238 Notes and Gleajiings. 



Fruit in Portland, Me. — The Jenny Lind, Bartlett, Russell's Prolific, 

 and Triomphe de Gand, have all done remarkably well the past season, giving a 

 full supply of excellent fruit up to the last of July. The Bartlett Strawberry was 

 received from Dr. Grant several years since, and resembles, and is claimed by 

 some to be identical with, the Boston Pine. It bears well, and is a good berry, 

 and follows the Jenny Lind in time of ripening ; so that with the Jenny Lind, 

 Bartlett, RusseW's Prolific (which I find an enormous bearer, far exceeding Wil- 

 son's Albany), Triomphe de Gand, and La Constante, I had a supply from my 

 garden over four weeks the past season. 



The Dorchester Blackberry does remarkably well with me, and will grow 

 where it is shady, where neither currants nor raspberries would. Of some eight 

 or ten varieties of raspljerries which I have cultivated for several years past, I 

 prefer the Vice-President French, originated by Dr. Brinckle of Philadelphia. 

 The crop of pears will be rather light this season, and, from present appear- 

 ances, inferior in size and quality. 



My gardens are small, crowded, arid shaded ; so that my experience may not 

 be like others whose grounds may be more open. B. G. 



Aug. 28, 1869. 



Fruits in Missouri. — Crops in this vicinity are generally good. Fruit- 

 crops excellent, except peaches (they were winter-killed) : but apples, pears, and 

 grapes are fine ; though the Catawba Grape has generally rotted, except in 

 favorable localities. Hartford, Concord, Delaware, and several other varieties, 

 such as Clinton and Isabella, have done well. In some localities, they have 

 rotted slightly ; but they will yield a good crop. H. M. V. 



St. Joseph, Mo., Aug. 30, 1869. 



Effect of Drainage. — Since the Haarlem Lake in Holland has been 

 drained, the average temperature of the region has been increased one degree 

 Fahrenheit in summer, and become one degree colder in winter. Haarlem Lake 

 has yielded forty-eight thousand acres of arable land. 



Rain at the West. — The rain-fall at Muscatine, lo., was, in June, 9. 15 

 inches ; July, 8.55 inches ; August, up to the 28th, 5.35 inches. S. Foster. 



Black Raspberries, to the amount of sixteen thousand six hundred bushels, 

 were received in Cincinnati in one week in July. 



The Cranberry-Crop. — New-Jersey cranberries are worth two and a half 

 millions this year. 



