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NEW ENGLAND FARMER, 



OCTOBER 83, 183*. 



GRAPES, &.C. IN MAINE. 



James McArthur, Esq. of Limington, has rais- 

 ed the present seasnii, from vines planter! in his 

 garden in 1830, sixteen bushels of tlie Isaliella, Ca- 

 tawba and ElsinglMirgli Grapes. It is ascertained 

 lieyond a doiil)t tluit the climate of this State is 

 perfectly congenial to the cultivation of the above 

 varieties of grapes, and that wine of an excellent 

 qnality may be manufactured from them. With 

 proper attention our farmers may make their own 

 wine, and have it of far better quality than is gen- 

 erally imported from other countries. 



Mr. McA. has an excellent garden and raises 

 most all the variety of luxuries which can be cul- 

 tivated in this part of the country. We were in it 

 the other day, and had a -fine feast of his grapes, 

 peaches, &c. and can attest to their good qualities. 

 While partaking of these good things we were for- 

 cibly reminded of Mr. Graham, who a few months 

 since in one of his lectures on vegetable diet, nuide 

 o\ir mouth water in describing the delicious taste 

 of a fine ripe peach when picked from tiie tree 

 and iimnediately eaten, and we may say we were 

 not at all disappointed in eating of this fruit, lor 

 the taste was fully equal to his description of it. — 

 Maine Recorder. 



tioned. As the season for safe traiisplaiitiiig is 

 approacliing, or already come, we recommend our 

 friends to follow the cotinsel of old Dumbiedikcs 

 — " Be aye sticking in a tree, Jock ; they'll be aye 

 growing while ye're sleeping." — Boston Courier. 



A TREE, OR EVEN A FI.O^^'ER 



Put in a window in the street of a great city 



(and the London citizens to their credit, are gen- 

 erally fond of flowers) affects the eye sometliiiig 

 I in the same way as the hand organ, which brings 

 j unexpected music to the ear. They refresh the 

 'common places of life, shed a harmony through 

 the busy discord, and a|)iieal to those first sources 

 i of emotion vvbicli are associated with the remem- 

 brance of all that is young and innocent. They 

 seem al.so to present to ns a portion of the tran- 

 quility we thiidi we are laboring for, and the de- 

 sire of which is felt as an earnest that we shall 

 realize it somewhere, either in this world or in 

 the next. Above all, they render us inore cheer- 

 ful for the ]ierformance of ])resent duties; and the 

 smallest seed of this kind, dropt into the heart of 

 man, is worth more and may terminate in better 

 fruits, than ;my body but a great poet could tell 

 us. Leisrh Hunt's London Journal. 



ITEMS OP ECONOMY, &,c. 



It is annoimced that a certain cine for the 

 Cholera is now known. Dr. M'Caig of Toronto, 

 gave sugar of lead in doses of five and even twen- 

 ty grains in solution with water. He tried the 

 experiment on two persons who were in the last 

 stages of the disorder, and curerl them. This 

 treatment is becoming general at Toronto. — Mun- 

 cij Telegraph. 



The Doncaster Gazette mentions that an extra- 

 ordinary operation was lately performed by a far- 

 rier at 1'horne, Yorkshire ; lie is said to have 

 iiiiide an incision into a horse's sioimuh, and to 

 have taken out the s(de and heel of a shoe ! The 

 horse is completely recovered. 



Still larger. In om- last we noticed, from a 

 Troy(N.Y.) paper, a peach produced in that vi- 

 cinity, weighing 8 ounce^, and measuring 9 1-2 

 inches in circumference. On Saturday last, we 

 saw a peach, taken from a tree in Brookline, which 

 weighed 8 1-2 ounces and measuring 9 3-4 inches 

 in circ.um fere nee. We also learn that a peach has 

 been taken friun the same tree this season, which 

 weighed 9 ounces, and measured 10 inches in cir- 

 cumference. — Columbian Centinel. 



ASCLBPIAS SVRIACA. 



A NEW and beautiful material, consisting of the 

 fibre of the external cortex of the Asclepias Syria- 

 ca, has within a few years been discovered in this 

 town^and the method of manufacturing the same, 

 which together have resulted in an original manu- 

 facture. Some specimens of this being recently 

 exhibited at the rooms of the Natural History So- 

 ciety, were imagined by some, and unfortunately 

 it was so iud)lislied in the Journals of tlie clay, to 

 consist partly of the iKing-* or arms of the seeds ; 

 which misapprehension appears to call for some 

 elucidation of the subject. The specimen articles 

 thus exhibited were all manufactured exclusivelij 

 o(\he fibre of the exterior bark of the stem of the 

 above named plant, which being subjected to vari- 

 ous processes, various results are oluained — form- 

 ing apparently ditVerent textures of the manufac- 

 tured articles. One process produces a substance 

 for a beautiful and substantial paper ; another for 

 fancy articles of almost every description ; and 

 another for a floss which may compare with the 

 finest silk. The fibre is patented, but the wings of 

 the seeds enter not into the grant, not being claim- 

 ed by the patentee as forming any part of the dis- 

 covery. — Salem Gazette. 



