2J). The Western Pomologist and Gardener. 1872 



Ives' Seedling and ITIartha. 



At the late meeting of the Ohio State Horticultural Society, G. "W. Campbell expressed 

 the belief that Martha could be raised wherever the Concord would succeed. It had been 

 pretty widely disseminated and proved quite popular. He had been informed that in the 

 Cincinnati market those that had been brought there in good condition, sold for eighteen 

 cents per pound. It po,ssessed rather more of the foxy flavor than he liked, but if left on 

 the vine until it attained the yellow or amber color it gets when fully ripe, it loses most of 

 this taste. 



Of Ives' seedling, W. E. Mears thought a great difficulty with it was that persons were 

 too anxous to harvest the crop as soon as the fruit turned black and before fully ripe. Mr. 

 L. Flinck said the musk of the Ives seedling was heavier than the musk of the Catawba- 

 G. Galloway said the Ives seedling was the only grape he had found that he could depend 

 upon at all. He had never been an advocate for it, except for the simple reason that it was 

 the only one they could raise to advantage. There was so much difference in the quality 

 of the same varieties of fruit in different places, that he was led to believe it was the soil 

 and locality that made the grape or other fruits. 



Experience Tritli Pasture Pines. 



Some thirty years since, three acres of pasture land adjoining a pasture owned by us 

 was bought by an old negro who was anxious to own real estate. It was at the time 

 worth from five to six dollars per acre, was very stony, and covered with pines. He at 

 once entered his new possessions, axe in hand, trimming up each tree finely and kept 

 them trimmed to within reach of his axe. 



Soon after his death (some fifteen years since) we purchased the three acres for one 

 hundred and fifty dollars, and two years since sold it for four hundred and fifty dollars ; a 

 portion of our own pasture adjoining, having started a young growth of pines, we left a 

 portion without trimming and trimmed the others ; those trimmed are doing far better 

 than the others, and we intend to trim them all this winter if we can get to it. I should 

 not thin them, nature will do that, they will die out if too thick; where very thick, not 

 much trimming is wanted as the trees grow more upright with less branches; we have 

 usually trimmed close as possible and not wound the body of the tree. We think grow- 

 ing pines more profitable than mowing brush, the white pine grows so rapidly it will 

 soon pay for the land on which it stands. — Cor. New England Homestead. 



Grapes Spoiled by Pruning. 



The Santa Clara (Cal.) AgricvUurist gives the following good advice on summer pruning. 



If your fruit is " too much shaded " by the leaves, don't be alarmed. It is not the effect 

 of the sun on the fruit, but on the leaves., that gives a luscious perfection to the fruit. This 

 is a fact worth thinking about. We have seen grapes exposed to the sun by cutting away 

 the naturally sheltering leaves, to give the fruit color and early maturity. The effect was 

 just the opposite intended. As the largest portion of the substance of a tree or vine is 

 extracted from the air, the leaves have an important work to do in collecting a store of 

 food for the forming of buds, the wood growth, and the enriching of the sap for another 

 season's start. 



The summer pruning of grape vines we totally disapprove of. In every case where a 

 fair trial has been given, the vines not summer pruned have shown the best results in fruit 

 and vigor of plant. 



American Pomologlcal Soclety->Its Catalogue. 



The Committee on revision of the catalogue of the American Pomological Society, have 

 adopted the following plan : — To enlarge the size of the pages from 6 and 9 inches, to 8 and 

 11 inches, thus giving a column for every State and Territory in the Union, as well as 

 for Canada, Nova Scotia and New Brunswick. To group the states according to their 

 latitude, instead of alphabetically. To have a special mark to designate such new vari- 

 eties as have succeeded well for five years in any section. 



