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the outer bark. If you cut through the 

 entire bark it may have the effect of 

 checking rot, by checkincr the circula- 

 tion of sap altogether. We shall return 

 to this subject of ringing and checking 

 sap in a future number.] ~Ed. 



Lawuen'ce, Kansas, Jul}- -iSd, 18(50. 



Geo. Husmann, Esq. : 



Sir: — I take the liberty to write 

 to you for information concerning 

 the whereabouts of pasteboard grape 

 box manufacturers, thinking doubt- 

 less you are posted. Any information 

 concerning the above will be gratefully 

 received by the undersigned. 



There is an immense yield of grapes 

 in this vicinity. The rot is among 

 the various kinds, Concords not ex- 

 cepted. My vineyard in bearing con- 

 sists of about four acres of Concords, 

 four years old, trellised on wire. 



Hoping to hear from you soon con- 

 cerning the boxes, I remain yours 

 truly, B. P. AValling. 



P. S. Do 3'ou jvuow of a weekly 

 or monthly publication better adapted 

 to the wants of the fruit grower than 

 the American Agriculturist? 



B. P. W. 



[Can any of our readers enlighten 

 our correspondent about pasteboard 

 grape boxes ? We confess Ave do not 

 know of an}^, nor do we think them 

 practicable, as the pasteboard does 

 not afford resistance enough. 



The Anierican Agriculturist is an 

 excellent paper, but almost too far 

 East for you. You will find many 

 valuable hints on fruit growing West 

 in the St. Louis Journal of Agricul- 

 ture or the Rural World. We send 

 you the Grape C/ULturist, and trust 

 you can find something in it worth, 

 knowing, in our particular line.] — Ed 



We understand that a joint exhibi- 

 tion of the Missouri State Horticul- 

 tural Society and Mississippi Valley 

 Grape Growers' Association will be 

 held at St. Louis on the 8th, 9th and 

 10th days of September next. We 

 are not yet informed of the particulars, 

 which will be determined in a meeting 

 of the joint Committees of Arrange- 

 ment, to be held on the 6th of August 

 next, to which all the florists of the 

 city are also invited. 



Our Club Kates. — To any person 

 who will send us 8S 00 we will send 

 five copies of the Guape Cultukist, for 

 one year, to such address or addresses 

 as he may designate. 



Any one of our friends may thus, by 

 a little exertion, form a club in his 

 neighborhood, and obtain his paper 

 free. 



By special agreement with the pub- 

 lishers, we are enabled to club the 

 Grape Cl-ltcrtst with either the Jour- 

 nal of Agriculture or Rural World, at 

 do 00 per annum, and will, should any 

 of our readers wish it, tr^^ and effect a 

 similar arrangement with any of the 

 horticultural or agricultural journals in 

 the country. 