APPLES. 



A Philadelphia paper says, the orchards im- 

 mediately on the borders of the Delaware lau'e 

 nearly their usual quantity, while through the State 

 generally, the supply has entirely failed. In tins 

 part of the country, there were very few apples 

 except on orchards in the villages and meadows 

 near the Comiecticut, but we are informed that the 

 scarcity does not exten<l to all of the eastern coui;- 

 ties. Winter apples have been sold in this village 

 at 75 cents, and some at nne dollar per bushel. 

 The price" of russets in Boston, is about 75 cents. 

 — Hampshire Gazelle. 



PRODUCTS FOR THANKSGIVING. 



A CORRESPONDENT iufmriis us that there are 

 now growing in the garden of Mr. Zeiias Wood, 

 in Midilleborcmgh, four puuqikin vines, hearing 

 thirty-three pumpkii;s, the aggregate weight o( 

 which amoimis to 530 lbs. One of the vines 

 measures 21 rods in length, and has on it 14 

 pumpkins, weighing together 189 pounds. — Mw 

 Bedford Mercury. 



NURSERIES. 



A FEW miles from Boston, on the Worcester 

 rail-way, is the nursery of Messrs. Winship in 

 Brighton ; and a little further on are those of Wil- 

 liam and John A. Kemick in Brighton. No class 

 of men (except printers) deserve better encourage- 

 ment than those who invest their capital ami em- 

 ploy their time, in furnishing to agricidturists 

 every kind of fruit that the climate of New Eng- 

 land will ripen. Horticulture has been shamefully 

 iieglecte<l until within a few years. A garden was 

 liardly tolerated on a farm, and fruit, except the 

 spontaneous crabs of a common orchard, were not 

 to be tasted without great price. Much of the im- 

 proved stock of fruits has been supplied from a 

 few nurseries, — at none of which, will farmer, 

 merchant or manufacturer find a better choice or 

 more hospitable reception, whether he come to 

 see or to buy, tluiu at the nurseries above nieii- 



CUTTING GRAIN BEFORE RIPE. 



For seed we believe it is reco eiuled to let 



wheat become fully ripe. For flom-, Mr. M'Cul- 

 loch says : 



" I iiad my wheat fichl cut about ti'U days 

 sooner than the residue — it was kept separate, and 

 when recently brcmght to the mill, with the wheat 

 cut fiom the same field, at the usual time, the 

 early cut wheat weighed two pounds to the Imshil 

 heavier than the other. The fl(UM- made from it, 

 (there were ten bushels) is remarkably fine, equal 

 to any 1 ever had in my fiimily, ami superior to 

 any I have had this year from any other wheat. 

 I think it proper lo make these facts known, al- 

 though I would not say that a single experiment 

 like this ought to eslablish a general rule." 



T. G. M'CuLLocii. 



Iron Ore. In M(ugan and Walker counties, Al- 

 abama, Iron Ore in iibundaiice is discovered, aiul 

 is said to he of a superior anil pure quality, and in 

 the neigliborhood of fine water power. 



From the Miihllesex Wliig. 

 ORNAMENTAL TREE SOCIETY. 



The Secretary of the Cmicord Ornamental Tree 

 Society, submits the following Report of the pro- 

 ceedings of the Directors tin- the last year. 



The Directors proceeded in the first plaie, to 

 divide the town into five districts, assigning to 

 each Director one district, and making it his duty 

 to ascertain at what points therein, ornamental trees 

 might he placed advantageously. They soon 

 found, that numerous as these trees seemed to be 

 already, there was yet amiile room fiir more. 



After full deliberation upon the best method of 

 proceeding in their work, they determined to com- 

 inence with ornamenting the public squares and 

 grounds in the centre of the town, with the view 

 of exteiuling their operations in every direction, as 

 fin- as their resources would admit. More than 

 one hmidred trees planted in front of the two 

 Mceling-houses, and on three of the principal 

 streets leading therefrom, are exhibited to the So- 

 ciety as the results of their labors. 



The season having been propitious, most if not 

 II the trees transplanted are in a thrifty anil vig- 

 (jrcuis state, imd miw promise to do well. 



The designs of the Society have generally met 

 with favor, anil several individuals have furnished 

 trees and materials for protecting them gratui- 

 tously. The liberality of Capt. Abel B. Ile,\ woml, 

 in this respect deserves especial notice. This gi n- 

 ilenian supplied the trees and the materials for 

 protecting them, and assisted in transplanting the 

 whole of the beautiful row, on the street leading 

 by his liouse, as far as to the land of T. rrescutt, 



Esq. 



The Directors could not expect that all would 

 be agreed as to the expediency of planting trees in 

 certain places— as in front of the old Meeting 

 liouse for instance. There are always .llmse who 

 ,ire averse t6 change, who are slartleil at improve- 

 ment, and seem to shudder at any innovation upon 

 the established order of things. Aware of this, 

 the Directors in the discharge of their duty have 

 endeavored to exercise their best discretion ; and 

 they have no doubt that if the trees already plant- 

 ed, shall live and thrive, they will themselves fur- 

 nish to the generations who shall sit under llieir 



