1SS4. 



NEW EXGLAXD PARMER. 



121 



; .ir.^. lU nuiter- 

 ^e.icaie and >ac- 



ii w bv - 



swefcu »s ibe Sweel-«airr has a si^jzht wa- 

 ste. Il rip^os ihite weeks earKtr ti^n the 

 ili. la every respect but siie, the Delawiie 

 Xo. 1. for t^peo sir cji^ure. Some h^Te 

 ew, but I 



c - 



CZia... 



tiveti '. 



(y - . i 

 P — 



m.Tc 

 ten !<: 

 Isabe 

 i3 .\ 



x:. 



Its e >-..-: :. 



m Ifiis sectiC:; ui 

 oar highest fla^ 



} ear, sitfaossb tbcee »t>cots hmt rrT>e*t\i irom the 

 l^t \ tar's aood. ur froa ttus viuch U macb oid- 



:3e tcfldrik. If tbe . 



use- 



ruit. 



zio&t delicious hard 



J. in Boston. »nd U of course 

 a, e. It is a \Igorous gic«i.-. 



ac r.-, and extremely hardy. Ibe l 



ti - _ . ;he flavor eI:^€IleIit, and the fr_. . 



be kc: : f^.r use in the »-inter. 



The Hartford ProEfic is a harvly and produc- 

 tive variety. The berry is lar^e and round, bi^ck 

 and covered with bloom. It ripei^s at le.i>i i«o ; 

 weeks bef. re '.he I>ibeILi,and <u; 1 ' "' i 



will q-.i::e e5c::->ely rreven; the : 

 from tbr **em. When thorougi^; .»-r_c^. .. .^ 

 hisiily <:.::hirine. 



Th- C rrorJ. thocgh hardy and prolioc is by 

 no mcai-i a ^r-pe of the first cias*. Tne fruit is 

 large and c-e-uufjl. but it has a thick skin, and 

 the r-'.p hcs considerable toughness and native 

 pun^rr.ry. It is worJiy, however, of *. place in 

 our £-irie::s. [ 



The I<j.;:ella, so well known among us, is an 

 exce.lint grape when it is well ripeaed- Il has 

 lost '.he hi^h standing which it held thirty or for- 

 ty yejrs ago, before earlier varieties were inUs.- 

 d'aced. It does not usually ripen well oftene. 

 tfaan once in three or four years. 



The Catawba, the great wiae grape of Ohio, ' 

 does r. " - : - i «rli in this climate, I have 

 raised - of this superior fruit, but 



it is !. hio grapes. Its great ex-, 



eellence, no»ever, demands further trials, , 



I hjve also several of Rogers' Hybrius ar.3 .Al- 

 len's Hybrids, which may fruit the present i 

 They are said to possess many excellent q_ . 

 by those who have tested them. CoL Wilder Le- 

 lieres that some of R^:s' Hybrids stand in the 

 ▼err first class of hardy native grapes. 



Wknit if t.hf best mdkod otpruhin^ y*"?* riiio? 



Thi- • - ' very much upon, the system -r - -'- 

 it adc - growth of the vine, whc 



be the :— . ._. . ng cane, or the renewal >;>.^.^. 

 Tie details cf pruning are so nutnerous ar.d in- 

 tricate that they cannot be specified in this paper ; 

 but they can be found in any of the best books 

 on the culture of grapes. It is proper, however, 

 to ««y, in general, Ibat the grape attempts more 

 than it can perform- The secret of proper prun- 

 ing, then, seems to consist in attention to these 

 three poii:ts : to keep up a sufficient number of 

 fruit-bearing csnes. to keep ihcm all » " ' - 



er .:T.:ts and to keep the fruit prop^; 

 Peacnes always bear fruit, if at ail, u|.«..i. u.c list 

 rear's shoots ; pears either upon tboce tonced the 

 last yearor upon older wood; but the grape, unlike 

 them both, bears oalj upon shoots of il^ current 



wm oe c . 

 less wu 



Pn.:.:.-^, ibcQ, tt-ouiu Or lotruM^iHy i- ~-i. 

 not by u>ing the kr ife. but by pia^' _- ~ : r 

 enda vf the canes at lea«: three times. •Jurlr.g the 

 moHths rf .\'i2ii<' ard September. tb*t ir* riia! 

 :' ' . .be 'cwatt- , the 



_- ;i Droees- iiake 



LiCi tttit - wTii otte 



:i the a- - ._;.es are — 



. way. L.ia,e a great many -last \c_ 

 .:.: tf cobtroi works tbeir ruin. Ib^ 

 ^y of this is slmos: seh'-evident. Ttc UiJ^er 

 liie Canes, in tiieir excessive am'oirl:-". are .allowed 

 to run. the lEcre lenuiils «ill be it <up- 



port tbem. If they are aufficient. .so 



" " not he Her 



ceed. no: 



single fact of 

 Season, maive^ . ; . 

 the wiid .ini usci- 

 Uiie and delicate c 



- the 



. een 



ina the 



In the 



oLe case, by negltcf. mey ran from year to year 

 into a knotted and tangled> mass of mere vines 

 withcut frui:, or with a small amount of Terr in- 

 difereai fruit ; and in the other, by elo«e pmn- 

 xng, they are kept «i:hin reasoaab"- - and 



the viiJ forces of the plant are the 



' ■ :: cf tho*e delicious grape^. w:.;.a JKiatm 



7 7 and contribute so kargelf to oor 



\ 

 fc.rr 



jor.. to . - . . 



not done, tne 

 by excessive : 



^- 'jirativtriv ins^fi**. 



e is such a coneentratioa c^ tbe 

 — in me production of fruit, the 

 ^ire. near tbe close of the sea- 

 _: ^veral times. Iftbicis 

 7 injured, if not destroyed, 

 , -J the fruit iiv^If will be 

 Ail the defiective berries, 

 . ail tbe sra-ll grapes oa the eads of the clus- 

 ters which will never come In maturity, should 

 he carefully removed. SoaoetdDes. too. tbe qoan- 

 tity of fruit is so enormous, that a third fvirt, and 

 even iwo-tuirds of the entire crop should be eat 

 It re<)aires a pretty hard heart lo dcstrav 

 much tempting fruit, but tbe neces«iiT is bb- 

 ,. • 'e. 3" : •- ~u<T S? done. Tbis is one fif liie 

 few ^ . . . i -eart is at all iwefaL : 



Remedy fob. Ej^kache. — M. Duval says be has 

 found relief in serere earaebe, other means fail- 

 ing, from a mixture of equal parts of chloroform 

 and latidanum, a little being introduced oa a piece 

 of cott'Hi. Tbe first effect is a sensation of cold, 

 then numbness followed by a seareeh perc^itible 

 pain and refieshing sleep. — BriL Med. JowrnaL 



Hail-stones sometin-.es f.m with a Tclocttj «f 



113 feet iu a second, and rain at 43 feet ia a tee- 



