22 Notes and Gleanings. 



record of the exhibition in this uncommonly favorable grape season will be of 

 interest 264 dishes were exhibited by 50 contributors, as follows : * Delaware, 

 26; * Diana, 22; * Concord, 21; * Allen's Hybrid, 15; * Wilder (Rogers's 

 No. 4), 14; *Agawam (No. 15), 12; *Iona, 11 ; * Isabella, 10; * Creveling, 9; 

 * Israella, 8; * Rebecca, 8; *Adirondac, 7; Merrimac (No. 19), 7 ; Massasoit 

 (No. 3), 7 ; Salem, 6 ; * Hartford, 5 ; Lindley (No. 9), 5 ; Union Village, 4 ; Clin- 

 ton, 3 ; Catawba, 3 ; Essex (No. 41), 3 ; Barry (No. 43), 3 ; Northern Musca- 

 dine, 2 ; Perkins, 2 ; Rogers's No. 1,2; Rogers's No. 44, 2 ; * Martha, 2 ; Diana 

 Hamburg, Cornucopia, Eumelan, Conqueror, Ives, Cottage, Telegraph, Rogers's 

 No. 21, Rogers's No. 2>'hi Blood's Black, Maxatawney, Merrill's Amber, Win- 

 chester, Framingham, Alvey, Lewis, Fedora, Post, Fancher, Nashua, Sage, and 

 Una, one each, and 23 seedlings. As with the pears, this list must not be taken 

 as an exact, but only an approximate index of the value of the different kinds. 

 Eumelan and Martha, and other new kinds, will doubtless be more freely shown 

 in future years, while Hartford would have figured more largely earlier in the 

 season. A prize of $4 each was offered for the best dish of the kinds starred, 

 and also three prizes of $4 each for the best dish of any other kind, which were 

 adjudged to Salem, Barry, and Catawba. Many of the specimens were very 

 handsome ; and we particularly noticed lonas, Rebeccas, and Barry as extra fine. 



Native Grapes. — What is a native grape ? The term is commonly used to 

 signify grapes belonging to our indigenous species ; and the great majonty of 

 those so designated belong to these species, having been either found wild, or 

 else raised from seeds of the indigenous grape. There are, however, a few seed- 

 lings, raised from the European species, which have been designated native 

 grapes ; and while it is true that, in one sense, they are native, the term, as ap- 

 plied to them, is calculated to mislead, for it conveys the impression that they 

 possess the same hardiness and adaptation to our chmate as those of indigenous 

 species. A variety of the Vitis vinifera is by no means necessarily hardy, be- 

 cause originated in America ; indeed, no one yet originated on either side of the 

 Atlantic, of purely vinifera blood, has proved worthy of general cultivation in 

 this country (always excepting the Pacific slope). 



What Fruits shall we plant ? — This old question is not yet settled, 

 and bids fair to furnish a subject for discussion a good while yet. We are not 

 about to inflict on the reader a long list of " select fruits," but to make a sugges- 

 tion to the owners of small gardens, especially to those who have room for only 

 one or two fruit trees — not enough to supply the wants of a family. It is this : 

 Do not plant the most popular pears. We advise this, for the reason that, being 

 planted by everybody, they may always be bought in the market at a low price. 

 Plant the kinds which you cannot buy in the market, or which, if you do buy, you 

 must pay a high price for. In pears, for instance, pass by the Bartlett, and set 

 out a Doyenne d'ete, a Beurre Giffard, a Belle Lucrative, a Seckel, a Lawrence, 

 or a Beurre d'Anjou. These are all of the highest character ; and the single 

 tree which you will tend carefully will afford far more satisfaction than a variety 

 that can be bought at every street corner. 



