ML&HCH 26. 



MOORE'S RURAL H3GW- 



tHOHflCULTUJ 



NATTVB GBAPES. 



1 m feci id the 

 i . ■ , . pfiufflregnpci. Bon 



ror, and others 



have no doubt, ■ al liable The. 



care end (kill DOW directed to toil Subject, by 

 bo iiinoy. in a" parts of the country, will we arc 



■, the I"'" '- '■' 



ill bave cause to rejoice. Still, we fee] 



it OUT iluly to (jut ;i wuri) "I mill .. ■■ ii'imv 



I to be gating a little wild on tin. question, 



and orcool unwilling to odrbe the entire aban- 

 donment of our old und well-proved soli. 1 -, while 

 iiUeim the most glowing 

 terms, and often, we fcur, without proper care. 



In our present number will be found 

 Ibfl subject from thuKC who are raising new grapes. 



Om 



i be i 



ctlUnt—a h,it within itulf," and a seedling from 



■ ■./ supm-jr" to the parent, Such 

 ne think are calculated to deceive. — 



1 : i . ■ the Isabella, well gro« a and 



ripened, ihould be taken as the standard, and to it 



nil other,* should lie compared as to imi I , h.n ■ 



■ lit d, ond quality. Tben'tbe <k -crip tions.il' cor- 

 rectly given, would be valuable. We do not manse 

 any one of deceiving iiilcnlioiinlly, but WC have 

 often received wrong impressions of fruit from 

 descriptions furnished us, and wore onlj uodo- 



fhe hint. I'cplr ;,,,■ upt Inthmk ,. Ii'u le too high- 

 ly of what llicy raise, and (heir descriptions must 

 be taken with due allowance for this failing. A 

 year ago last Autumn, whoa ubout leaving for 

 b wore requei h d bj i gentleman to 

 call on TuoirsoN A Son, the celebrated restaurant 

 OnBri -I'iwiiy.and ascer- 

 tain if he could sell lot hem a quantity of line fruit. 

 We described the fruit, when these L'ciitlcincn 

 plainly told us they could place no reliance upon 

 descriptions of fruit, und would never puirhusc or 

 engage to purchase until they saw specimens. — 

 Gentlemen they stated would call to dispn-c of 

 ..•i,i|..-, (n-iirs, and other fruit, and on examining 

 i.[.i-c-nnf(is in the store wi.ni Id declare what they 

 bad equal, if not superior, but on bringing their 



ii of KramniiUr, Ciiiuulu West, wrote 



c lines nboul grapes, and requested 



er. He stated that he could i ipm 

 well as Ihcy could be ri- 



Oncrd, another Hurt 1 I'lolilic, but .- 



recommended the Isabella, while an editor of un 



■'■'" I'l:,,;.. I ]..,;:,■! ,, II | .,,.,,1, IU K ,.,.,] |, IIM 



not to plant a single Isabella. Our advice was to 

 plant the Isabella for the main crop, and to plant 



ii lew <>l" <-.,,-l, ul i he too. i |-i 1.HH..M - ,,l l!i, rn-w 

 kinds. Where the l-.il,. -Ilu will i,] ,<i, 



noproaf that any othtr i ■ 

 ■'■Ut ijvQpe. 

 We have been very much censured for 



ing o| ons similar to these, and bei 



would kpplaud everything new, and beli 



Lfas glowing deecripl •■ ol interested parti 



letter now before US, written in no amiable 

 soya, "//"i/ will pain nothing bythiAoourn " 



11 ">■ gain b,ing by stating what we bollev 



be die truth, and guarding (he Intereata of 



niulci -., we h.ne in) |n,p t . ,,f ._-.ui,i,|._' ;l in i| m) 

 any way-. 





Well 



GRAPE GROWING AT HAMMONDSPORT. 



; s * ■ "' M'"cLi l-i. l ■,:,;», i he President, 

 Unaows, reported the pro 

 I on rot the i isl rear, i. . 



-kan (be 



■ lbs pnal 



••The breadth of land set 

 ii-on was about twentj -fli 



i- rfllege, which was stlj BG t to 



inferior quality. About tour ,„ , , 



« Inch hav, done about n, , vt .-H as the 



■■' ■ AH mado n fine growth, 1 aod< i tand 



e thirty to forty acres set ibis sprinc, hy 



. t'l-eilici 



gallon, 



this iiiioi, .h 

 ith wbul is already growing, nili 



■f sonic seventy »vi,^ ,! i>l n ,i u\ Irs ,,t 



Huge, Two small rlnoyardsol one-hall aore 



1 

 ""' ''"■' 'wo produced sboul 



lling readily ut 



thcCatawl 



properly treated, I have no doubt 



i-tly ! ii- 



make e 



footed hero. 

 beUaaod Catawba, aUb 



hem, iuir... 



■ dil.,.-. 



