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Mr. Proovost- said that the vines must be reared by seedlings ; he had 

 planted Isabella seeds to get new vines. 



Several persons replied that there was no certainty of getting the like 

 from seed, since the blossom might be fertilized by pollen, carried from 

 some other sort by the bees, 



Mr. Pardee stated that he saw five distinct sorts exhibited at one Fair, 

 all labeled Isabella. Of course these were seedlings, and though like the 

 original, were not the pure sort. 



The Chairman said that seeds were sometimes strangely mixed, and thus 

 new varieties grown. 



President Renwick stated the origin of the name of the Isabella. It 

 was so named after Mrs. Gibbs, whose husband found it growing in North 

 Carolina, who brought to Brooklyn in 1818. 



Mr. Fuller. — It is not known that the grape brought from North Caro- 

 lina was a seedling, or the original of the variety. 



Mr. Pardee. — The best proof that the Isabella is not an ordinary seed- 

 ling is its high character, so different from the wild fox grapes. 



THE RED ANTWERP SEEDLING. 



H. L. Stuart. — I have in my hand a short essay, prepared by a boy six- 

 teen years old, a pupil in the Collegiate Institute at Cornwall, Orange 

 county, N. Y., the principal of which has taken an active interest in pro- 

 moting a taste for agricultural studies. I think this paper worthy the 

 attention of the Club, but as the hour of adjournment has arrived, I will 

 lay it upon the table to be read at the meeting next Monday, and I hope, 

 if it gives satisfaction, it will be so noticed as to give encouragement to 

 similar studies and productions in schools. 



Adjourned to Monday, September 19th, at noon. 



H. MEIGS, Secretary. 



September \^fh, 1859. 



Present, 50 members. Rev. Dr. Adamson, of the Cape of Good Hope, 

 in the chair. 



The Secretary stated that Mr. Snow, of Wrest Park, England, had ob- 

 tained from the Black Hamburgh, or Frankenthall, a new magnificent 

 grape, with all the size and color of the original, but with the flavor of the 

 Muscat. 



Mr. Lawton, from the board of agriculture, read the new rules for the 

 Farmers' Club. 



Dr. Carpenter has remarked a striking difference between the growth of 

 the apples and pears on the north and south sides of the trees. 



THE PROPER POSITION OF GRAPE VINES ON A TRELLIS. 



P. S. Joslin, Carbondale, Penn., writes: 



" I have an Isabella grape in my garden, which last season was trellised 

 over a frame, which gave the principal exposure of the vine to the south, 

 the ends of the frame being east and west. It bore pretty plentifully, but 



