NKW ENGLAND FARMER. 



Published bv John B. Russkli. at the corner oi ; onjrress ami biiuiall ritrcets. — Tiiiijia= U. Fessenuew, hditor. 



YOL. V. 



BOSTON, FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 8. 1826. 



NO. 7. 



ORIGINAL PAPEllS^^ 



iTtHE DIFFICULTY OF RAISING THE 



GRAPH, WIIETllKR NATIVE OR EX- 



OTICK, IN THE OPEN AIR. 



Tliis is a most delightful and siilutary fruit. — 

 wenly years' e.Kpericnce has shown, that it is a 

 ry precarious cultivation with us. Two causes 

 ive seemed to produce this uncertainty. The 

 ■St is the check, which the grape vine expevien- 

 in the approach of autumn from the fogs, and 

 lid nights, which succeed the heats of July. — 

 iforc wc had any insects to annoy us, our hopes 

 ere often blasted, by the appearance of a mil- 

 \v, which covered the bunches of grapes and 

 new shoots, on which they were borne. To 

 is evil succeeded another — an insect with white 



sects, I beg leave to ask you to insert it in your 

 Journal. 



liuihury, Aug. 8, ]82(!. 



RECIPE TO DESTROY INSECTS. 

 Three pounds and a half of strong soap — flour 

 of sulphur 3 pounds — musliroouis of the wild sort, 

 ••i pounds ; or three pounds of tobacco loaves or 

 stalks — sixty quarts of running water or rain wa- 

 ter. Divide the water into two equal parts — pour 

 one half into a small barrel v^hich is to be e.xclu- 

 sively used for this purpose — put the soap in and 

 stir it well, and add the mushrooms after having 

 crushed th^m lightly. Boil the other half of the 

 water in a kettle and put all the sulphur in it, 

 after having tied it up in a linen bag, to which 

 you will attach a weight which will cause it to 

 descend to the bottom — let it boil 20 minutes and 



striped with brown, the females without \ gj;,. jt ^vith a stick so that the water may receive 



ings, stationed on the under side of the leaf.- 

 uey were innumerable. They feed on the epi- 

 riiiis or outer coat of the leaf. Most of us aban- 

 ned the culture of the grape out of doors, after 

 nng many remedies, expensive and troublesome. 

 e owe to the Hon. Mr Sillivan, of Brooklyn, 

 jiraple, efficacious remedy for both diseases. — 

 deed his success in the culture of the grape has 

 en extraordinary, and the more grateful, and 

 itructive, as it has proved, that there are few 

 tural evils which careful observation, and in- 

 stry will not cure. For the mould on the 



all the virtue, and take the colour of the sulphur. 

 If the dose of these materials is greater, the pow- 

 er of the application will be proportionably in- 

 creased — the amount stated being the minimum 

 which will answer. Pour the boiling water into 

 tlie barrel, shake it daily, till it is exceedingly 

 fetid and offensive — bung up the barrel after 

 every stirring, and after you make use of a part 

 of tiie mixture. Syringe' with this liquor the plants 

 or parts of a tree infested by insects in a dry morn- 

 ing. 

 It is a remedy almost or entirely certain against 



.Ip. Parmentier, brother of a gentleman of 

 : same name, distinguished for the cultivation 

 the science of Natural History in Flanders, has 

 ablislied himself at Brooklyn, Long Island, near 

 York, where he has undertaken the man- 

 ;ment of a horticultural garden, which will be 

 oted principally to the grape. In a late visit 

 this vicinity, he communicated the following 

 ipc for the destruction of insects, especially' 

 ise which affect the grape. It is one which hai 

 ■n long tried in France, and found to be sur;- 

 isful. As it is very simple and its ingredien ts 

 all known to be injurious, if not fatal to i; a- 



known to Mr PAKinENTiEii their success 



The employment of it has never been injurious 

 to fruits or vegetables. Mr Parmentier has tasted 

 even cauliflowers, treated w'ith this infusion for 

 the destruction of caterpillars, and never perceiv- 

 ed any ill effect on the flavour. 



nches of grapes which will often appear where Uhe aphis and probably against others. 

 ;re are no insects, he found the application of 

 wdcrcd sulphur to the bunches of grapes when 

 a wet state, so as that the sulphur would ad- 

 re, a perfect remedy for the mould. His own 

 perience, that of S. H.Pehki.ns, Esq. and more 

 ;ently my own, confirms the certainty of this 

 nedy. No ill effect whatever is produced on 



■ irr'ape itself. It is easily washed off and no ill 

 te is left in the fruit. 

 The same application to the leaves of the plant 



if not absolutely successful, a very valuable 

 3ck to the prevalence of the insect so fatal to 

 ! leaves. It must be shaken over the leaves 

 lie in a moist state — it is not fatal to the insect 

 1 must therefore be repeated. 

