2*18 TRANSACTIONS OF THE AMERICAN INSTITUTE. 



Dec. 10, 1860. 



Present — 60 members. Dr. E. F. Peck in the chair. 



A letter was read from Judge Meigs on Crab Apples for Cider, 

 saying it was a good substitute for Champagne. 



Mr. Carpenter. — Crab-apple cider now commands more than 

 double the price of apple cider. 



The Chairman spoke of the crop of carrots in Glen Cove, of 

 over 1,000 bushels to the acre. 1,050 bushels to the acre gives a 

 profit of $71. A crop often acres, on the waste lands of Long 

 Island, in 1858, was equal to any other in the county of Queens. 

 Two yoke of oxen will plow two and a half acres a day. The 

 scrub oak that covers the ground grows in clusters ; the mode of 

 grubbing is by cutting the tops off with the grubbing hoe, the 

 tap roots are then taken out, and bring a good price for black- 

 smith's use ; they plow each side of the roots, by which they are 

 easily taken out, at a cost of $10 an acre. Onions are raised on 

 this ground at a good profit. 



Mr. Fuller asked the Chairman if he could demonstrate the 

 truth of his sayings ; he spoke of the land being exposed to the 

 cold winds, that was against their being taken up. 



The Chairman. — I plowed the first furrows on these lands, and 

 raised fifty-five bushels of wheat 'to an acre, being a premium 

 crop. That the land is superior to that cultivated by Mr. Fuller 

 on Myrtle avenue, as it contains no stone, and is not more affected 

 by winds than other parts of Long Island. That the timber 

 being cut or burned oif, the winds blowing from the shore is 

 warm and genial. Large crops of hay are produced on the land. 

 Fifteen load of stable manure was put on the land, and 150 lbs. 

 per acre of guano where the wheat was raised. 



Mr. Haight, of Dutchess county, brought some choice grapes 

 and was asked to speak of them, they were Isabella grapes ; he 

 described his mode of culture, using largely of hen manure. In 

 laudation of his grapes he said he was an Isabella man ; he con- 

 tinued his remarks on his mode of their preservation, in which 

 the Club were quite interested. 



Mr. Carpenter replied that from what Mr. Haight had said 

 confirmed him in the opinion that the Isabella was only suitable 

 in certain localities, and in such localities only will they prosper, 

 otherwise they were worthless, and cannot be compared to the 

 Catawba, Delaware, and other varieties. 



Mr. Fuller made some remarks on the mode of culture of grapes 



