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Then put the bung in moderately tight for a few days, and after 

 that drive the bung in tight until about December, when it must 

 be racked oft* from the lees ; the barrel rinsed with hot and cold 

 water, and when drained quite dry insert into the bung-hole a 

 small cup, suspended by a wire, containing one ounce of spirits 

 of wine or alcohol, ignited, and kept there until the barrel is well 

 fumigated ; (the bung must not be closed.) Then return the 

 wine again and keep it there for three months, when the same 

 process is repeated. If it is done a third time it will be all the 

 better. It is noAv finished and can be kept for any length of time, 

 either in bottles or wood, slowly improving by age. 



Grapes may be made into wine in the same way as first men- 

 tioned above, Avith this diiference, that when the pomace is to be 

 re-pressed, that sugar dissolved with grape juice (by heat) must 

 be added to the Avater that is mixed with the pomace, and to 

 stand a few hours before the second pressing. It must contain 

 the same proportion of sugar and water as is found in the natural 

 juice of the first pressing, all of which is mixed well together and 

 fermented as above. But, if the grapes are left on the vine until 

 they are quite ripe, say until they have received the effects of a 

 white frost, and carefully selected, the good from the bad, and 

 thoroughly pressed and fermented as above, Avithout the addition 

 of either sugar or Avater, you Avill have wine that is Avine. It is 

 true, AA'e cannot have so great a quantity of juice, but Avhat there 

 is, is good. Glass tubes can be procured at Hagerty's, No. 8 

 Piatt street, at a moderate price. 



VARIETY or FRUIT. 



Mr. Carpenter advocated a great variety of fruit, because it 

 incites increased quantity much more than it would if there were 

 but fcAv sorts. Besides, almost every neighborhood has its favorite 

 sort of apples or pears. 



The Chairman and Mr. LaAvton Avere both opposed to cultivat- 

 ing such great varieties. There may be 500 sorts of apples, yet 

 it is not Avorth while for any man to try to get a full assortment 

 of those noAV on the nurseryman's catalogue. 



Mr. Cavanach mentioned one nurseryman who had 150 pears 

 on his catalogue, and yet there Avere not three of them Avorthy of 

 general cultivation. He thought it much better to confine atten- 

 tion to fcAver sorts. 



Dr. Trimble. — I do not object to amateurs originating ncAV va- 



