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portion of Mr. Mottier's vineyard of Delawares, 

 was planted with vines grafted on one year old 

 Catawba roots, thus securing a better growth than 

 is usual with plants on their own roots. 



DiAXA — At Cleveland, Dr. Taylor said, it was too 

 variable and uncertain, seldom ripened well. Mr. 

 Plessner thought it ripened earlier than Catawba, 

 at Toledo, but vine was tender and crop not cer- 

 tain. Mr. Campbell said it did not ripen well at 

 Delaware in open ground ; but as well as Catawba, 

 perhaps a little earlier ; vines had been sold from 

 Cincinnati for Diana which were spurious and in- 

 ferior faiit and more foxy and apt to crack and 

 fall before ripe. Mr. Harrison said some of the 

 same kind had been disseminated as Diana, in 

 Northern Ohio. 



Hartfoud riioLiFic. — Generally approved at the 

 North, as a hardy and reliable grape ; qualitynot 

 very good. Mr. Campbell don't like it ; thinks 

 Crevdlng a much better grape, equally hardy, ear- 

 ly and reliable. 



Allen's Htbrid. — Mr. Campbell has fruited it, 

 and thinks highly of it. Others present had not 

 had it bear, but had heard good reports of it. 



Logan. — Mr. Cauipbell and others testified that 

 it was not much known, and did not seem tp pos- 

 sess sufficient merit to warrant commendation. 



Northern Mitscadine. — Generally condemned as 

 not worthy of cultivation. Allusion was made to 

 the commendation bestowed on it by Dr. Kirkland, 

 but it was stated that Dr. K. had disclaimed the 

 recommcdatiiiu which had been attributed to him 

 bj some peddlar of the vines. 



Kebecca. — Complaint was made of this variety 

 that tlie vine was a poor grower* and not quite 

 hardy ; fruit very good, but not mi'ch of it. Mr. 

 Campbell and Mr. Buttles said they had found as 

 the vines increase in age they improve in vigor, 

 hardiness and productiveness ; thought it desirable 

 for amateur culture. 



To-KALON. — Mr. Campbell had fruited two years, 

 fflid could not recommend it. 



Union Village. — Taylor, Campbell and some 

 ftthers, like it, as a large, showy fruit, of fair qual- 

 ity, though not quite hardy. "Warder, Bateham 

 *nd others, regard it as too deficient in flavor, and 

 vines too rampant, needing too much space for 

 the amount of fruit produced. 

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Setting out Cuttlngs. — We can now begin to 

 Bet out under glass the cuttings of grape, raspberry, 

 blackberry, &c., with a view to give them an early 

 start, and for transplantation as soon as there is 

 no d'ano-er from frost. Do not commit the accus- 

 tomed blunder of setting them too closely, so that 

 in re;novin"- one, another will be disturbed. We 

 know that nurserymen stick as many in a given 

 space as possible; but we are not giving instructions 

 to them. We should prefer each cutting to be set 

 in a small pot, under glass, with a little bottom 

 heat to start with. They can then be transplanted 

 without any difficulty. 



Cherry Grafts. — The most difficult scion to 

 make grow is that of the cherry. We have em- 

 ployed experienced grafters — distrusting our own 

 diill, to grow cherry scions, and on one occasion not 

 one "rew in the lot, some twenty-five in number. 



We have succeeded ourselves in two out of three ; 

 but this is not tnougli where persons have only a 

 few stems to operate on. 



The want of success is to be ascribed to two 

 Pauses. The first is a lack of care and good tools 

 in setting scions ; but the second and principal is 

 the late period at which the scions are cut. When 

 the cherry bud is once swollen, it is very difficult 

 to get it to grow. They should therefore be cut 

 before there is any sign of swelling — and that time 

 is now, and generally during this month. They 

 should be buried in the ground deep enough to be 

 beyond the influence of the sun, whence they can 

 be taken out and used when needed throughout 

 the grafting season. Some persons, we know, 

 preserve grafts of all kinds in ice-houses, cellars, 

 buried in s;.nd, or tied up in a moss, &c., &c., and 

 these modes may answer very well ; but in our ex- 

 perience we have fomid that they keep nowhere in 

 so good a c )ndition as when buried in the ground 

 as we suggest. This is also true of grapes and 

 other cuttings. — Gcrmaniown Ttlegraph. 



— With regard to the cherry our Dutch cotem ■ 

 porary is laboring under a slight mistake. The 

 cherry can be as successfully grafted as the apple. 

 It will not materially injure the scions to have the 

 buds slightly swelled, but bettor without, as to the 

 late grafting tliat is all bosh, as we graft until in 

 full leaf, but tlie secret lies in cutting instead of 

 splitting the bark ; that's wliat's the matter. — Ed. 



Dwarf Apple Trees. 



Editor Prairie Fanner: 



As the tree peddlors are around again in this vi- 

 cinity, selling dwarf apple trees, as being the thing 

 for the prairies, 1 wish to inquire through the col- 

 umns of your widely read paper, whether any one 

 who has had them ten years on the prairies, can 

 recommend them as being nearly as profitable for 

 growing fruit as standards. 



I have had them for a longer time, and would 

 not take one hundred of the best dwarf apple trees 

 I ever saw, as a gift and plant them in an orchard 

 for growing fruit to sell. 



In a small city lot, having room only for a little 

 bush, they are often desirable, but are short lived 

 at best. Samuel Edwards. 



La Moille, III. 



— We put the above on record to confirm what 

 we have often said in regard to the dwarf apple 

 trees on the prairie. The tree peddlers are flood- 

 ing the country with thousands of worthless trees, 

 recommending them for orchard purposes, a base 

 swindle on the credulity of the farmers, for we do 

 not believe that there is a nurseryman or tree deal- 

 er, but who knows that for an orchard they are of 

 no value. If people want trees that will bear in a 

 short time, let them buy low headed trees of such 

 varieties as Keswick Codlin, Coopers Early White, 

 Yellow Injestrie, Snow, Ramsdells Sweet, and 

 Stannard, which will distance the same varieties 

 on Paradise or Doucin stocks. We suppose 

 humbugs must have their day, but we submit that 

 this dwarf apple has had all that it is entitled to 

 at the hands of old fogies. — Ed, 