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:■ '.ii irie through III,/ 

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tdJow.mdu | , rally made of 



.(,! a little more 



■thers Hi;: 



THE SNOW DROP. 



lowers of Spring. 



the earliest harbingers of tbat 



delightful season of bods and 

 Ibe little Sxow 



Dmp. It first feels the influ- 

 ence of the warm spring sun, 



and the present season, about 



the first of March, its modest 



little white (lowers gladdened 



the heart! Of the lovers of na- 



ton I floral beauties. There is 



nothing striking or particular- 

 ly attractive in these flowers, 



and should they bloom when 



the garden is gay with more 

 lis it would be 



eclipsed und unnoticed; but 



its time is well chosen, and it 

 "itliont a rivul— oft- 

 en bearing its delicate blos- 



.-OIH-. above (he snows of early 



spring, undaunted by told und 



frosts and slornis. Of these 

 re are two varieties, 



the double and single, of both 



ol wl,i,i, „-,.. give engravings, drawn from speci- 

 ■ a the nth .list. The eorliestof the 

 i uow in flower, and by another week 

 ve specimens of the later and more bril- 

 ies. The wcalher has been such for a 

 us to check vegetation, 



K shall I 





i Friday- 



time, extending over Western New York aud 

 Canada West. As the season advances we shall 

 give notes of plants, shrubs, Ac., as they ilower, 

 with original illustrations. 



STANDARD, AS APPLIED TO PEAR TREES. 



Mil Momri 



sctly ap- 



ir model paper, the propriety of calling pear 

 Of, growing on their own stocks, £7<;W<ir</.-, io 

 Kra-distinction to those crafted on (he quince 

 Dwarf h. 



t has but lately come in(o vogue in that sense, 

 1 seems lo be badly chosen, conveying no ideii 

 of the real meaning. At the Fruit Growers' Con- 

 lion, id I he pear discussion, it was used ascom- 

 i ns though it was a proper and Icgilimale siy- 



:ml Of that production. 



'he term Standard was originally used by 



seiymen, only to designate such tiers u-* were 



for side; but to be left for beating— to test new 



fruits, or procure scions. 



The word Standard, us used 

 plied by fruit growers and amatc 

 ng without support — uot trained lo a wall ortrel- 

 is — a tree reserved when lemoviug nurseries, or 

 ■lining from parks or forests; they ure standardt, 

 because allowed to vtan d. 

 Now, there ought to be a better and more signili- 



stock, to those dwarfed, altered, emasculated, if 

 tlnit is not an improper term. The word -.nttr, or 

 natural, would be a much moro correct and exprea- 



■! ion, and eonsoniiut with the objects of 

 language, to express the idea to be conveyed. 



AMeudeuop tbbF. Q. Soci 



Rbu IMS.— We Will not discuss the t|iiestiou of 



the origin of the word Stamford, as applied lo fruit 



U res, but we know that for many years — as long 



lything about trees— the word 





ltd a c 



-unk, four or five feet high, 

 and upwards. The term has not been used iu this 

 sense only by practical men, but in all books on 



die subject, as will be seen by reference IoLoidon, 

 and other authors. Trees branching within two or 

 three feel of the ground have been usually culled 

 half tlaudard. These terms were used to distin- 

 ;rown in this way from those trained 

 iu pyramidal or espalier form. Trees dwarfed, 

 either by root-pruning or grafting, have always 

 been simply called dwarf*, and have usually been 

 crown as pyramids, though sometimes as op-diers, 

 mid iti Europe are tr.i'iied m u.auy fanciful forms. 

 When grown with a clean stem for several feet 

 Perhaps 



and I 



e selet 



, do I 



tuiiding results from the use ol those we DOffl 

 ;. The proposition to call a tree grufted on its 



Mini. iiti!i,i-it/, would make Ihe matter worse 

 i it QOtv is, for ibis is a term used to designate 

 ;e tlmt bos never been grafted— a seedling tree 



RAISING EMPHOVED GEAPES FROM SEED, 



r.ms:— Ii undoubtedly must afford 

 ivery lover of wholesome and delicious fruit, much 



paid tothc production nnd dissemination of new 

 ind impioved varieties of the Crape; and if it is 

 ileasmg to know that such impiond ■> 

 being, and still can be produced, it must, we 

 'ily ing to all who would wish to aid in 

 tin.-. phM-m- und beuelicient enterprise, to know 

 hey have o basis., permanent and inevitable 

 ; laws of nature, to build their future hopes 



1 "■ And there is, most assuredly, certain lawt 



id principles to be observed, in order to improve 



"I any variety of the vegetable kingdom, us Inilv 



:ie aie laws and pnuciples to be obeyed, if 

 lUld make improvements in (he tin cd. of OUT 



, or our hones. We mighi [i 



l brood of Cochin China chickens from a nest 



ol Itantmu's eggs, as toexpeci grape- 1,) 



t I be borne from seedling vines of (lie 



Concord, unless (he pollen from the (lower of the 

 ~ variety, shall, by some means or other, have 

 deposited upon the pistil f the other, And. 

 le other baud (be prospect of a crossbreed, 



"l'l" JliDgto the flavor and sixe or the Hamburgh 



lues, -m-A earliness of the Concord, 

 might be calculated upon, I think, ii □ 



■ ' secure the impregnation of the one 



■ let] oi the grape with the othei 



But, Mi Lditor, not to occupy more of your val- 



ble space, ihan the importance of the subject 



■■ iinl, I will, with your pennjaion, pro- 



■ ! '' iefly ,i- i ible, my own mode 



procedure, and at some future time give you the 



1 i good healthy vine, ol 

 '">■! very early v'arie.y, „ 

 "t to fiower at il .. 



