior shows that the roof is supported by 

 three rows of light posts, to which, in a very simple 

 manner, the effect of clustered columns is given. 



The house rests on locust posts, which are as 

 durable as a stone wall while they offer no impedi- 

 ment to the free passage of the roots of the vines 

 through the border on the outside or inside of the 

 house. 



In the ventilation of this vinery, Mr. Van Rensse- 



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