268 THE MAGAZINE OF HORTICULTURE. 



Hardiness of the Concord Grape. — Dr. J. A. Warder 

 reported to the Cincinnati Horticultural Society, in March, 

 that '• his grape buds were all killed except the Concord." 

 Its hardiness, which is one of its most valuable properties, is 

 thus established throughout the country. The winter has 

 been uncommonly severe in Ohio, and afforded the best of 

 proof of the superior hardiness of the Concord grape. Mr. 

 Thompson, of Delaware, O., writes us that his Catawba and 

 Isabella vines, " twelve years old, of enormous size, have 

 been killed to the ground, as have all the vines of the same 

 kinds in town." The inestimable value of the Concord may 

 thus be conjectured, for while the whole crop of the former 

 may be destroyed in very severe winters, which are likely to 

 occur about every decade of years, the latter bears its full 

 crop. When calculated by the 1000 acres, how great is the 

 value of a perfectly hardy vine. 



The Pear Crop in Massachusetts. — While our friends 

 in the West are lamenting the destruction of entire orchards 

 of peach, plum, and cherry trees, and partial injury to pears, 

 the prospect of the fruit crop in Massachusetts, (excepting 

 peaches,) was never more encouraging. At the date we now 

 write, (May 20,) the pears, cherries, and plums are in full 

 flower in our collection, the former presenting perfect pyra- 

 mids of bloom, from the ground to the topmost branch, while 

 the peaches show suflicient blossoms for the welfare of t'le 

 trees. If the weather continues favorable, the crop will be a 

 most abundant one. 



Profits of Fruit Culture. — Allow me to correct ;!:i 

 error which appears in your last issue, and to do what I may 

 to prevent the spread of what seems to be rather too much of 

 a joke. 



In my remarks before the Fruit Growers' Society here, last 

 winter, the latter part of the paragraph is to be understood as 

 simply a pleasantry, directed at those persons who had been 

 informing us of the great prices to be obtained for winter 

 pears, and intended to show the ease with which absurd and 

 erroneous conclusions may be arrived at by correct figures. 



Tone, and manner do not appear in a report, and I regret 



