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giving the attention and care each plant should require 

 especially when it is expected to produce a fine crop of fruit 

 every season after it has commenced bearing, for a hundred 

 years. 



The Isabella with me (adds Dr. U.) is more certain to give 

 a ripe crop every year than any oth.er fruit with which I am 

 acquainted. It ripens its fruit two or three weeks earlier 

 than the Catawba, and is therefore more sure to produce a 

 perfectly ripe crop in a short season. 



J. J. THOMAS, of Macedon, N. Y., writes as follows on 

 the culture of the grape : 



The chief requisites are a deep/loose, fertile soil, frequent 

 cultivation, and proper pruning. Among the best varieties 

 are the Isabella, which, for hardiness, great productiveness, 

 and sweetness of flavor, taken together, perhaps stands un- 

 rivalled ; the York Madeira, earlier, hardier, and possess- 

 ing less of the musky taste than the Isabella, to which it is 

 preferred by some ; and the Catawba, a large, beautiful, 

 productive grape, but not equal to the other two in flavor. 

 The Bland is a fine grape, but our seasons are too short for 

 its thorough ripening. These are all hardy American. 

 Among exotic grapes, the White Sweetwater is most ad- 

 mired, and is of most delicious flavor. The vines, how- 

 ever, require renewing every four or five years, to prevent 

 mildew; and require laying down every autumn to avoid 

 destruction from frost; but this renewing is no more than 

 the yearly planting of corn and potatoes, nor the laying 

 down than the autumnal harvesting of these crops. The 

 Malvoise is a smaller grape, but even more exquisite in iis 

 flavor. The Burgundy (Black Cluster, or Black Orleans,) 

 Is a very good exotic grape, and has the singular advantage 

 over most other exotics, of being quite hardy ; at least, it is 

 so in Western New-York. 



Mr. WM. R. PRINCE, of Flushing, L. I., whose [practical 

 experience is well known, makes the following remarks : 



The Grape requires a deep friable soil, and an exposure 

 according to the class to which it belongs. No fruit will ad- 

 mit of such plentiful manurings as this, provided it be pro- 

 perly applied. Decomposed vegetable or animal manures, 



