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NEW ENGLAND FARMER. 



Feb. 29, 1628. 



ered of value in the vineyards to mingle with oth- 

 er grapes ; the leaves are large, and particul arly 

 sensible to frost. Tins grape, it is e.Npected. wiH 

 suit our country south of tlie Potowmac. 



li RAPES. 43. Red Muscadel. — The berries are very large, 



[Con(ludedjromp'jgf2io] I ovdl, of an equal size throughout the bunch, and 



19. Black Aimeat of .■iltxandrii. — This is sim- of a beautiful red color ; the skin is thick, and the 



liar to the al^^^in its general properties, except flesh hard. 



in point of ^^^^■'which, as its name indicates, is 136. leinturier, or the Dyer. — This grape has 



black. 1 comRrer this the sume as the Black Mus- characteristic distinctions, not only in the form of 



fiadel and Black Malaga. its fruit and leases, but also "y the very deep 



81. Morocco, or Le Caur. — The berries are un- red color of its juice ; the bunches are irregular, 



Rqual in size, of a heart shape, and violet color, and with shoulders ; the berries round, and of un- 



forming very large bunches ; every part of the equal sue ; the leaves deeply indented, and five 



plant indicates a vigorous state ; the leaves are lobed. it is cultivated for the coloring of other 



large, and deeply indented ; it is not considered wines and to nye silks of a deep red color. The 



as a very high flavored fruit, and should have a wine, when made separately of this grape has a 



■.varm situation. har.sh and disagreeable taste ; the berries are 



56. Cornish' n, or Cucumber Grape. — This is a black, and of a round form. It has no less than 

 Tape of peculiar form, whence its name ; it is ten names, Tnuean, Gros Nuir, Noireau, &c. 

 I'ery long, swelled in tlie middle, and pointed at 7y. Black Spanish, Jilicunt, ar Gros .Voir d^ Es- 

 the ends ; the berries are not i-losely set, but the pagne. — This grape has some resemblance to the 

 bunch is of good size, and composed of many di- preceding in the color of ils juice, but it is of a 

 visions; the fruit is sweet, and of fine flavor; the quality greatly superior for wine; bi.th the ber- 

 usual color is white or yellow, but there is a red ries and the bunches are larger, the wood strong- 

 variety, er, and the leaf more broad. It is this grape 



60. ffliile. Seedlfss Corinth — This is the smallest from wliioh port wine is made, 



grape I have ever seen ; white, round, sweet, ind Gros Muscadtt — The co.or of this grape is very 



of a delightful flavor ; its size, appearance, and pec.ili..r, being between a white and a rose color;!™ ^^, j^,,,, j,,,^, ^r^^ ^f ^^^^^ „„e produced— a 



being seedless, make it particularly interesting; the bunch is of moderate el,e,as well as the fruit, , j^^^,. .^^^^ ^„,,g, g„pj, circumstances These 



^^'"'^'' '^ ^'•^^^^■"'^'y ^^^«=''^ »"'' '"^^^'°''^ = '\>'''''^f mills are sai . to be well managed, and the encour 

 well, and the fruit ripens early in ."September. I 



From the Loudon MomiDg Cronicle. 



MAiNUFACTURES. 



Under this heai there is little new to state. The 

 accounts trum the mauutacturing districts, are, for 

 the season of the year, favorable ; and notwith- 

 stani.uig the complaints among merchants and 

 manufacturers, the entries of the Custom-house 

 are by no means inconsiderable. Among the lat- 

 est entries, are very extensive quuntitii-s of linen, 

 and cotton manufactured goods, [particularly cot- 

 ton lacej silks, and indigo ; of t e later, much is 

 sent to Hamburgh, w here the demand continues 

 to be steady. There have been a fair number of 

 entries for exports of briiish manufactured goods 

 to We IV York ; but the qu.mliiy of cotton goods 

 for that market, diininisMes sensibly ; this "s pro- 

 fa bly owin^ to the increase of cotton manufacio- 

 ries in .Massachusetts, and otiier parts of the U. 

 States. At some i>f the cotton mills, not less than 



the bunch is long, winged, and regularly fanned 

 the berries nijt being too compressed ; it ripens 

 early in September, and is said to be the grape 

 which produces the Sultana Raisins. 



88. Black Hamburg. — It is this grape which 

 is sometimes called the Hampton Court Vine, and 

 which is recorded by Miller to have produc- 

 ed on that vine a ton weight of grapes in a sin- 

 gle season. It is considered in England as one 

 of the most uncertain to ripen out of doors. — 

 At Boston is is cultivated to a very considerable 

 extent, but principally in grape huuses of a cheap 

 construction.. The markets of Boston are supplied 

 with large quantities of the fruit, and the hunches 

 average from one to one and a half pounds, and 

 some have weighed t« o pounds. The Hon. John 

 Lowell, of Roxbury, (near Boston) has done much 

 towards facilitating the extensive culture of this 

 grape in that section of the Union, by erecting an 

 extensive grape-house on a cheap construction, 

 thus 'demonstrating the facility with which suc- 



consider it one of the most desirable grapes for 

 the table which ripen at that period. 



