Frost in Arkansas. 



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Many wine makers are in the habit of 

 picking- up all fallen berries, and of con- 

 verting them into Y7ine. The wine made 

 from such berries is but third-rate, it is 

 true; but we strongly recommend the 

 practice, as upon racking otr the juice 

 obtained from them, countless numbers 



of these worms arc found in the sedi- 

 ment, while unseen hosts of them are 

 also, most likeiv, crushed with the husks. 

 Those who do not make wine should 

 pick up and destroy all fallen berries.— 

 American Entomologid for May. 



FROST IN ARKANSAS. 



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On the morning of the 13tli inst. we 

 suffered from a severe frost, quite rare 

 in this climate so late in the year. 

 Usually here, in the southwestern por- 

 tion of the State, we have no killing 

 frost after February. Its effects upon 

 the grapes seem to have been very 

 capricious. The young shoots had at- 

 tained an average growth of one foot, 

 and had from two to four flower bunches. 

 There was a marked difftiience in the 

 varieties as to their powers of resist- 

 ance of cold. 



An lona vine in my garden was un- 

 hurt. An Israella, seven feet off, was 

 entirely denuded of its shoots, save a 

 few near the ground. A trellis of 

 Clinton vines, which had covered the 

 wires with foliage, was entirely black- 

 ened, as if scorched by flame. Catawba 

 trellises, near by, were comparatively 

 unharmed. 



Herbemont vines seem to have been 

 but little injured either by this frost or 

 the cold of last winter, which was, 

 several times, below 20^ Fahrenheit. 

 The shoots were several inches in length, 

 showing flower bunches. The Herbe- 

 mont being a tender vine in common 

 estimation, this result is somewhat sur- 

 prising. So far as we can judge from 

 the young vines we have (and which all 



came from the nursery of Mr. II us- 

 niann, at Hermann,) the Herbemont 

 bids fair to behave with us in its best 

 manner. We had some fruit of it last 

 j^ear, and will this season, without 

 further casualty, have enough for wine. 



Norton's Virginia and C3'nthiana had 

 been backward in leafing, and Avere 

 unhurt. The Delaware escaped very 

 well, though not entirely. 



To return to the Herbemont. All 

 our vines Avere obtained in the fall of 

 '66. They have groAvn with extraordi- 

 nary vigor, and have never suffered in 

 the slightest degree from winter cold, 

 even at the extreme ends of the shoots. 

 We hope much from this grape and 

 the Delaware, Avhich also seems to have 

 found h^re a congenial locality. It 

 may be a tardy grower elsewhere. It 

 is not so here. 



Such a spring frost as does not occur 

 here once in ten years has proven harm- 

 less almost to the Herbemont, Catawija, 

 Delaware, Rogers No. 1, Norton's Vir- 

 ginia, Cynthiana, Diana and lona. Con- 

 cord vines were badly hurt ; also, Clin- 

 ton, Martha, Cassady, Israella, Allen's 

 Hybrid, Union Village, and some others. 

 I can not think the difference is in the 

 hardiness of the varieties, but am un- 



