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ROCHESTER, DEC. 10, l«1i. 



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PBBI.ISHKD BY L,. TUCKER &. CO. 



At the Office of the Daily Advertiser. 

 Terms — $3.50 per annum, or 



$■2,00 if paid in advance. 



N. GOODSEl.L, FPITOR. 



AMERICAN PRODUCTIONS. 

 "Wm. R. Prince lias brought before the public 

 a work entitled a Treatise on the Vine. The 

 want of such a work was much felt in this coun- 

 try, although the horticulturist had within a few 

 years past, been favored with the efforts of sever 

 al eminent practical men, among which Adlum 

 Bernard and Defour, might be considered as hav- 

 ing rendered essential service to those who were 

 wishing to cultivate the vine; and Mr. Adlum 

 had also given excellent directions for making 

 wine : but Mr. Prince has token a wider range, 

 and his Treatise may he considered as complete a 

 directory for those engaged with this kind of hor- 

 ticulture, as any to be found. In his prefatory re- 

 marks, the author, sensible that much remains ti 

 be learned in the cultivation of Grapes in Ameri- 

 ca, lays no claims to perfection, but very cai.didly 

 offers to contribute his mite towards perfecting the 

 object ; at the same time craves the indulgence of 

 the public for any errors into which he may be 

 in idvertantly led. His remarks upon the location 

 of the vine countries in Europe, as tegards lati- 

 tude, are worthy of reflection. "In Europe the 

 culture of the vine has been profitably ext aided to 

 tfae51°ofN. hit., and in some cases to the 52°, 

 Allowing the present difference in climate or tem- 

 perature to be 10° between similar latitudes of 

 thai continent and our own, it thence follows that 

 vines of the foreign varieties may be advanta- 

 geously cultivated to the 42° in our own country : 

 and perhaps the intensity of our summer heat, 

 may extend the limit somewhat farther north." It 

 is well known that in Europe, the culture of the 

 vine is successfully practiced, much farther north 

 than Indian corn will ripen; and, in short, then 

 is but a small part of France, where it can be cul 

 tivated to advantage ; but vineyards extend much 

 farther north. The summers are sufficiently warm 

 in the most northern part of the United States to 

 ripen corn, aud of course to perfect grapes ; but 

 the difference in temperature between summer and 

 winter with us is greater than in Europe, in simi- 

 lar latitudes ; and although grapes in the northern 

 part of the United States make a greater growth 

 in summer, the European varieties require protec- 

 ting during winter. To overcome this difficulty 

 it may be urged that America has a greater variety 

 of native grapes, than any other country, some of 

 which have been found to make excellent wine ; 

 and all of which are hardy and are found to resist 

 the severity of our northern winters. Some of 

 -these varieties even in their wild state, have been 

 found to be tolerable table grapes ; and the proba- 

 bility is, that when they have been cultivated as 

 long, and as many improvements made by cross 

 breeding and producing new varieties from seed, 

 as has been the case with the European species, 

 we shall have some that will equal them in value 

 for table and wine grapes, together with the ad- 

 vantage of being capable of withstanding our 

 •coldest winters, and also free from mildew, which 

 ittacks all the European varieties which we hav» 



seen under cultivation in the United States, W 

 have suffered much from one error which exists a- 

 mong us, th t is, we place too much confidence 

 upon foreigners. We have depended upon for- 

 eign publications, and have consulted those which 

 have arrived among us, unacquainted with our 

 soil and climate, to the exclusion of the opinions 

 of men of experience of our own nation, — and 

 what has been the result, generally ? Disappoint- 

 ment. If Americans would but once come to the 

 onclusion that they were formed by the same 

 power that formed Europeans — that our conti- 

 nent was a part of the same globe with theirs, and 

 that it was furnished with plants and animals by 

 the same infinite wisdom, then we might begin to 

 employ the talents committed to our charge; but 

 as long as we will continue to hire them to hum- 

 bug us, by paying them extravagantly for every 

 new imposition, our own resources may be left 

 unexplored. We ought to consider American 

 publications upon American Horticulture as good 

 as European ; also, American species and varie- 

 ties of fruits, as apples, pears, peaches, &c, al- 

 though 'they may not have as high sounding 

 names as good in quality as theirs. How much 

 are we paying yearly to Europeans for gooseber- 

 ry bushes, when it will be readily acknowledged 

 that we have native varieties that are equal in 

 flavor, the bushes great and constant bearers, eo' 

 subject to mildew, and from which it is easier to 

 produce a bushel, than a quart from foreign ones. 

