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NEW ENGLAND FARMER. 



March a.'J. If 



until done enough; then add .ome flonr and wa- 1 centre lengthwise, if there i^ a black speck in it, the clinre of a fruit so excellent mav be 

 ter (as in making gravy) with salt, and about as j it is dead, and it wonld not p„t forth if the sprino- 1 removed. ' 



much cayenne pepper as will lie on an English | were ever so favourable ; if the bud be ^reen it i° 

 sixpence; [or half a pistareen] the diaerent in- 1 alive. There are many more buds dead in north- 

 gredients may however be varied to the taste.— ; cm than in southern situations. What the spring 

 At the present wholesale prices of Kasl India rice, : frosts may do after the trees have blossomed and 

 the above would only cost about three pence, and | the frnil formed, is yet unknown. B. 



would be a sufficient meal for a family of si.K per- i Fmmingham. March 19, 1^27. 



sons. — Ibid. 



SNOW. 



A letter from Dixmont. Alaine, under the date 

 of March 9, gives the followin 

 estimated quantity 



Accept the assurance of my perfect csteet 



AiNDKE' PARMENTII 



IhrticuUvral Garden, Brooklyn, \ 



Long Island, Ma.ch 9, 1837. ) 



[TRANSLATED FROM THE FRENCH.] 



GRAPEVINES. , . - -. ....,.^ ,,.r.»ut.u, 



xMr Editor — The remarks you made, which fol- ' "'^'^^^^'"'3' '" ""ake such culture successful. 



_!.__ :.._ _ 1 . believe thn rrr..r.n in „„„« .,(• ;._ U- 1 • .. 



Remarks by the Editor.— We did not men, 

 our observations alluded to by M. Parmentil 

 state any " objections to the culture of the vd 

 bnt merely to intimate that some precantionl 



he following etateme it of the Mr Editor — The remarks you made, which fol- ' "'^'^.^^^'"'3' to make such culture successful, 



of snow which has fallen on a '°^^''''J 'he republication of my letter written last • J^^'"^^^.'^'"' ^''"pc in somo of its best varieti 



nter. February to the Editor of the N. Y. Daily Adver- ^ '^'"'^ ^f '"'""'t which is the most pleasii 



^t' .1 r_ll.?r. t ticor ;ntli.^AJrt..rT?«.^l.,«,11? r*U« 0-l»* L thc nal.ltp a* lV*ill oo tha mrir-t .,.,]. .k_-. ./ 



level during the winter 



December -25 there fell 6 inches 



.January 



February 



March 2 5 



77 inches. 

 The weather has been cold but steady. 



J ^,- ,..easii)| 



tiser, in the New England Farmer of the 2d March, "''. P'ii''»te as well as the most salubrious ofl 



appear to me judicious and prudent, and entirely "'^''^^ can be raised in this or any othei com 



accord with my opinions, maxims and instructions '^ '"'"^ "'"^ ^^^ apprehensive ihat the cultup 



concerning tlie culture of the vine in the northern t*!^ /'ne, in large vineyards, for the purpo 



parts of the United States. My experience went ^'^"'"eT the wine thus obtained, does not, at » 



simply to prove that the vines cultivated in the "^"t- l^i'l fair to become a profitable pursuit in | 



northern part of France, which form the greater "°''tliern part of the United States Yet, wc hi 

 part of those I have offered by subscription to am- 

 ateurs, can resist the severity of winter without 

 cover ; and surely the winter we have undersone 



no doubt but raising grapes for the tabU maj 



made a source of emolument, to the gardcnerf 



- ... . ...I.,,-. ;:.,„=, '=""''''''«'» for profit, as well as of amusement 1 



has very justly occasioned apprehensions. I do not employment to the amateur-cultivator. 



however intend to prevent covering these vines, '""'mers and gardeners, may also perhaps, 



which omission would be in opposition lo my opin 



ion, — particularly in the north, which I compare 



to the culture on the borders of the Rhine. On 



the contrary I recommend in my instructions, 



their account in- manufacturing wine from 

 grape, in small quantities, for family use. 



But the way to give lasting, as well as bea 

 cial cncouragen.ent to the culture of the grap 



Ihe weather has been cold but steady. We to the culture on the borders of the Rhine. On D"t tlie way to give lasting, as well as beJ|' 



have had three heavy thaws, which have reduced t''^ contrary I recommend in my instructions, '^''''' f"'^0"''>gf"-e!it to the culture of the gra^i 



the snow to about 30 inches on a level. As yet it which I deliver with my vines, to cover them, and '° caution against permitting our hopes snd wisH 



IS e.tcellent sleighing here. not to uncover them, in the north, till towards the takintr the lead of our judgement. The fjir 



—^ ; latter part of April. Those kinds should have ®'^^ted in M. Parmentier's communication for t 



NOVEL DEPREDATION. alieltnr during the most variable season in the cli- ^'''^ ^'"""k Advertiser were very encourafrin» 



*v.ij.^,,..i j^i-,. oiiciKu uu.-iiig iiif inosi variaoie season in me cii- 



Mr Editor— I feel it a duty to state, that some [ mate. While the vine is covered it remains in a 

 erson has cut of!" and rnrrinfl uu/ov <.„o,-„ ^„;„„ ' f«,.r,;,i <,(o»„ „v,j i„., <•:.. .:.. ^^^ sufficient to prove that his vines, alluded to 



far as they went. But, we fear, that they Ire"] 



that his vines, alluded to, 

 in general, for a succession of seasons, withsU 



person has cut of!" and carried away every scion | torpid state and loses none of its propertie 



from the best of the trees sent to my care by Th :i as soon as it is uncovered you may perceive it - „„...,..... 



