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)en trellis where the Isabella is unripe and 

 eat, the Delaware is good. Certainly I 

 5ay it is a fortnight or three weeks earlier 

 Isabella. Hartford Prolific is the earliest 

 !iat I have ripened. For my own use, it is 

 ;ood grape. Concord follows shortly after 

 d Prolific ; and though I can not praise it 

 ;hly, still it ripens a fortnight or so earlier 

 e Isabella. Rebecca I have no confidence 

 eaves burn so much in the sun. The Diana 

 pe which I esteem very highly; a good deal 

 very year I know it. The fruit is very rich 

 :cious, and the vine is a great bearer. 

 loAG, of Niagara county — The Delaware 

 ,vith us about the 10 th of September, and 

 am it superior to the Diana in every respect 

 the size of its berries. One of our two- 

 l vines produced this year one hundred 



of grapes. 



ifooDT — The Delaware is very valuable for 



purposes ; but no farmer ought to set out an 



it. The Diana is a strong grower, equally 



y and a greater bearer than the Isabella ; 



jointed vine; more buds, and ripens earlier, 



I hang on the vines to the end of the very 



season, without dropping. 



ODGE, of Erie county — This is an important 



. With me, three-quarters of the seasons 



bella does not ripen. It is poor, insipid, and 



?ss. There is now a sort of grape mania for 



)etter grape. Hundreds and hundreds of 



gs will be brought forward, and the public 



5 sensitive to know if we have any good 



s equal to the Isabella., and that ripen earlier. 



an get such, they will be valuable. People 



i Isabella ripe as soon as they become a little 



ish ; but the Isabella., when tully ripe, is a 



lack — as black as any Concord I ever saw. 



Barky would mention that old favorite the 



small, but never drops, ripens early, and 



till New Year's day. Is most easily propa- 



ill run and bear everywhere, whether 



1 or not. If we ever turn our attention to 



naking, the Clinton will be the grape. 



Covey had kept the Clinton until the last 



jruary ; and the longer they were kept, the 



r they were. 



HoAG here remarked that the Diana was an 

 ent keeper. 



Miner, of Monroe county, had raised the 

 I for five years — five,hundred and more vines, 

 tne condition, upon same trellis, had found 

 produce as mu'ch weight as Isabella., but far 

 in quality and earlier in ripening. Never 

 ipe Isabella in same locations were the Diana 

 d every year, and quality was far superior, 

 aised Clinton longer than Diana, but consid- 

 it worthless as a table grape, by the side of 



Society then, by a unanimous vote, recom- 

 ed the Diana for general cultivation in West- 

 few York. 



AFTERNOON sfesSION. 

 PEAKS FOE GENERAL CULTIVATION. 



estion No. 3. — "TF7iai varieties of pears haxie 

 ■d productive, and of good qtcality, in all parts 

 Western Nevo YorTcV 



B. HoDGB, of Erie county, spoke of the Bartlett 

 in the highest terms. The Flemish Beauty is a 

 most excellent pear. When picked early and ripen- 

 ed in the house, it is very delicious. In Buffalo, 

 the Steven's Genesee has proved a very fine pear, 

 and the Seclcel is universally admired. 



Mr. TowNSEND, of Niagara county — The Louise 

 Bonne de Jersey, as a dwarf^ exceeds any variety in 

 productiveness that I have ever cultivated. The 

 DucTiesse d'' Angouleme also, as a dwarf, is fine. 

 The only fault I have to find with the Vicar of 

 WinTcfield, is its abundant bearing — bears so much 

 that the fruit must be thinned. Among the new 

 pears, I think the Howell promises to be one of our 

 most valuable fruits. It is of large size, bright 

 color, fine appearance, and of first rate excellence. 

 The Tyson, where known, is a universal favorite, 

 and an abundant bearer, either as a standard or a 

 dwarf. As to the Brandywine, I don't know but 

 that if I were compelled to select one variety, I 

 should select the Brandywine. Belle Lucrative — 

 any one who has ever eaten them, need not have a 

 word said about them. Osbandh Summer — every 

 body that knows it will have it. Bears fine crops. 

 I have only mentioned such sorts as I have tested 

 from six to ten years, and have invariably found 

 them to be of the very finest quality. 



Mr. AiNswoRTH, of Ontario county — The Tyson 

 is a very fine pear; bears a full crop, and is a 

 hardy tree. The Bartlett is very fine, and the tree 

 bears young. The Flemish Beauty has one fault, 

 and that is, that it sometimes rots at the core. 

 Belle Lucrative is very fine and sweet. The Secl-el 

 has succeeded in our section well. Mr, Dixon had 

 the first tree near us, and it has always borne each 

 year. Don't think there is any tree will excel 

 them as to quantity (unless perhaps Bartlett), and 

 its fruit sells for $16 per barrel. The Virgalieu, at 

 Canandaigua, and in the Wyoming valley, does not 

 crack ; fruit very fine, and sells at $22 per barrel. 

 Trees bear very full. Louise Bonne de Jersey has 

 done Avell with me. I have a tree now twelve 

 years old with a barrel of pears on it. The fruit 

 is one-third larger on dwarf than on standard trees. 

 Mr. Barry thought this question was a very 

 difficult one to decide. We need trees that are 

 hardy, productive, and free from blight; and my 

 opinion is in favor of the Duchesse d'' Angouleme, 

 Louise Bonne de Jersey, and Bartlett. The Virga- 

 lieu in one place in our grounds all cracked one 

 year, and next year they did not one. Notwith- 

 standing all the failures, I still regard it as one of 

 the best we have. It will sell at an enormous 

 price — twice that of any other. I would not leave 

 it out. Beurre 6iffard—&ne, if gathered early. 

 Doyenne d' Etc. Eostiezer does well everywhere, 

 and does not crack. Tyson is a superb tree, and is 

 worth growing for its beauty, while its fruit is one 

 of first quality. Flemish Beauty is another of the 

 No. 1 varieties. Howell, Belle Lucrative. Beurre 

 d''Angon'keej)s a month longer than the Virgalieu. 

 The Sheldon is one of the finest of all pears, and a 

 native of Western New York, beside ; fruit _mpst 

 dehcious. Although it wont grow on quince, it is a 

 superb grower on pear. For winterpears, I would 

 recommend two — Lawrence and Winter N'elis. 



H. E. Hooker— The list of pears is so good— 

 unexceptionable, in fact — that I can not add to it. 

 (7b ie continued.) 