 The effect seems to be to render the leaf less 



ateable to them. The expense is trifling, and 



■ labour not to be put in competition with the 

 al loss of this admirable fruit. The insert at 

 ks the native grapes, nearly to as great an ex 

 it, as the exotick ones. 



A GARDENER. 

 toxhury, Septemher 2, lS3ti. 



ported from abroad, and is sold at a lower rate ac- 

 cording to its intrinsic value ; l)ut, like virtue and 

 many other good things not in general use, though 

 highly commended, it is not yet so e.vtensivcly 

 known as its merits deserve. The greatest dis- 

 couragement attending the manufacture of this 

 article is tlie duty on sugar, which is aif essentia! 

 ingredient. In the two last seasons they have 

 melted down 1(;,9.3G pounds of sugar, the duty on 

 which is $'487. This duty must be paid in advance, 

 or long before the wine can be tit for sale, or use, 

 and adds about 8 cents to the price of every gallon. 

 Would it not be sound policy in the government 

 of the United States to encourage this manufacture 

 by remitting the duty in every instance where 

 proof shall be given that sugar, to a certain amount, 

 has actually bean used in any season, in any single 

 manufactory ? As this article may be made to any 

 amount in the Middle, the Western, and Northern 

 States, and has been found to improve both by age 

 und transportation, as has been lately evinced in 

 a couple (.f pipes sent to South America, ought 

 not the government to extend its patronage, rather 

 than discourage the manufacture by exorbitant 

 Taxes ? 



We have been informed that Messrs. Dyer & Co. 

 who have heretofore manufactured Currant Wine 

 in large quantities, have relinquished the business 

 the present season, in consequence of the high 

 price of sugar. 



Boston, Sept. 4, 182(i. 



Persons who try it will be kind enough to make ^^ ,^jjj^ ^MANAGEMENT AND DISEASES ' 



[Translated from the French.] 

 Mr Fesse.vde.n — You will please to publish in 

 your valuable Journal some practical observations, 

 which I have tried on the culture of Indian con- 

 and tobacco, than which there are few roots more 

 exhausting. But I have always seen the finest 

 crops on' those grounds where the roots have been 

 pulled up, after cutting the heads from the stocks. 

 There are few cultivators who fully appreciate 

 how much the roots, after the stocks are cut, con- 

 tinue to exhaust the land. It is therefore a very 

 useful practice to pull up the roots. I would give 

 the same advice to the kitchen gardener, to pull 

 the roots of salads and cabbages, for they exhaust 

 the land very much, after cutting the tops, and af- 

 ford no profit. Pasture is always dear and scarce 

 in the neighbourhood of Boston ; and care about 

 these things, and to keep the land from useless 

 and pernicious plants would have a great influ 

 ence on succeeding crops, and save a great con 

 , sumption of fodder. A. PARMENTIER. 



Brooklyn Horticultural Garden, JV. Y. 



CURRANT WINE. 



We arc informed that the Mess. Kenricks of 

 Newton have manufactured about 3000 gallons in 

 1825, and 3G00 gallons the present season 



OF HORSES. — Continued from page 4ii. 

 The lampas, which is a fulness, or swelling of 

 the roof of the mouth near the front teeth, is 

 sometimes an impediment to a horse's feeding, but 

 according to Surgeon White, not so often as it is 

 supposed to be. In all young horses this part is 

 rather full, and often on a level almost with the 

 teeth, without being tender or hindering them 

 from feeding. When the mouth becomes inflamed 

 and sore, either from teething or some disorder of 

 the stomach, the roof or palate of the mouth also 

 is generally in the same state. For this swelling 

 or lampas, farriers and grooms think it necessary 

 to apply the hot iron, and Surgeon White observes 

 " I cannot say that I have ever seen any injury 

 arise from the application, except in a few instan- 

 ces, where it had been carried too far ; but I have 

 always found that afler the operation has been 

 performed, and some lotion given to wash the 

 mouth, no further complaint has been made to the 

 horse's feeding. It is better, however to try the 

 lotion in tiie first place, which with a dose of laxa- 

 tive medicine and a few mashes, will, generally 

 render the operation unnecessary. 



Judge Peters of Pennsylvania, in an article, pub- 

 lished" in Memoirs of the Philadelphia Agricultu- 

 ral Societii, vol. iii. page 100, says " Two of my 

 horses had swellings of the 'bars or roof of the 

 mouth, called lampas. Young horses are most 

 subject to it. It is occasioned by fever, and the 

 horse should be treated accordingly, sometimes a 

 mess or two of hard corn (Indian) banishes this pro- 

 tub jrancc. Burning is usually practised. It is 

 ruinous as cutfing for the haws fa disease 



This wine is very fine, and generally admitted not so .^ ^^ ^^ ^^^^ ^^^ 



to be superior to mo&t of the common kinds im-|oi me eyesj uui, 



