Sept.] THE VINEYARD. 487 
This practice is absolutely necessary in the middle and eastern 
states, as, during winter, the earth is so hard frozen as to render it 
impracticable to take up the plants out of the open ground, when 
wanted, without injury; moreover, when they are potted at this 
season, their roots will be well established, before the time of 
forcing commences, and consequently the plants will be much more 
productive of fruit. 
THE ORCHARD. 
Collecting ripe Fruit. 
Apples and pears that attain now to full maturity, rarely keep 
as well as those which ripen in the ensuing month; but when it is 
desirable to preserve them as long us possible, they must be treated 
as directed in October. 
When planting of fruit-trees is intended in the months of Octo- 
ber, or November, opportunity ought to be taken of any leisure 
time that may now occur, for the preparation of the ground as direct- 
ed in March, under the head Orchard. 
THE VINEYARD. 
I am very happy in having it in my power to exhibit to my fellow 
citizens and the public, the annexed comparative and very interest- 
ing table of the progress of vegetation in Pennsylvania, Paris, the 
ci-devant Champagne and Burgundy; the more especially, as it 
proves the decided advantage we possess, of a full month, in the 
season of our vintage, over those famous wine countries. It also, 
exhibits the medium temperature of heal in Pennsylvania, the West 
Indies, Paris, Champagne, Lorrain, Arras, Brussels, and Stockholm 
in Europe, Algiers in Africa, and Pondicheny in Asia, which, no 
doubt, will be very interesting to Meteorologists and other men 
of science. But it is of peculiar importance, on account of its 
