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THE ILLINOIS FAEMER. 



Jan. 



Nortoti's Virginia is put at the head of red wines, 

 and sells at $2 50 per gallon. 



Clinton iiKikes a good claret wine. 



Delawiire nnkes a wine of great body, and well 

 suited to the taste of Americiins, but not sufficient- 

 ly acid fiir p]uropeans. 



Catawba wine i.* sold at $1.50 — a good wine. 



This country, within the next fifty years, will 

 produce iriore and better wines than that of all 

 Europe, in which all tastes will be gratified. 



Dr. Srhroeder on Vegetables. — Adam was the 

 first gardeiur ; Noah packed his garden seeds in 

 thcaik; Abraham brought the system in good 

 .'•hape, but the Israelites, while in Egypt, neglected 

 the art. The otd Romans brought the art to a high 

 perfection, growing cauliflower seven feet and two 

 inches in diameter. 



The Dr. was down on meat eaters. They were 

 ever hard drinkers, and did other naughtier things, 

 while the vegetable eaters drank wine, make good 

 husbands and good citizJns. We could not follow 

 the Dr. in his remarks, half English and half Ger- 

 man, with a style peculiar to hira.sclf ; besides this 

 the house was kept in a roar. < 



EVENING iKSSION. 



Alton, III., Dec. 16. 



Most of the evening sess'on was occupied in list- 

 ening to the eulogy, b}' Arthur Bryant, on the late 

 Dr. John A. Kennicott, and to a biography of the 

 same by C. D. Bragdon, both of which jiapers were 

 verv able. As they will appear in the transictiens, 

 we will not attempt a synopsis 



■WINES. 



We had the pleasure of a place on the 

 Wine Committee. There were twenty-one bottles 

 offered in the s'veral classes, neaily all of which 

 were of high merit. 



CatoKhn Wines of the Vintage of 1862. — In this 

 list wtre five competitors, or lather samples. 



No. 1— Englemanof Bellville. No. 2— V. Huff, 

 ofBellville. No. 3 — Dr. Feldman, of Hermann, 

 Mo. No. 4— W. C. Flagg, of Ma<l!Son. No. 5— V. 

 HufT. 



All of the.se samples were of excellent quality, 

 and it required no small amount of tasting and re- 

 tasting, to decide the nice difference between 

 them. They finally stood No. 2 best, and No. 3 

 next best. 



Catoii'Ja 0/1863.— No. 1, M. Paeschel, of Her- 

 mann, and No. 2, F. Kuhn, of the same place. The 

 award stands in the order above. Those samples 

 were decided excellent for new wine. 



Concord Wine — No. 1, M. Paeschel, of Hermann, 

 Mo.; No. 2, Wm Paeschel, of the same place ; No. 3 

 Geo. Husmann, of the same place. All of these 

 samples are of the vintage of I860, and of course 

 new wines. 



This is the first time that the wine of this grape 

 has been introduced in so public a manner, and 

 no little interest was manifest on the subject. The 

 wine was new and rather acid to our taste ; not 

 equal to Catawba, but close to it. It is very 

 probable that age will make it a good wine. No. 

 1 was decided best, and No. 2 next, by a close 

 vote. In fact the samples are almost identical. 



Delaware Wine. — One sample of Wm. Paeschel, 

 of Hermann vintage of 1863, is too new to judge 



well of its merits, but was decided that it was in- 

 ferior to the Catawba. The wine is of a beautiful, 

 nearly transparent color. It is evident that some 

 other grape must be mixed with it to make it what 

 it should be. The committee were diSiippointed 

 in this sample of wine. 



Gassady. — One sample from Geo. Husmann, of 

 Hermarm vintage of 1863, is a wine of good prom- 

 ise. Throe samples of unknown, but of new and 

 of medium quality, one of which was doubtless 

 Clinton, a very good claret, made by Dr. Edwards 

 of St. Louis. 



Isabella. — One sample of Isabella, as good as can 

 be made from this grape. This grnpe must go out 

 of the wine grape list. 



NortorCs Virginia and Concord.— One sample 

 made of the above grapes mixed. From M. Paes- 

 chel, of Hermann vintage of 1863. 



Herbimo7it and Norton's Virginia. — This is a 

 first rate wine, and fully confirms what the Her- 

 mann vine growers claim — that these grapes must 

 take a nigh stand. On comparing these two sam- 

 ples, the committee decided in favor of the mixture 

 of the Concord as the best. 



JVorton's Virginia. — No. 1. From M. Paeschel, 

 of Hermann. 



No. 2. From Geo. Husmann of Hermann. 



No. 3. From F. Kuhn, of Herm;mn. 



These were all good samples, but No. 2 took the 

 preference. 



The best wine on the table was decided to be 

 Norton's Virginia and the Concord. 



The above lact is of no SL_all importance to our 

 State, for in it we have two grapes for the table 

 that, for ease of culture and abundance and cer- 

 tain crops, stand out first and foremost, while both 

 of them combined make a superior red wine — a 

 wine superior to what either would make sepa- 

 rately. 



DELEGATES ABROAD. 



Ind'ana State Horticultural Society. — Messrs. Dr. 

 Schroeder, Phoenix and Overman. 



Ohio Pomological Society. — Messrs. C. D. Brag- 

 don, J. H. Stewart and Dr. Schroeder. 



Missouri State Horlicvltural Society. — Messrs. 

 FLigg, Dunlap and Starr. 



PRUNING OF APPLES. 



. For Northern Illinois : Messrs. Galusha, Whitney 

 and Murtfeldt. 



For Central Illinois: Messrs. Stewart, Dunlap 

 and Dr. Hull. 



For Southern Illinois : Messrs. Baker, Finley and 

 Hadley. 



The following Committee was appointed to meet 

 with the Industrial Convention at Spriagfield, Jan- 

 uary 5th, 1864: 



Messrs. Minier, Dr. Andrews, Galusha, Murtfeldt, 

 Prof. Turner, Dunlap, Dr. Hull, Quick, Flagg and 

 Hadley. 



WHirE WILLOW FOR FENCE POSTS. 



The sbove subject was somewhat debated to-day, 

 in which Mr. Galusha estimated that eighty acres 

 set with willow, on land costing ten dollars an 

 acre, will cost at twelve years old |4,044, or about 

 fifty dollars an acre, and providing posts at lest 

 than two'cents each. Mr, Overman, who is enthu- 