 And it is not improbable, that was there that at- 1 

 tention paid to raising choice varieties from seed 

 that there has been with foreign species, that, we 

 might obtain them as large. In apples, pears, 

 peaches, plums and quinces, we do not consider 

 ourselves, even at this time, behind any other na- 

 tion in the world ; and was there a catalogue, of 

 all our choice seedlings which have originated 

 within a few years in different parts of the Uni- 

 ted States, it would put those of President Knight 

 and Professor Van Mons perfectly in the back 

 ground. Yet these men have done that which is 

 praiseworthy, and their names will be enrolled a- 

 mong the patrons of horticulture; and their exam- 

 ples should stimulate us to greater exertions — 

 The apple has hitherto been considered one of the 

 most important species of fruit, and much pains 

 have been taken to collect and import from Europe, 

 all varieties that were valuable ; and after so ma- 

 ny years, what has it amounted to 1 Among our 

 most valuable ones that have yet been cultivated, 

 we consider the Esopus, Spitzenburg, the New- 

 town Pippin and Rhode Island Greening, and 

 Roxbury Russet, as the most highly esteemed of 

 all our orchard apples; not that these are all 

 choice varieties, but they are all American varie- 

 ties ; and we have seen apples raised in the neigh- 

 borhood of Montreal, in Lower Canada, which 

 were superior in quality to any we ever saw rais- 

 ed in England ; and one of the first apples found 

 in the Paris markets, is the Pomme de Canada 

 and a native of one of the provinces. We men 

 tion these things to induce our readers to read 

 more American books, and attend more to pro- 

 ducing and bringing into notice American varie- 

 ties of stock, fruit, grain, &c. ; for when the pre- 

 judice of people is once enlisted in favor of a 



change, it will soon be effected. Our nursery 

 men would as soon beengaged in propagating A- 

 merican varieties as European, was it attended 

 with the same profit; and were our farmers assu- 

 red of as ready sale of improved stock, as has 

 attended the improvements in England, many 

 would be ready to engage in it; and when we 

 are as ready to purchaseand read American books, 

 as we are imported ones, we shall find practical 

 men enough to .vritethem. 



MANUFACTORIES. 



We continue our abridgment, from materials 

 in the N. Y. American Advocate. 



At and near Nt rv-ich, Con. 

 Factories of Cotton, forshirtings and sheetings. 

 lies. loom:,, hands, ant. ; . m 



Thames Go's. 3200 

 Do. do. 2HO0 

 Williams Co's 1800 

 Mess. Lewis' 2200 

 Do. do. 1000 



120 

 66 

 44 

 56 



150 1,000,000 vds 

 90 500,000 yds 

 56 400,000 yds 

 60 450,000 .-' 



(ni w building,) 



Iron. The Thames Co. have an Iron foundry, 

 rolling and slitting Mills, and Nail machines; 750 

 tons of iron arc ' used up' o- r annum. 



Woollen. J. H. Strong's mill runs 675 spin- 

 Is, and makes 30,000 yds. flannel per 

 annum. The Quantick factory, runs 2000 spin- 

 I' ts, 10 looms, IO0 hands, and make 240,001 

 of flannel per annum. The Quantick and Nor- 

 wich factory run 500 spindles, 6 looms, 15 hands, 

 and turn out 18,000 yds. woollen carpeting per an- 

 num. 



Paper Mills. A H. Hubbard's makes on 4 

 machines, 60 reams of paper per day. R. Hub- 

 bard's with t vo engines makes 20 reams per day. 



A i ipen ler Webb factory, with a man and o 

 girl, makes 300 yds. per day. 



A Cotton White Line factory, makes $20,000 

 worth per annum. 



In the towns of Plainfield and Sterling Con art 

 the following cotton mills, to wit — 



Mills. spindles, looms, hands, prod, per an. 



These mills produce shirtings, sheetings, and 

 calico print loths. 



In Plainfield, a new cotton mill is erecting. R. 

 Kennedy & Co. have a Flannel Factory. Messrs. 

 Almy, of Providence, have a broad cloth factory, 

 670 spindles, 20 broad cloth looms, — make 18,000 

 yds. of cloths Messrs. Dickon & Pac!:er, have 

 a cotton car], t factory, 150 spindles, 2 loo»s, 16 

 hands, and make 250,000 yds. of handsome car- 

 peting, with handsome colors, aud worth 50 cte. 

 per yard. 



Ma imfactm ing in Ncv>- Hampshire. — At Do- 

 ver, the Cochec i manufacturing co. use $1,500,000 

 in manufacturing cotton ; they have 4 mills — No. 

 1 has 2,300 spindles, 100 looms, 150 hands make 

 1,000,000 yards. This mill is rented to John 

 Williams. 



No. 2 is 150 feet long, 4 stories high ; No. k 



