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AMERICAN AGRICULTURIST. 
[September, 
or more, besides postage and packing material. The 
smallest parcel will require at least three cents worth of 
oil cloth, anil two cents for postage. This five cents is a 
trifle for each, while if we paid it, it would amount to 
several thousands of dollars. Our paper is too low priced 
to afford profit for so much extra expense. It is a matter of 
necessity, therefore, to ask each one desiring the plants 
to enclose Jive cents for packing material and postage. 
If this New Strawberry turns out as well as it promises, 
and as well as every one who lias seen it believes it will, 
it will be a magnificent acquisition 10 the country, and the 
subscribers receiving the plants will get the first benefit at 
very trifling cost or risk, while the whole country will 
soon be supplied, at a cheap rate. Had we not secured 
them, they would have been offered at a dollar or more 
each, and thousands of persons would have paid $5 to 
$10 a dozen befoie they became generally disseminated. 
Indeed we could to-day sell our plants for $3000 cash. 
— «-. — I M •-• 
Great American 
€*rape Exhibition. 
THE NEW-YORK FRUIT GROWERS at their 
meeting, August 13, decided to hold a Public Exhibition 
devoted entirely to Grapes, at the Agriculturist Rooms, 
41 Park-Row, on October 1st, 2nd, and 3rd. 
The following gentlemen were appointed a Committee 
of Arrangements: Peter B. Mead, Esq., Ed. Horticul- 
tural fiR. G. Pardee, Esq.; Dr. I. M.Ward; Wm. S. Car- 
penter, Esq.; A. S. Fuller, Esq.; and Dr. C. W. Grant. 
The Committee report as follows : 
FRIZES. 
NATIVE GRAPES. 
A.— Dest Native Seedling Grape that has never taken 
a pi izc— of superior quality, and ripening in open 
ground not later than Sept. 20th. — Satis factory 
proof of time of ripening to be furnished $10 
B.— For the Best Collection of Native Grapes, 
(amount and quality both considered,) not less 
than 12 kinds, 5 bunches of each flO 
C— For Second do do do 5 
D. —For Best Six Varieties, 5 bunches of each. 4 
E. — Second do do do 2 
J?,_ For Best Four Varieties, 5 bunches of each 3 
G.— For Second do do Z 
H.— For the Best 5 bunches of Native Grapes of any 
kind, quality to rule % 
I. —For the Best 5 bunches of Delaware 2 
J. — For the Best 5 bunches of Diana 2 
K.— For the Best 5 bunches of Catawba 2 
L.— For the Best 5 bunches of Isabella 2 
M. — For the Best 5 bunches of Concord 2 
N.— For the Best 5 bunches of Hartford Prolific . . 2 
O.— For the Best 5 bunches of Herbemont 2 
P._For the Best 5 bunches of Elsingburgh 2 
q,— For the Best 5 bunches of Orevelhig 2 
R,;_For the Best 5 bunches of Union Village 2 
S.— For tlie Best 5 bunches of Anna. 2 
T.— For the Best 5 bunches c-f Allen's Hybrid — 2 
V.— For the Heaviest bunch of any kind 2 
FOREIGN GRAPES. 
V, — Best Six varieties, 2 bunches each 5 
W.— Second do do 3 
X.— Best2 bunches Blark Hamburgh fl 
Y. — Best 2 bunches Muscat of Alexandria 1 
Z.— Best 2 bunches Grizzly Frontignan 1 
aa. — Best 2 bundles of any other kind 1 
it.— Other Special Prizes to be awarded by the Judges, 
for extra specimens not included anywhere above. 
Regulations. — 1. The Judges will be requested to test 
specimens by actual taste, ami to make all other points 
subordinate to that of quality. except in Prize U. They will 
disqualify all lots not meeting the tarins of the schedule, 
including the number of bunches called for (except in 
prizes B and C). All bunches above the required num- 
ber must be laid aside until after the judges have given 
in their decision, when the exhibitors may add to their 
specimens at their pleasure. 
2.— Exhibitors should give at least 3 days' notice of the 
space required, that room may be provided for them. 
3. — All specimens to be on the tables by 11 o'clock A.M. 
Thursday, Oct. 1st. The Judges will have exclusive use 
of the rooms from 12 to 2 o'clock, after which the public 
will be admitted. After the awards, the Prize specimens 
will be labeled. Exhibitors may then put on their speci- 
mens their cards, place of business, etc. No fruit will be 
removed before 4X o'clock P. M., Saturday, without spec- 
ial permit. The fruit of course will belong to the several 
exhibitors, at the close of the Exhibition. 
On behalf of the Committee, 
PETER B. MEAD, Chairman. 
