Vol.Viri.— Nn. 17. 



n as the fruit was off) they had produced more 

 indant c.'0|)S than other vines, particularly in a 

 ir when, o« ing to the extreme coldness and hu- 

 llty of the summer which had preceded, otiier 

 liad not ripened their wood, consequently 

 duced generally very little fruit. 

 Vfter all, it may perhaps be considered nfe cer- 

 I, that if ever the foreign varieties of the grape 

 uld become so far naturalized to tho climate of 

 vv England as to produce and ripen their fruit 

 ; our native varieties, without any care or cuUiva- 



whatever, it can only be done by raising them 

 11 the seeds for a succession of generations : 



never from cuttings. For this purpose tlie 

 ds, not of the fine ameliorated kinds, but of the 

 St hardy and austere Uiiids should probably be 

 ferred — they would gradually improve in qual- 

 as the experiment was continued, and in the 

 I by proper and continued selections might pro- 

 •e many fine and superior varieties. 

 Sept. 25, 1829. W. K. 



Downer, Esq. 



Dear Sir — I have sent, on board of the Dia- 

 nd, Casby, a bundle of trees, containing 

 Jonathan, or New Spitzenburgli, an Esopus 

 seedling, and superior to the old for eating. 

 Mouse, a fair winter apple from the tiaine 

 place. 



Gertnan apples import- 

 ed by C. Knudson, as su- 

 perior varieties. Mr K. 

 is a German nurseryman. 

 9. is known to be n su- 

 perior fruit. 



AND HORTICULTURAL JOURNAL. 



131 



Roseu Kyu. 

 Passe Pom Rouge. 

 Roth Krugu. 

 Double Zapalleu. 

 Roman Krugu. 

 Fidgeon Rouge. 

 Gravenstein. 



Straat, (street) from F.sopus — a superior nu- 

 tiiran 'ipple, in eating from Sept. to January.' 



Astracan, from the London Horticultural So- 

 ciety. 



Hawthornden, from do., an autumn fruit of 

 high repute. 



My Plum, and I think another apple. 

 The trees are labelled, and are presented to you 

 h a request that the members of the Massachusetts 

 rticultural Society may receive grafts and buds 

 m them for propagation. 



I have also addressed to the care of Mr Ros- 

 M two boxes of fruit, destined for the Commit- 

 , of which you are a member, in relation to a 

 menclature, &c. comprising about 35 samples of 

 pies and pears. One of each sample is wrap- 

 i in paper with a ticket of its number and name, 

 known here. There are three without name, 

 ley are from a friend who expected to find the 

 mes, but who failed. I did not examine them 

 th the object of identifying their names from this 

 use. 



The French pear in the small box is a superior 

 lit. Can you not tell its name ? I should be 

 sased to know the result of your examination 

 d comparison. 



As I am emphatically a potato and root farmer, 

 lave also sent for the examination of your mem- 

 rs (which examination can only be had, by the 

 e, after they are cooked) a fair sample of my 

 tato crop, of which I have 1500 bushels. 

 Cannot a plan be devised, and carried into ef- 

 i^t, for a descriptive catalogue of our esteemed 

 lits, somnthing on the model of the London Po- 



ilogical Magazine, with lithographic figures ? 



ciety so comiietent to undertake the task as the 

 Mas.sachusetts Horticultural, nor of any gentlemen 

 better (jualified as editors than Mes.srs Lowell, 

 Pekkins, an<l Downf.r. Do take the thing iulo 

 consideration. Tlie more settling tin; synonyms 

 svnulil be an invaluable benefit to the community. 

 Nothing would lend more to the improvement of 

 our table and cider fruit than such a publication. 

 It might take the form of a quarterly publication, 

 and the fig'ures and descriptions, and qualities of 

 fruits might be given as satisfactory materials were 

 collected. To increase its interest there might be 

 40 or 50 pages, more or less, in each No. devoted 

 to pomological subjects, such as 



The management of a nursery. 



The planting of orchards. 



The adaptation of different soils to different va- 

 rieties of fruit, jiarticularly the soils best fitted for 

 the grape, and cider apples. 



The relative and intrinsic value of varieties of 

 the apple and grape for wine and cider. 



The best processes of manufacturing tliese 

 liquors, of preserving them and fitting them for 

 market. 



The approved method of propagation, by bud- 

 ding, grafting, laying, &c. 



Descriptions of new varieties worthy of public 

 attention. 



Descriptions of insects which prey upon fruit 

 and fruit trees, and the methods of prevent.iug their 

 depredations. 



And, generally, whatever may be considered of 

 interest to the cultivators of fruit. 

 Very respectfully, 



your obedient servant, 



Albany, Oct. 11, 1829. JESSE BIJEL. 



Mr Downer will comply with Mr Bdel's re- 

 quest with pleasure, in distributing the above men- 

 tioned scions and buds. 



