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ing manner. Hut wo have got over 

 our first scare, and trust that, after 

 explaining things, our mighty col- 

 league will let us live a leetle longer. 



We do not know that ^xQ■■ have at- 

 tacked the Xew York F'armcrs' Glub^ 

 or an}' of its members. We are even 

 willing to concede, for the sake of 

 peace in the family, that they are all 

 our colleague claims for them, Solons 

 in wisdom, and as eloquent as Demos- 

 thenes,, or Petroleum Y. Xasby, al- 

 though Ave confess that we have never 

 seen the agricultural or horticultural 

 society yet, which had not some rather 

 l^ale lights among its members. But 

 New York is a wonderful place, and 

 so may its Farmers' Club be a w'on- 

 derful institution. But we take it for 

 granted, that they are as courteous as 

 other societies, or the American Agri- 

 culturist, and some Limes admit out- 

 siders to their deliberations, nay even 

 allow them to talk, though it be non- 

 sense. This may have been the case 

 in that part of their deliberations, and 

 indeed we supposed so, therefore our 

 remarks. For we ask in all simplicity, 

 is it anything but nonsense to advo- 

 cate planting the Scujopernong at the 

 North for the purpose of grafting the 

 Catawba on it, to prevent mildew and 

 rot, or that a new variety might be 

 obtained by grafting some of our best 

 grapes on it, and when the speaker is 

 not sure whether ho means hybridiz- 

 ing or grafting ? It was this to which 

 we referred in the remark commented 

 on so severely by our colleague, and 

 it appears plainly from the article it- 



self, that Messrs. Fuller, Carpenter 

 and others were of the same opinion 

 with us. Indeed, it was Mr. A. 8. 

 Fuller himself, who sent us the article, 

 and wished us to comment on it. We 

 know the Scuppernong, because we 

 have tried it long ago ; wo know it 

 will not ripen here, much less in New 

 York, and therefore know that it is 

 utterly unfit for cultivation at the 

 North. 



We fail to see how any passage in 

 our remarks could be so construed as 

 to mean disrespect for the Club. As 

 to the kind hint given "to keep on our 

 side of the Mississippi river," we trust 

 we have as good a right to travel East, 

 in this fi'ce country, as our high and 

 mighty colleague has to travel West. 

 Wo profess to know a little about 

 grapes, even at New York, and so, we 

 think, does Mr. Fuller. We can only 

 say, if the Agriculttirist knows any- 

 thing about them, he very seldom im- 

 parts that knowledge to his readers, as 

 the word grape is seldom mentioned 

 in his columns. Ours is a paper exclu- 

 sively devoted to it, and therefore we 

 claim the right to expose grape hum- 

 bugs wherever wo find them, even 

 should they be perpetrated in the 

 Farmers' Club. Our colleague claims 

 to be so severe upon humbugs, does 

 he feel bound to cover this with the 

 mantle of Christian charity, simply 

 because shown at his peculiar home 

 institution y We are sure none of the 

 sage members of the Club could take 

 anv offense at our remarks. — Ed.] 



