IX.— No. 39. 



AND HORTICULTUllAL JOUIINAL. 



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■I- is useful or inteiostiiij,' to iiimi, in the Juiiidrtd in their proper j.hices, and upwards of 

 arcer orrivihzmi..n i.s iiiiin.Kiiiittly lumle j „„(• thousand more to he renewed. I have sucli 



ronfuhiice in the husiness being hoth practicahle 

 and protitablc, Ihiit I oonli'rnplatc phmting one and 

 a half acres more on a site well suited to the pur- 

 pose, adjoining my present establishment. 



Some of my vines produced fruit in 1S27, 

 pretty freely in 182S, and last year very largely, 

 when my vinfige produced eight barrels of wine 

 beside my making sale of a eonsiderable quantity 

 of fruit in Philadelphia, &c. The ensuing season, 

 I shall probably have more than double the quan- 

 tity, as there are constantly new vines coming 

 mto hearing, and also others approaching their 

 full capacity, which had previously made only a 

 first or second effort. 



As regards the varieties with which I have 

 had most success, and to which I give the prefer- 

 ence, I am unhesitating in ratdiing as the three 

 for 



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: and iiulividuals, distinguisheil for thei 

 lual attaiumenrs, and arts of philanthropy, 

 of hting claimed as the ciiizens of a sin- 

 nation, are hailed as compatriots in the vast 

 ihhc of letters, science and the arts, and are 

 rsally honored as the benefactors of the hu- 

 race. 



Kcspectfully submitted 



By H. A. S. Dkarborn. 



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resolutions were unanimously 



lie followin 

 led. 



'esolved. That the thanks of the Society be 

 cnted to Gideon 15. Smith, Esq., Editoa of 

 .\morican Fanner, for the very acceptable 

 ent of Aracaclia root.^, ^^ hicli lie has kindly 

 emitted from Baltimore. 



esolved, Tliat the .\racacha Roots beconfid- 

 ) John Low^ell, Esq., Thomas Nultall, Curator 

 the Botanic Garden, David Haggcrston of 

 estown and Nathaniel Davenport of Milton; 

 that ihey be requested to attempt their culti- 



iiid report the results of their experiments 



ocioty. 

 le following members were admitted. 

 DEO.N B. Smith, Esq. Editor of the Ameri- 

 ""armer, a con-esponding member. 



3IE.MKERS. 



5IAH Stedman of Newton, 

 RDNER Brewer of Boston, 

 N. Baco.v, do. 



ions of the Warren ap|)le were presented by 

 ihan Warren, Jr, Weston. It is a native 

 Hid in eating from November to April. The 

 IS large, skin yellow, freckled with red and 

 1 dots. Said to be high flavored. 



especially where our object in cultivating lliein is 

 to make wine. 



To bo coricliniod next weok. 



LIVE FENCES. 

 Mr Editok — There is one very serious objec- 

 tion against adopting the suggestion of Mr Buck- 

 minsler, of usi/ig tlie yelluw locust for Hoe fences, 

 and that is, this tree is so prone to send up sprouts 

 from its extended roots, that it would soon eiieuin- 

 her the fields. 



The avocations of the nursery forbid my add- 

 ing anything further than that 

 1 remain, respectfully. 



Your obedient servant, 

 Jllbany, April 12, 1831. J. Buel. 



From Prince'3 Trealise on Ihe Vine. 



of a letter from Edward H. Bunsall, Esq. to 

 author, dated 



' Vineyard, Germaiitown, Ta. February, 1830. 

 eceived your communication, in due course, 

 •el under obligations for the kindness which 

 ited it. Ill accorflance with the invitation 

 'Ded in it, I shall now proceed to give a 

 y sketch of my practice and experience, so 

 I Mndersiand your proposition to extend. I 

 remise, that I commenced planting my viue- 

 u the spring of 182-5, with from seven to 

 housand cuttings, which I extended over 

 icres of ground, arranging thein with a view 



vines being when grown, at distances of 

 .'seven feet fronn each other. There was 

 rage of two cuttings in a place. From the 

 f iilanting (say first of April) for a period 

 weeks, there was but about one fourth of a 



rain, ami the sun frequently warm. The 

 ting principle was put in action, the sprouts 



and deriving no nutriment from the soil, 

 of them were soon killed, and dropped off. 

 d something beyond one thousand. The 

 nd most important part of the next season 

 most equally unfavorable, which combining 

 le necessity of starting with very • few of 

 >f the varieties, I was desirous of cultivating 

 vely, (and from which I have since been 

 ating, and gradually extending my stock,) 



obstructed the completion of my estab- 

 nt, so that there are yet some vacancies to 

 d. I have now about three thousand five 



oiemost, the 'Catawba,' the York, (Pa.) 'Black 

 Madeira,' and the 'Isabella.' These seem to pos- 

 sess all the requisites for our purpose, more par- 

 ticularly as wine grapes, — and some persons ad- 

 mire them for the table also. They all produce 

 excellent wood, ripening the shoots almost to the 

 extreme end, even in the most unfavorable seasons 

 and without any protection, pa.ss throug-h our 

 coldest winters as securely as the oak of the forest. 

