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pears grow remarkably well, and the taste for orchard-culture is reported 

 to be constantly on the increase. As yet but little attention has been 

 paid to the cultivation of the grape. Messrs. Temple & Castles, at the 

 salt works, are cultivating a young vineyard containing about eight 

 hundred vines, of which the greater number are Concord, with some 

 Catawba and Delaware, together with a few of the more recent varie- 

 ties, such as Norton's Virginia, Ionia, Israella, Ives' seedling, and Diana. 

 The Concord and Catawba succeed remarkably well ; the other varieties 

 have not yet been sufficiently tested to be pronounced upon with cer- 

 tainty. While enjoying the kind hospitality of these gentlemen I had 

 an opportunity to make a substantial test of the wine which they made 

 from their vineyard, and feel satisfied that it will compare favorably 

 with the native wines of the professional wine-maker. 



Timber. — This county is abundantly supplied with all the usual varie- 

 ties of trees found in this latitude. On the river bottoms, particularly 

 in the eastern and northern part of the county, large black walnut, 

 white, red and black oaks, hickory, and poplar predominate. On the 

 high lands, in other parts of the county, oak and hickory are the prin- 

 cipal timber ; on the flat, wet land, post-oak prevails ; and along some 

 of the sloughs and ponds there is a fine growth of large cypress. 



