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We are indebted to the kind attention of Commander James 

 Glynn, U. S. N., for a cask of the seed above named, brought by 

 him from Valparaiso. It is grown along the Pacific coast of South 

 America from Panama nearly to Cape Horn, and there forms the 

 principal article of JbJder, and is particularly adapted to horse 

 feed. It is cut all through the year in Peru and Chili, and 

 brought to market green on the back of animals, where it is sold 

 to the livery stables. It is said to prefer a very moist soil, and 

 daring the dry season is irrigated abundantly. The stalk attains 

 the size of a goose quill, and grows from seven to eight feet in 

 heiglit. It is considered extremely nutritious. 



The Club adjourned to Tuesday. the 3d of June, at 12 o'clock, M. 



H. MEIGS, Secretary. 



American Institute, ? 

 Farmers^ CI ub^ June 3rd. , 1851. ^ 



Judge Van Wyck in the Chair. Henry Meigs, Secretary. 



The Secretary read the following papers prepared by him for 

 the Club : 



[Revue Horticole, Paris, 1851. Translations.] 



OX THE PRESERVATION OF FRUIT. 



A novel but judicious mode of preserving grapes is given by 

 M. A. Du Breuil, Professor of Arboriculture and Horticulture. 

 Cover the table in the fruit-room with fine dry moss. On this 

 lay the bunches which have been carefully picked, cleaned of 

 all bad berries ; wipe the sound ones very carefully with a deli- 

 cate piece of flannel. Leave the bunches on the moss three 

 days, each bunch separated from the others an inch or two. 

 For want of moss, cotton will answer. This prevents the grapes 

 from being injured by the pressure of their own weight. Pre- 

 pare hoops of proper strength some tliree feet in diameter, with 

 proper strings to suspend them, and the grapes to be attached to 

 the hoops. Take iron wire stout enough when made into an S 

 shaped hook to suspend one bunch. Now, fix one of these hooks 