Remarks tiy the Editor. — It is a subject worthy of ma- 

 ture consideration, whether the Keio England Farmer 

 and Horticultural Journal may not, for some years at 

 least, serve as a substitute for the proposed Pomological 

 Magazine, in addition to its other objects. By multiply- 

 ing journals on subjects of culture, we divide, and of 

 course diminish the support of each ; and it is doubtful 

 whether the great stock of cultivation will, in this coun- 

 try, bear to be ramified into a great many branches. By 

 grasping at too many objects we may lose our hold of 

 such as wc are now able to retain, and by attempting too 

 much we may achieve less than would be effected by a 

 judicious, and not too ambitious use of our limited means. 



CORRECTION. 



Mr Fessenden — One or two errors occurred in 

 my communication published in your last, which 

 I will thank you to correct in your next paper. 



In relation to the Isabella Grape, I say "it 

 should not be eaten before the first week in the 

 present month." The article was written in Oc- 

 tober, and should have been thus dated. The 

 omission originated with me. 



I wrote Virgouleuse ; it was printed Virgaleuse. 

 The mistake is comparatively trifling, although I 

 experienced no little mortification, while in at- 

 tempting to correct an error in the nomenclature 

 of fruits, to become liable to the suspicion of igno- 

 rance in orthography. 



A DORCHESTER CULTIVATOR. 



tem of agriculture and art in Middlesex, within 

 the last ten years, cannot but trace it to the influ- 

 ence of the Agricultural Society and the Cattle 

 Show.-;. VVc would extend the same measis of 

 improvement to schools, and general diffusion of 

 knowledge, and hope by the meeting proposed in 

 Concord "on the 16th inst. of all interested in popu- 

 lar education from every part of the county, much 



ood may Ue done. Each one can learn from 

 others something that he knows not, and give in 



eturn some knowledge peculiar to himself. Thus 

 the ideas of every individual maybccotne the pro- 

 perty o."" all, and they may carry into every town 

 the combined wisdom and experience of the whole 

 county. This has been the case in the Agricultu- 

 ral Society. Let it be also in the Comity Lyce- 

 um. I..et every man view the education of him- 

 self and his cliildren with the same zeal he views 

 the improvement of his husbandry. 



Middlesex boasts of being second to Worcester 

 alone in agriculture. Let no other go before her 

 in education. The meeting will be Monday 16th 

 inst. at 10 o'clock, in Concord, Massachusetts. — 

 Address at 1 1. A full and punctual attendance is 

 requested. MIDDLESEX. 



COMMUNICATION. 



Middlesex County ./IgricuUural Society and County 

 Lyceum. 

 portion of the fruits might be colored for those j Whoever has noticed the great imiiroveinents 

 ho would pay the expense. I know of no So- 1 [„ (he farms and cattle, and indeed the whole sys- 



NEW SILK REEL. 

 A Silk Reel has been invented by Gideon B. 

 Smith, and may now be seen at the office of the 

 American Farmer, Baltimore, which, it is thought, 

 in consequence of its simplicity, will supersede 

 the Italian reel. The Piedmontcse reel, the most 

 a))proved one used in Europe, and the one reccj- to 

 mended in the manual published by Congrc n, but 

 a complicated piece of machinery, requirij to the 

 use of four cog wheels, and other diffi'ium. New- 

 to effect the vibration of the traversing ihe first prc- 

 vibratory motion is effected in Mr *; months old, of 

 a cylinder, with an oblique cpi' 

 which is traversed iiy a pin attached to the trav- 

 ersing bar. The cylinder is fixed upon an axle, 

 at the end of which is a drum from which a band 

 works upon a pulley on tlic »xie of the reel. The 

 drum is 18 and the pulley 10 inches diameter, 

 their size, therefore, prevents the possibility of the 

 band slipping. A handle fixed near the rim of 

 both drum and pulley, enables the reeler to turn 

 the reel with either at pleasure. The operation of 

 the reel is precisely the same as that of the Pied- 

 montcse reel, and it may be varied to any extent 

 at ))leasurc. We shall probably obldin a drawing 

 of the reel for publication in the Farmer, as Mr 

 Smith docs not wish to hamper the progress of the 

 silk culture in the United States by patenting his 

 invention. We are requested to state that silk 

 reels on this plan can be made here for 17 or 18 

 dollars, and that Mr Smith will gratuitously super- 

 intend their construction. The reel can bo taken 

 to pieces and put up ic. a kv/ minutes ; so that it 

 can' be transported ii- a compact form to any part 

 of the Union. — J];i. Farmer. 



Bears' meat has fallen to 4 cents per pound in 

 Wlllianistown market. At North Adams the price 

 is 5 cents. 



Judge Haliburton, in his late liistory of Nova 

 Scotia, remarks that the settlements were begun 

 thero before the planting of Plymouth Colony. 



A bill has passed the Vermont Legislature re- 

 ducing the number of militia trainings to one in 

 each year. Massachusetts, copy thou from thy 

 younger sister who sitteth upon the Green Moim- 

 tains. — Lancaster Gazette, 



