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Published by Joh.n B. Rdsskli. at K). 53 Noiili Market Street, (opposite Pumieil Hall) Thomas G. Fessekdew, Editor 



BOSTON, FRIDAY, MAY II, 1827. 



No. 42. 



d I G 1 N A L PAPERS. • 'loHars- Thl. I did, because I lliouglu it of im- Sucli arc tlic facts wlii.-li have led »,o to such a 



=:^ — ^r=r7: ■ _: — - i-T^.r3rr- portaiicc to tile community, and as I had neither ! conclusion. , If I have laid do'.vn nu erroneous 



EDITOR OF THK SEW EW0I.4ND PAUME*. U''"" "Of groutid that I could Spare for the purpose, I piinciplo, I \vis!i to have it refuted. I wisli that 

 — and as the Agricultural Society offers no premiums [those who niry Ijave tried experiments of the 



ITHIANGRAI'EorZANTE CURRANT ["lit I know of, for such productions, I thoiurlit it same nature, woiild make known the result for the 

 — In the New England Farmer of Friday | " i'i'>y I owed to tlie good intonlions, as well as to ' benefit uf others, as an interchange of views and 

 observe, in an article written by Mr Pome- i '-''I? memory of the distinguislicd tliaractcr who opinions relative to practical husbandry, is not 

 n t!ie Corinthian Craps or Z'inte Currant, } ^'^^it them to mc, to give them every chance wiiich | only desirable, but highly expedient and necessa 

 owing sentence, — " It is doubtful whether 'circumstances would admit of. Jlr Howson will j ry. A FARMER. 



c plant of the true Corinthian vine has ever 

 ultivatcd in the United States " 



oiiERoY appears to think that tliis vine has 

 ut lately introduced into England, as it was 

 ntionel by Speedily ; but as it has been 



and described by the French horticulturists 

 irly a hundred years, it could not, I think, 

 een so long neglected by their neighbours, 

 ppears by Mr Pomeroy's account, that 

 ~oler,"' who travelled in the Levant, (or who 

 Travels in the Levant) mentions it as a 



1c plant ot the true L'orinthian vine has ever Joubtlcss be able to supply cuttings from the | If'orcesler, Mr' i\ 18'17 . 

 ultivatcd in the United States " mother plant next fall, and young plants or rooted 



'oiiERoY appears to think that tliis vine has cuttings in another year, and if they arc found to Remarks h/ Hi c Editor. — The able Essay "on 

 ut lately introduced into England, as it was s:icceed, they can be easily o.xtendcd. If tliey will the Manufacture of Cider," written by Jesse Buel. 

 ntionel by Speedily ; but as it has been '>ot answer in this, they may still do well in a more Esrj. of Albany, published in the New 'Englatui 

 ..,.1 .. :u... .... .1.. T. u ,. -^.•.. i..._-_.^ S'Hithern climate. Farmer, pajgo ^>.j/ of the current volume, wilFcor- 



Siv JosEi'ii Banks appeared toMthink they would j roborate the observations of our correspondent 

 ?i:eooed in this latitude, but I am inclined to think with rogai'd to I'lO apples for cider. "The char- 

 tliat our late frosts in the spring, and early frosts acteristics," s-iys Judge Buel, "of a good cider 

 ill l!ie fall of the year, with the groat changes we apple, are a red skin ; yellow and often tough and 

 are liable to in the summer, will make tliem very ; fibrous pulp, astriiigcney, dryness, and riptness at 

 i," that " rises only four or five feet." I j "'ncortain, both in their fructification and maturity. jWie ciVtr wailuij- season. "When tUo rind and 

 end there must be some mistake in Mr : Ct:t if they can be made to succeed" in Pennsylva- ' pulp are green, the cider will always be thin. 

 Icr's account of these plants, as I have had j '"". or Marylan:i, the citizens of those State.=, as ' weak and colourless ; and when those are deeply 

 growing in my garden for seven years, where ^''-'l a^^ some others may derive tlio benefit from j tinged with yellow, it will, however manufactur- 



Iiave all the characteristics of the true vine, I '"om proposed by Sir Joseph, and I shall be happy ed, or in whatever soil it may have grown, almost 

 ■ctcnd themselves, like ( ther vines, to any 1 1" contribute all in my power to the general object i always possess colour, with cither strength or 

 lyoumay choose, by cultivation to push thet» ''>' raising rooted cuttings fro;n my vine, and dis- richtioss." — (K'n<i:ht.) The apple, like the grape, 

 ■ plr.nts were sent to me by Sir Joskph Ba.nks t-'ibuting them to tiiose who will make ifa point, inu.^t uUcan a state of perfection, or perfc ( maturi- 



■" ~" '" -. . - . and will give their attention to raise them in either Ui/, Jf/ore i7s ji.'tc6« develojie all their cvccUejice : 



of thos2 States on a scale sufficiently extended to and as many of our best eating apples do not ac- 

 xest the fact, vvhet^gjlf^ they can hojcultivnted with ' quire this. rcaUuily till, winter or spring, this af 

 such SUCCC.-3 as to make them an object of com- \ford-i a salisfactorn reason Wat) winter fruii is set 

 merco, and to serve as a substitute for the import- 1 dom or never ^oo'd cider fruit." We do not see 

 cd article which comes under the name of the vvliy we should any sooner expect good liiuor 

