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A NATIONAL WINE GROWERS' MEETING. 



Auditors Grape Gulturist: 



The American Pomological Society 

 holds its next regular meeting in Phila- 

 delphia, on the 15th of September next. 

 That society legitimately has nothing 

 to do with wine making, or discussing 

 the comparative values of grapes for 

 wine making, yet at its meeting there 

 will be a large number of gentlemen 

 whose main interest in the society is 

 predicated upon the grape as one of the 

 fruits for the society's discussion ; and 

 I therefore suggest the policy of, at 

 that time, forming a National Wine 

 Grovyers' Society, to which all those 

 who are engaged in making our native 

 grapes into wine, as well as the growers 



of the grape, arc invited. What say 

 you, Messrs. Editors ? Addi. 



[We like your suggestion ; the only 

 difficulty we see is, that but few gvape 

 growers from the West will find it 

 possible to attend the American Pomo- 

 logical Meeting, as it will come just in 

 time for wine making. It would be of 

 advantage to the wine growers of the 

 country to meet occasionally, and com- 

 pare notes, samples of wine, etc., 

 although we think that State and local 

 societies can do even more to foster the 

 interests of grape growers. Our ex- 

 perience has taught us that it is very 

 difficult to get people together, even 

 for those meetings ; how much more, 

 then, for a national gathering. — Ed.] 



For the Grape Gulturist. 



SENDING VINES BY MAIL. 



Mr. Editor : Is it as well known as 

 it should be what can really be sent by 

 mail ? I will give you an instance per- 

 haps worth repeating : In passing 

 through an establishment one time the 

 'agent showed me a box, which he said 

 was directed by express to a customer 

 some six or eight hundred miles off, 

 while the order was to have it sent by 

 mail, accompanied by money to pay the 

 postage. I remarked that would cost 

 him three dollars at least express 

 charges. But the foreman said it could 

 not be sent by mail. I requested the 

 agent to give me the box, and in an 

 hour I would return him the vines in a 

 form fit for the mail-bag. And I did 

 return it. It cost 28 cts. postage ; and 

 in a few weeks thereafter we had the 

 pleasure of hearing a letter read from 

 the recipient of said package, wherein 



he stated that he never in all his deal- 

 ings received a bundle neater got up, 

 or the plants in better order. 



Now, in that package were twelve 

 strong one year old vines, some of them 

 were very large for their age. What I 

 wish to impress on the minds of dealers 

 is, to make use of the U. S. mail-bao- 

 wherever it can be done, which is limited 

 to four pounds in one package. Over 

 this we are obliged to submit to the ex- 

 tortion of the express companies. 



Will you tell your readers how such 

 packages should be put up ? Or do you 

 wish me to do it for next number of the 

 Grape Gulturist ? 



Yours truly, Montgomery. 



[We think friend Miller will do our 

 readers a favor by giving his method of 

 packing, so that they can profit by it. — 

 Ed.] 