'einpon.ry glass frame. 



S''""d, Thin out the bunches of the foreign va- 

 ■iety which you wish to use as the male parent, 

 ust as soon as they open iheir flowers; then, with 

 i ciiuicl buir pencil, dust the pollen ol (he foreign 

 rariety, upon the pistil of the hardy native; and 



prune and cul- 

 tivate your vine well all summer, gather the fruit 

 when well ripe, and save the seed until Ihe follow- 

 ing spring. If the dusting with (he pencil is tho't 

 to be loo delicate and tedious, and it is wished to 

 lest a great number of seedlings, holding the 

 bunches of the foreign variety directly over the 

 oilier, and gently shaking il, or hanging the 

 bunches up and leaving the work to the wind ami 

 the insects might, perhaps, answer the purpose, 

 and save considerable time. C. Abkold. 



NEW HAKDY GRAPES. 



Eos. IluiiAL;— In furnishing information con- 

 cerning new grapes, I propose to begin at the be- 

 ginning, by giving a brief history of the Franklin 

 Grape, it being the parent of my first " batch " of 

 Seedlings. Tins Grape I found glowing at Mead- 

 ville, l'a., and have traced it lo its origin. The 

 original vine was discovered by Dr. Dan'l Buy as, 

 when about six inches high, while attending a cel- 

 ebration at the ruins of an old French fort at 

 Franklin, l'a., many years ago. This vine is now 

 in a flourishing condition, and bears good crops 

 when others fail. The bunches are of medium 

 sisc, black, with a blue bloom-, berrii roui 

 about half an inch diameter, ripening about the 

 fir.^t of September. 



I have always esteemed it a good grape, all 

 things considered, but I do not profess 



inch i 



D. Gai 



Esq., of Columbia, Peun., who is extensively 

 known as anion;: the leading hoitieullurists of the 

 country, has this grape iu bearing. His opinio., 

 of it I give in his own words, taken from his cor 

 respondencc; — "I prize il highly — my earliest 

 grape this seasoD, 18o8. This Franklin, I think, 

 has all the desirable qualities of good grape, and 

 it of larger size, would ceriainly he hard to 



beat. There i: 





may add, the CHr. 

 let" The vine ami 



e origin. lis 

 :iink will 



closely resemble the Clinton; — bunches sc ■ 



pad, and berries much sweeter Ku.nn the si, '■ 

 of this grape I raised about a hundred plant- .. 

 part of which came into bearing in 1857, and near! ■ 

 all the rest in 16M. Beside theselhad • 

 from seed of a copper-colored gi ape from the Alle- 

 ghany lulls. There are several varieties of blue 

 and copper-colored grapes found growing wild 

 along the Alleghany, and hills of its tributary 

 streams, and it is from some one of these tbat the 

 Franklin was produced, I suppose. It is worthy 

 of note, tbat some of the seedlings of the cop p. . 

 colored grape, produced black gmjics,— but I find 

 this stretching beyond what I had intended, 

 Kandolpli, l'u., March. ls-''!>- O. T. Holms. 



Messrs. Eoitors : — In a recent number of your 

 poper I noticed an article from Mr. Hobbs, of Kan 

 dolph, Crawford Co., Fa., wherein he >-. ■ ulm ' , 

 remarks that when it comes to raising seedling 

 American grapes, thai you iiiusf count him in. He 

 did uot tell you that he '(•'■ ^',-', ," .IiI.immj.i-I-. 

 over heud and ears, for some years already. Nor 

 that he has already seedlings of merit. His is u 

 thoroughly American project, and his greatest 

 success has bceu from a native grape found in the 

 forest somewhere, (the Fraf&Un>) which is a host 

 within itself. I bave eaten it, and pronounce it 

 excellent — a strong grower, good bearer, and us 

 hardy und free from disease as anything could he. 

 My vine bore a few bunches last season ; and I ad- 

 mired its foliage exceedingly. From this Frmtkli., 

 be has a number of seedlings, one of which (and I 

 dare not give it a name,) will takeourgnipefiincici - 

 by surprise when it comes out — it is inflnitftl] 

 superior to the Frnnhlin, and will rank high among 

 the best American grapes. Sahtei, Milieu. 



indole, Lebanon 



II s i:k - - ll ,.;,, 



, I'a.,1 



|: I ■ ' if one-half tha( is said of the i 



seedling grapes is true, in a few y 

 have the most deli, ious fruit Hie world ever saw c 

 tasted, iu the greatest variety and abundance. - 

 Be o little careful in your descriptions, gentlemei 

 —don't spread it on too thick. 



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