97. Ahslier. — Tiiis grape, whose bunches of 

 fruit at first view much resemble the t hasselas, 

 and which in fact, is called by that name in some 

 vineyards of France, differs Irum it, however, in 

 many respects. The fruit, which is yellowish, 

 often contracts a russet appearance next the sun ; 

 its berries are round, not closely set, and ripen 

 pretty Well even iii the north of France ; its juice 

 is pleasant and swert ■, the leaf is quite palmated. 

 This irrapp, the author consi ers. as nearly ap- 

 proaching the White Muscadine, and may possibly 

 prove the same. 



."2. Ifhite Sauvigywn. — Formerly many vine- 

 yards were iilmost wholly formed «f this grape, 

 but it is now more rare. Its high flavoi- gives to 



agement given by tiie Americans to their native 

 manufictures, is such, that it is to be feared the 

 United Stiites will soon be independent of this 

 country tor cotton m.-inulactiires. An English 

 manutacturer, who has just returned to England 

 from the U States, arriving at Havre de Grace, 

 and proceeding to Calais by Kouen, has supplied 

 some interesting details of the comparative merits 

 of French and American manufactures. This gen- 

 tleman declares, that at Lowell, in Massachusetts, 

 the manufacturers are able to produce better print- 

 ed cottons, at Is. 8rf. per yard, than the Rouen 

 manufacturers can produce at iis. Id. He declares 

 that whilst the French are unable to produce cot- 

 ton goods so cheap as the English by 15 or 20 per 

 cent., the Americ.ins are already able io compete 

 with us in many articles, even with so small a 



difference as 4 to 5 per cent. He speakes very 

 the wine a particular character, but being less j-^^.^^^bly, however, of the French dye, and ob- 



I serves, that in the brilliancy and durability of 



productive, it has been latterly much neglected ;j 

 cess may be insured. In the vicinity of New [ the bunches are short, of medium size, and the^;;!^;:';,^;"'^;^;";;;;;^ "^;;;""y^t "^Jj.,;""^;,'^^'^^^^^ 

 York, and south of it, this grape will need no j berries yellowish white, whith small dots when I j,^^^,g^pj. .^^ ^j^^^, ^^^ p^j^t,,-g,,i„g many chemical 

 such attendance, however, as it will mature its | fully ripe ; it is considered to be a variety of t'le ; , ,|,„r^jo,,es, and offering good encouragement to 

 fruit in the open air. This grape, which is black, { Pineau or Burgundy. , , , . practical chemists, it is not doubted that they will 



and inclining to oval, is remarkably fine flavored ;l Ruchdle JVoire. — This is a round Mack fruit, arrive at oerfection 



both the berries and hunches are extremely large, 1 pretty pleas:'.nt to the taste, but in France princi 



the latter being shouldered — the only fault is that, pally cultivated for wine. It is remarkable for its : r^^^ brie Gan-^es, about to sail hence for the 

 the skin is rather thick ; it is a great bearer, and elegant formed leaves, of a fine green above, and i pjj,jgj.^ fumishe.^a fact which is worthy of no- 



much esteemed for that and its other qualities ; I downy beneath. The Rochelie Blanche is similar 



ripens in September 



39. Red Hamburg, or Gibraltar — The berries 

 are dark red, thick skin, flesh juicy and delicate ; 

 the shape of the berry and form of the bunch both 

 resemble the foregoing. 



11. Purple Madeira. — This is a small pale pur- 

 ple grape, loosely set on long bunches ; they have 

 a vinous perfume and flavor when lipe, but are 

 not suitable for the table. 



41. Brown, or Chocolate. — This was received 

 from France about thirty years since ; the vine is 

 of very vigorous growth, and a great bearer, and 

 seems to suit our climate well, and to be as hardy 

 as our native wild grape ; the fruit is oval, of a 

 yprightly flavor, and the bunches large ; it is an 

 excellent wine grape, but in this vicinity ripens 

 late, being at the end of ►September, 



to this, with the exception that the fruit is white. 



238. Perlt. — The berry is oblong, large, and 

 white ; the bunches have many small shoulders, 

 and it would seem that it with difliculty supports 

 the grapes which give it an oblong form. 



212. Folic Blanche. — This grape is of medium 



tice. Her car^o consists of about eight hundred 

 bales of domestic cotton goods, chiefly of Balti- 

 more manufacture, the value of which, in this mar- 

 ket, is little, if any, short of one hundred thousand 

 dollars! Ibis is tl e export of a single vessel on- 

 ly, and affords a happy presage nf what Baltimore 

 destined to become, when the Rail Roads shall 



size, thin skin, and berries_ closely set. _ Even ^.^^ ^„ ^^^ manufacturing and other resources in- 

 to full operation. — Baltimore American. 



A gentleman yesterday shewed us a ripe Pear 

 the growth of this season. The Pear is, we be- 

 lieve, a delicate fruit, and is early blighted by the 

 cold. It evidences the very great singularity of 

 the season, that it should have been raised to ma- 

 turity, without any peculiar cultivation, and in the 

 open ^Yc,— Charleston paper Feb. 5. 



when at perfect maturity it lias a sweetish acid 

 flavour not considered pleasant. It generally 

 yields a great abundance, aid is in high repute 

 for making brandy ; the berries are round and 

 whitish. 



77. Verjus, or Bordetais. — This grape does not 

 ripen in the north or middle of France, but, in the 

 vicinity of Bourdeaux, it comes to perfect maturi- 

 ty ; the berries are oblong, quite large, and form 

 very lar je divided or winged bunches ; is consid- 



