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of birds and animals, which are una- 

 voidable in a new settlement, and by 

 which fully one-half of the earlier va- 

 rieties Avere destroyed, and also that 

 a great part of these vineyards bore 

 for the tirst time, we think we have 

 reason to be proud of, and feel thank- 

 ful for, such a crop. In some of the 

 vinej'ards the yield was really enor- 

 mous. One of our tenants, Mr. George 

 Schneider, who holds two leases in the 

 bottom, of which about 6 acres were 

 bearing, gathered over 64,000 pounds, 

 more than 10,000 pounds to the acre. 

 From 2 acres of Concord he gathered 

 something like 31,000 pounds, from 3 

 acres of Norton's 23,600 pounds, and 

 from 1 acre of Ives 3,516 pounds, and 

 part of these were only bearing their 

 first crop. 



Of the newer varieties, the Goethe 



and Wilder especially have surpassed 

 our most sanguine expectations. The 

 Goethe has even sui-passed the Con- 

 cord in productiveness and health}', 

 vigorous growth. From 350 vines, 

 planted 6x10, in their third summer, 

 consequently bearing their tirst crop, 

 on the hills, we received 3,127 poiinds 

 of splendid fruit. And besides this 

 heavy crop, they made an enormous 

 growth of wood, which is now ripe to 

 the very tips, the foliage hanging at 

 present date (Oct. 19) on the vines 

 green and fresh. 



But we are afraid to wear}" our 

 readers. Let us hear from them about 

 their crops. In our next number we 

 will give them a table of the specific 

 weight of must from over thirty vari- 

 eties, from v^'hich we made wine this 

 season. 



EDITORIAL COUETESY 



" The Grape Culturist and the 

 Farmers' Club. — We have heretofore 

 spoken in commendation of the Grape 

 Culturist, edited by Geo. Ilusmann, 

 St. Louis, Mo., but we fear that we 

 shall be obliged to retract. It (quotes 

 a talk on the Scuppernong grape at 

 the N. Y. Farmers Club, and then 

 says: 'It is certainly amusing — but at 

 the same time disgusting — to see men, 

 who have not the faintest perception 

 of vegetable life, who know nothing 

 about the influence of grafting, but 

 only know that the word hj-bridizing 

 is in the dictionary, and that it means 

 some horticnltural operation, persist 

 in trying to force this grape upon 

 Northern planters,' etc. — Mr. Grape 



Culturist, this wont do, at all. The 

 'Farmers' Club' is a peculiar New 

 York institution ; it embodies wisdom, 

 science, experience, modesty, and elo- 

 quence, in a maimer that no other in- 

 stitution ever did before, and probablj' 

 never will again; and Ave simply de- 

 }nand that you show it that respect 

 which it merits. Please keep on your 

 own side of the Mississip])i. Hoav can 

 you know anything about grapes so 

 far from New York ? " 



[We clip the above from the columns 

 of the Am. Afiricvlturiat, and must say 

 that we at first felt humbled, in fact, 

 dumbfounded and overwhelmed, by 

 this very gentle and dignified admoni- 

 tion, given in such a truly condescend- 



