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when my vineyards suffered severely from the rot, some of my 

 lazy tenants, who left half their vineyards in grass and weeds, 

 which escaped the rot, while the clean vineyards of their 

 neighbors adjoining, and their own portion cleaned, suffered 

 badly from the rot, attributed their escape to their idleness in 

 not cleaning their vineyards. I was and am unwilling to 

 believe this ; 



*' But facts are chiels tliat winna ding, 

 And dinna be disputed." 



I can scarcely believe this, for though I cannot fully believe 

 the doctrine, that every act of an idle sinner is hateful in the 

 eyes of his Creator, I am slow to believe that he holds out 

 inducements to idleness. His long forbearance and mercy to 

 idle sinners compels me to believe he shows more mercy to 

 them, and views their transgressions with more lenity, and 

 makes more allowance for their bumps, natural propensities, 

 education and examples, than their more fortunate and perfect 

 fellow-mortals. But I would still call the attention of vine- 

 dressers to the subject, as worthy of note. I believe each 

 year's experience confirms the opinion, that a sandy or porous 

 soil suffers but little from the rot. A thorough draining, in 

 our subsoils of clay, may produce the same effect. 



N. LONGWORTH. 



Cincinnati, February 18, 1850. 



COMMUNICATION FROM N. LONGWORTH, 



Bead October 21 st, 1848, and ordered to be appended to the 

 Report of the Committee on Fruits. 



TO THE CINCINNATI HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY. 



Gentlemen, — I objected to the Report of our Fruit Com- 

 mittee, in giving, as the cause of the rot in our grapes, "their 

 location being in confined situations, not fully exposed to the 

 air, and their proximity to orchards or woods." My experi- 

 ence is the reverse, as regards a full exposure to the air, 