A. Knicht Esq. From some of the trees they j shoot with reuen-ed vigour, when the mildness of the rigours and caprices of the climate in i, 

 have taken fruit buds and all, so that unless new I the season excites vegetation. From the first of England or even in New York without coveri, 

 buds should put forth at the sides, the trees are | May to the first of October, the vine should be though some perhaps, might be induced to d] 

 ruined. A? I have criven away every graft and bud; inspected with reference to the different periods ' ■ ■ - 



i ..^ u_ il : __i c .. .. ,. .. 



--._--. --. . ..i».^ g..t.. ,.,. uj. .rvt-iy giaiu an;i uuo , nispecieu wiin reierence to tlie (iiUcrent periods ^'-'ch a conclusion from the statement of Mr 

 without reserving any for myself, and as I have j of its flowering, and for supporting its fruit and rentier But since he asserts, in substance, 

 considered the trees as public property, not my i branches. he recommends covering during the 



considered the trees as public property, not my i branches. 



nTi'ntl?" h",V*''k ""^"^ °"^'" '°J" "'"^' ""^-i ^ ''^^'^ "^P°^'«'' t'>« '-«' y^="- twenty thousand 

 quainted with this base transaction. The depreda- | vine rooU (covering 4 acres of my establishment, 



Roxbury, March 21, 1827. 



PEACH trees! ' 

 Mr Ff.sse.ndkn — Permit me to correct an error 

 in an article, which appeared in the N. E. Farmer 

 No .33 of the current volume, copied from the 

 Franklin Post, relating to the preservation of ten- 

 der fruit. The writer of that article, after pres- 

 cribing certain remedies for the failure of fruit 



„ » ..... more sevM 



and mutable parts of the season, such of his vim 

 as are most susceptible of injury from hard fn 

 and sudden changes of temperature, our appre 

 sions are probably without foundation, at leas, 

 10th of June. One month afterwards many "pro- *"" ^^ ""espects such individuals as may rocel 

 duced flowers for bearing fruit. I cut away those '"Y^'"^"' °^^'' ^'"'""'ntior'.s instructions, whki 

 flowers, which were in plain view, in order to ''® ''ehvers with his vines, 

 strengthen the roots ; but some which escaped my " 



researches produced fruit the beginning of Sep- 

 tember, so perfectly delicious as to surprise the 



/;«.,,., J u " f- -"'- I viiic luois ^covering 4 acres ol my establishment, —--■••—- ——k"""^ "■ '"juiy irom nam iroa 



t on wag made by some person to whom I had point- which contains 24 acres.) I commenced plantin^r ^"'' ^"■'^'''" changes of temperature, our apprehi 



od out the most valuable sorts. JOHN LOWELL. | them out in the month of Mav, and finished tl.: T"' "' ^'"^"-^^^ "■'"'°"' ''"""dation, at least? 



yfo.iiur^, Jl/arc/i 21, 1827. hoth nf Tnn^ n„„ u .«. , far as respects such individuals as may roceil 



METHOD OF SEASONING MAIIOGANYI 

 IN A FEW HOURS. 

 admirers of 'the Isabella grapesrbecause'theT had , '^^^ '■"PO'-tjince of this method of seasoning ms 

 never tasted so good grapes in this country, or '"^''"y ""'/^^ hours, which in general has «. 

 those which would bear any comparison to them. ,, r "^""^ '" " ^''"' '' ''"^^ ^''"''^'^ 



is iaan error, for it was known as e.rlv ,, Foh ""■'thern states of the union, what fruit can com- ^^ „v.»- ri "'".""'"*'"''^' <^c. must necessaiWJ 

 Tu . r, I .1. 1 I 1 , ... "STing provided a Steam tight wooden box et- 



course of trade, all articles made of such wo|d| 

 such as chairs, ballustrades, &c. must necessaiffl< 

 be excessively subject to warp, which is preve^iJ 



season 



The winter past I have from time to time exam- 

 ined my peach buds, before those e.Ureme cold 

 days in January last ; tliey were in good liealth. 

 Sjnce that tiioo many of tliem have died, on some 

 trees almost the whole ure deud. If it be asked 

 how it is known that blos.soins are killed in winter, 

 J reply it is by splitting the blossom b^id is the 



I .1. 1 I 1 , ... "»»in& proTiuen a steam tight wooden box et- 



think I have answered your objections to the I pable of holding conveniently such piece" oT 1 

 culture of the vine. Your opinion without my hogany as are fit for chair.r&ca'^ pre from '■ 

 I explanation might somewhat discourage the ad- 1 boiler is adnnted tn it 1,.. J„ c '^T i. ^ P 



mirers of this sort of fruit in New England, J'tl^C'^V: Ln\T^^^^ 

 country .0 interesting to industnous cultivators. ' with ,team, the temperature of wdiichi abS "^ 

 and so sohcitoue to luiprov. and increase its ad- equal to that of bnilincr water ^'"' 



vantages. And have shown that .„y obst.scle to ., The time required 'fcr inch and half wood* '■' 



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