 Zantc Currant. _ from iinripe apples than from green grapes or cur- 



The size of the bunches of fruit that wore form- ; rants. And as the best w'inter. apples do not gen- 

 ed on both my vines, correspond pcii'ectly with the | erally ripen till winter or spring, we cannot ex- 

 Zante currant, and from the known character of 

 Sir JosF.rii Basks for correctness as a horticultu- 

 rist, I have no doubt they arc the '• nuc Corinthi- 

 an Giape, or Zanle Cxtrrant." j 

 A Lover of Plum Pudoikg. 



plr.nts were sent to me by Sir Joskph Ba:5ks 

 in 1819 or 1820, I forget which, for the ex- 

 purpose of trying them in our climate in the 

 ground; and with the same bonevjicnt view' 

 peratcs on Mr Pomeroy. viz. that our farm- 

 ight have tha means within their reach of 

 hing their tables with as good plum puddings 

 '. eaten in Engl.and or any where else ; and 

 of furnishing tiie English themselves with 

 xccllent fruit, should it succeed in our cii- 

 I have not Sir Joseph's letter at hand, or 

 :ld quote you his words, — but this is the sub- 

 ^ of them. 



hen I received tliese plants, they were cut- 

 of one year old — very feeble and small — and 

 iva-i fearful of losing them if I put them both 

 f doors, I placed one of them in my peach 

 where it grew with great rapidity and 

 gtli, extending itself in various branches ten 

 elve feet from the ground every summer, for 

 rst three or four years. It has shown bios 

 ever since 1823, and last year it set its fruit 

 fair ; but from some cause which I cannot 

 unt for, the fruit became mildewed and I lost 



e plant which was put out of doors has not 

 need so rapidly, nor grown so strong ; it has 

 or twice been injured by frost but it is now 

 althy vine, and will, I tliMik, if the season is 

 rable, bear fruit this summer. Last year it set 

 ruit, like the vine in the house, but it mildew- 

 so, and I despaired of sucsess. 

 s the vine i i my peach house could not there 

 vcr t!;e object for which it was sent to me, and 

 t took up a great deal of room, I removed it 

 fall, and gave it to a nurseryman by the name 

 lew son, who lives in Roxbury. with a promise 

 if be would cultivate the cuttings from it. (for 

 re was more than wood enough on it to make 

 hundred plants) and propagate the fruit to ma 



CIDER. 



Mil EiiiLjii — It is a prevailing opinion with 

 many people, tliat winter apples, or those which 

 will keep latest, generally make the best cider 

 for spring and summer use. But from observa 

 tiott and experience, I am led to believe' that such 

 an opinion is incorrect. In the fall of 18'i.5 J as 

 sorted my apples at the time they were gatliered, 

 reserving those that would keep the latest, entire- 

 ly by themselves From these I mnde a pressing 

 of cider, flattering myself that by proper manage- 

 ment, it wtuihl be of the best quality. The other 

 portion of my apples was made into cider about 



the same time, and managed in the same way. 



The next spring, that w hich was made from ihe 

 fall apples, proved to be remarkably fine and 

 pleasant, while that made from the winter apples, 

 was extremely hard and sour, being fit for nothing 

 but ro be turned to vinegar, or sent to the distil- 

 lery. 



Last fall I pursued a similar course with my ap- 

 ples, and find the result to be nearly the same. 



That portion which was made exclusively from 



inter apples, is hardly fit for family use, while 

 that made from apples in a ripe and mature state. 



ty in the open ground, I would give him twenty I j^ ^f ^ very fine and superior quality. 



pcct .good cider from them in autumn. 



Loudon says " in gathering cider apples, care 

 should bo taken that they be thoroughly ripe be- 

 I fore thor are taken from the tree, otherwise the 

 cider will be of a rough harsh taste in spite of all 

 t the endeavors of the operator. It is observed by 

 Crocker, in his tract on The Art of Making and 

 Manaafing Cider, that the most certain indications 

 of the ripeness of apples, are the fragrance of 

 their smell and their spontaneously dropping from 

 the trees. When they are in this state of maturi- 

 ty, in a dry day, the limbs may, he says, be slight- 

 ly shaken, and partly disburdened of their golden 

 store : thus taking such apples only as are ripe, 

 and leavinc the unripe longer on the trees that 

 they may also acquire a due degree of maturity. 

 It m-y not, ho thinks, be amiss to make three 

 gatherins's of the crop, keeping each by itself — 

 The latter gathering, as well as wind falls, can, 

 however, only he employed in making inferior ci- 

 der : the prime cider must be drawn from former 

 iratlierinn''!." 



In this country, however, the apples which first 

 fnll from the trees are apt to be worm eaten, and 

 many of them inclose an insect, which naturalists 

 denominate cttrctdio. Such apples are not fit to 

 make cider, but they should be gathered before 

 the worm escapes into the ground to continue his 

 species, and boiled up, and given with other prop- 

 er food to swine, or in s^me other way destroyed, 

 so as to exterminate the insect which inhabits them. 



