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ViNKY.utiis. — Vineyards are increasing rapidly in this State, mostly for the purpose of 

 supplying the market with fruit. .Numerous and extensive vineyards have heen planted 

 within a few years, in the eountiesof Ontario, Livingston, Steuben, Chemung, tbc. In the 

 eastern part of the State, and in some of the Eastern States even, there is a marked pro- 

 gress in this direction, and all experiments yet made have been found remunerative and 

 encouraging, although a new business and imperfectly understood. 



In some of the Western and South-Westcrn States where the climate is favorable, vine- 

 yards for the production of wine are increasing rapidly, both by individual and associated 

 effort, and bid fair to become of great importance to the industry of the country. 



l'oiiKUiX Cracks. — The culture of the Foreign Grape under glass progresses steadily. 

 Cent te&Lfltl hu\ tag email u'ardens in cities, find the Grapery within their means, and a source 

 of great pleasure, and no respectable, suburban or country residence is considered complete 

 without one. The erection of houses for this purpose, has become a sort of specialty. 

 There are persons now in various parts of the country who, by making a business of it, 

 get them Hi) cheaply And well. The management of the Grape under glass has also 

 become so well understood that even amateurs without experience, or experienced assis" 

 feasts, arc succeeding perfectly well, l'ot culture of the Grape is rapidly growing in favor ; 

 it enables a large number of varieties to be grown in a small house, it admits of changing 

 at pleasure; the Vines are easily managed by being so completely within reach of the 

 hands; finally, nothing can be more beautiful. Last season we put into one of our propa- 

 gating houses, after the Spring propagation was over, some twenty or thirty plants in 

 pots, and got from them an abundant crop of the most perfectly ripened drapes, with as 

 little labor as an equal number of Geraniums would have required. 



A few years will, no doubt, lead to a great developeinent of this branch of culture. 

 Orchard HorsKs.— Next to this comes the Orchard JIou.it, which has been brought 

 forward so prominently in the Horticulturist, by the publication entiro of ilr. Kivcrs' 

 pamphlet on this subject. 



In the milder districts of the United States, where the Peach, Apricot, and Nectarine 

 can be successfully grown in the open air, the orchard house culture of fruits will rarely be 

 practised; but there are districts of country not so favorably situated, where it may, and 

 no doubt will bo of great importance, as for instance, Central and Northern New York, a 

 large portion of the Eastern States and Canada, and in all those parts of Illinois, Iowa 

 Wisconsin and Minnesota — immense, districts where the hardy fruits even are very 

 uncertain. Uc.-ides, in all parts of the country, gentleman residing in cities and villages 

 having but small gardens, will add to the vinery the orchard house, and to them it will be 

 of vast importance as being not only the source of a supply of fine fruits, but of rational, 

 delightful occupation for both mind and body during leisure hours. Reference will be 

 made in the Catalogue to trees suitable for this purpose. 



Cur grounds at the present time occupy more than five hundred acres of land, closely 

 planted, and is in every respect more satisfactory to ourselves than they have over been 

 before. We begin to realize the benefits of long years of experience in every Department. 

 Our experimental grounds are every year increasing in usefulness and interest. Last 

 season we fruited as many as four hundred varieties id' Tears, between two and three hun- 

 dred varieties of Apples, about eighty of l'luins, sixty or seventy of Cherries, besides very 

 large collections of small fruits. The peach crop has failed here for three successive years. 



Our specimen grounds are open to public inspection during the entire growing season. 



We have recently made considerable addit ions to the glass department, increasing largely 

 our facilities for the propagation of such articles as are usually or more advantageously 



