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can be added a very large acreage in Canada. All this native 

 grape industry has arisen since the introduction of the Ca- 

 tawba by John Adlum between 1820 and 1830. Adlum was 

 regarded as a visionary in his day, but in the light of these de- 

 velopments, the simple record of his hopes and labors 

 The and disappointments is sad. He had long endeavored to 

 native direct attention to the native grapes, and he had applied to 

 jrapes. ^ e president of the United States for a lease of a bit of pub- 

 lic ground in Washington to enable him to cultivate them. 

 But the country was not yet ready for experiments in agricul- 

 ture, and he was obliged to confine his efforts to his own re- 

 sources. And then, lest he should die before his work became 

 known, he published a little book on the subject. " As I am 

 advancing in years, and know not when I may be called hence, 

 I am solicitous that the information I have acquired should 

 not die with me." "I have been obliged to prosecute the 

 undertaking myself, without assistance and without patron- 

 age, and this I have done to the full extent of my very lim- 

 ited means." Speaking of his best grape, the Catawba, he 

 said : "In bringing this grape into public notice, I have ren- 

 dered my country a greater service than I would have done 

 had I paid the national debt." Time has drawn its curtain 

 over the work of Adlum, and now the government willingly 

 spends its thousands to prosecute labors less important than 

 his. Every man who loves the grape should feel grateful to 

 Rafinesque for bestowing the name Adlumia upon the charm- 

 ing "Alleghany vine" of our woods, and he should grow the 

 plant at his door ! 



Small fruits of all kind have been unusually abundant, and 

 considering the great yields, prices have been good. In 

 southern Illinois, which is one of the largest fruit-growing 

 regions of the country, the strawberry crop was enormous, 

 ernes. an( j as ^ e wea ther was unfavorable during some of the picking- 

 season the market became dull. Heavy yields of raspberries, 

 blackberries, currants and gooseberries are reported in every 

 direction. 



Cranberries show gains over last year in the east, but heavy 

 decrease in Wisconsin. The light crop in the west is charge- 

 able to frosts. The Milwaukee Se7itinel made this comment 

 upon the summer condition of the Wisconsin bogs : "It is 

 reported that at least 25 per cent, of the prospective cranberry 