 The 'Catawba' and ' Isabella 'yield exlra-abundant 

 crops of fruit, and the York Black Madeira is also 

 a very good bearer. Their fruit rarely fails to 

 arrive at fine maturity, and is rich in saccharine 

 matter,— the basis of wine. The ' Alexander ' I 

 am cultivating pretty largely, but my estimation of 

 It is on the wane. It does not produce as good 

 wood as those just mentioned, and is less certain 

 of ripening its fruit. I have some plants of the 

 North Carolina ' Scuppernong' coming forward; 

 but from conversation with some of my friemls 

 who were familiar with it at the south, I doubt its 

 adaption to extensive culture. They say, that as the 

 berries connnence ripening, iliey immediatelv 

 loosen their connexion with the stem, and by 

 sligiit agitation, fall in great numbers, as is the case 

 will, most of our Fox grapes. I have upwards 

 of thirty additional varieties, several of which have 

 not produced fruit, so as to enable me from per- 

 sonal observation, to place an estimate on them ; 

 and such as have, I do not think worthy of be- 

 ing brought into competition with the three first 

 mentioned. There are some, the ' Elsenborou gh,' 

 ' Orwigsburg,' &c, the fruit of which is good and 

 generally ripens, but they hardly seem fitted f or 

 vineyard culture, on account of deficiency in the 

 size of the fruit, amount of produce, &c. 



The wine Dr Hulings alluded to was part of a 

 cask of one hundred and thirty gallons, made by 

 me three years since, from the ' Alexander ' grape, 

 purchased of some of my neighbors, my vines 

 not having at that time come into bearing. It 

 has been pronounced by connoisseurs in Phila- 

 delphia, to be very similar in its character to a 

 good Madeira, excepting that it was rather more 

 mild; 



' My vineyard is situated between the Schiiyl- 

 <ill and Delaware rivers— four miles from the 

 rbrmer, and eight from the latter, at an elevation 

 of three hundred feet above their level, havinn-, 

 an aspect facing S. S. E., with a sub-stratum of 

 ight isinglass soil, and seems well suited to the 

 purpose. From my experience, both on my own 

 premises and at other places, it is my judgment 

 that we should reject almost all foreign varieties, 



Premium.— The Plymouth County Agricultural 

 society ofler a Premium to that town which shall 

 maintain the best piece of road, being a public 

 highway, of a given extent within its territory. 

 The improvement of roads is a worthy object for 

 [M-emiunis. The funds of agricultural societies 

 might he aided by the state and tin! fines of one 

 town be bestowed as a bounty on others. As for 

 some roads that we wot of, if there were 'ser- 

 mons in stones' and preaching could avail any 

 thing, no premiums would be required to improve 

 their condition. — JVew Bedford paper. 



Wool. — According to tlie present appearances in 

 Europe, there will be a considerable rise in the 

 price of wool. None could be obtained in Portu- 

 gal or the frontiers of Spain in January, nor would 

 there be a supply till next summer ; at the same 

 time, the demand for coarse wool was increasing 

 and prices advancing. The stock in England was 

 small, and of consequence the prices good, and 

 would probably remain so. This will have an effect 

 on the American market. 



Lowell. — The demand for tenements in this 

 town has never been so great as at the jiresent time. 

 We recently advertised one to be let, and have re- 

 ceived not less than forty applications for it. Ten 

 years ago our ijopulation was about one hundred 

 and fifty ; it is now not much less than seven thou- 

 sand, and the piospects of the growth of the town, 

 have at no time been so promising as at the pre- 

 sent. Funds sufficient have been obtained to build a 

 rail-road ii-om Lowell to Boston ; the Suft'ulk Com- 

 pany has recently been incorporated with a cap- 

 ital of $500,000, and have commenced erecting two 

 mills with all the necessary appendages ; the Tre- 

 niont Company is also just incorporated with a 

 capital of $500,000, all of which has been sub- 

 scribed. Among the buildings to be erected thig 

 summer, will be a hotel on a very extensive scale, at 

 the corner of Jlerrimack and Duttoji streets. 



Lowell Journal. 



Coal for Steam Boats.— \Nc learn from the Provi- 

 dence American, that the steam boat President, 

 Captain E. S. Bunker, which left New York on 

 Tuesday at 4 o'clock, A. M. arrived at Providence 

 the same evening at 11 o'clock. It is added that 

 she used coal instead of wood on the passage and 

 that the experiment proved entirely satisfactory. 



The Directors of the Boston House of Industry 

 propose to erect a Wind Grist Mill. The cost is 

 estimated at $500. The amount of Grain con- 

 sumed at the House annually, is about 5000 bush- 

 els. 