The above report was presented an! adopted at the 
Fruit Growers' Meeting, Aug. 20, and appointment made 
of ihe following excellent committee of 
JUDGES FOR THE GRAPE EXHIBITION. 
HON. MARSHALL P. WILDER, Dorchester, Mass. 
CHARLES DOWNING, Esq., Ncwbnr^h, N. Y. 
JOHN E. MOTHER, Esq., Cincinnati, Ohio. 
A. W. HARBISON, Esq., Philadelphia, Pa. 
Dr. J. B CHAP1N, Providence, R. I. 
T. T. LYON, Esq. Plymouth, Mich. 
JOHN DAILLEDOUZE, Esq., Flatbush, L. I. 
ISAAC BUCHANAN. Esq., Now-York City. 
Containing a great qariety of Items, including many 
good Hints and Suggestions which we give here in small 
type and condensed form, for want of space elsewhere. 
Jflailing- Strawberry Plants due 
for Premiums.— These will be mailed soon after 
Sept. 1st. (The dry season prevented an earlier develop- 
ment of well rooted plants). The Triomphe de Gand 
will be sent where the Bartlett or Austin have not been 
specially called for. As soon as they arrive, remove the 
covering, and bury the roots in moist earth, if not ready 
to plant at once. (See directions for culture in August 
Agriculturist, page 241). Let the soil be made mellow 
and deep, and contain plenty of black earth, or woods 
mold, or well rotted manure. Spread out the roots well ; 
set so that on settling the crowns will be fully as high as 
the general surface with no dirt on the central leaves ; 
water only as needed — not drowning them ; put a little 
rotten manure around each plant, and water through 
this, which will work in some of it, and stimulate the 
plants to active growth. All this, if the best results are 
desired. Rich manure in Spring promotes rapid growth 
of plants at the expense of fruit. With care in planting 
and a good autumn season, quite a number of new plants 
may grow, ready for spring planting. If set well apart, 
and well treated, 10 plants set now ought to produce at 
least 500 by next August. We could easily make 1000. 
The Fruit Growers' meetings, which 
were partially interrupted by hot weather, by the mob 
excitement, etc., are again in active operation. It will 
pay to drop in at 41 Park Row, on Thursdays, at 1 P. M. 
The Great Grape Exhibition an- 
nounced in another column is worthy of attention. The 
show will doubtless be one of the best, if not the best ever 
seen in this country. 
The Premium Grape Vines, Due, 
can not be mailed until the new wood ripens, several 
weeks hence. The time of sending will be announced. 
Fine Show of Gladiolus.— Our exhi- 
bition tables are blooming like a garden, with a splendid 
collection of over 50 varieties of gladiolus from the 
grounds of A. Bridgernan, 878 Broadway. The colors 
range from pure while with purple markings, to deep 
scarlet. We have never seen a finer collection. The 
gladiolus is one of the most desirable ornaments of Ihe 
garden ; it blooms in midsummer, and continues to flower 
until late in the season. Most of the sorts are hardy, and 
the bulbs only need taking up to divide them. 
A Supplement to lire's Dictionary 
of Arts, Manufactures, and Mines.— New- 
York: D. Appieton & Co. Ure's Dictionary has long 
been a useful hand-book of reference to those having an 
interest in the subjects on which it treats. This supple- 
ment, edited by Robert Hunt, and comprising contribu- 
tions from numerous well-known authors, is a valuable 
work. It gives an exposition of all the latest improve- 
ments in manufactures, and embodies a mass of informa- 
tion not to be found elsewhere. Messrs. Appieton «5c Co. 
are issuing several scientific works of a high order; 
they will receive the lhanks of all lovers of good books. 
Flowers Tor the Parlor and Gar- 
den, by Edward Sprague Rand jr., Boston, J. E. Til- 
ton & Co. We have a natural antipathy to works in 
which the chapters are headed by a poetical quotation. 
We confess that we opened this book with a prejudice 
against it, but we have given it a careful perusal, and 
must say that it contains much useful information for the 
amateur cultivator. There are some errors in botanical 
nomenclature which are evidently oversights, and should 
be corrected in another edition. The work is beautifully 
executed, and is not dear at the price, $2.50. We shall 
place it on our book list. 
A Good ** Notice,"— We do not feel at lib- 
erty to occupy much space in printing the good things 
said concerning this Journal by other Journals, and by 
our readers in their letters. It may gratify live rnemhers 
of the great Agriculturist family, however, to state that 
thousands of kind and appreciating notices appear every 
year, in which the merits of this paper are spoken of in 
the highest terms. We are gratified by such expres- 
sions of appreciation, and are thus stimulated to greater 
exertions. We give one example from a recent number 
of the " Medical and Surgical Reporter^ of Philadelphia, 
one of the best and most widely circulated weekly Med- 
ical Journals in the world. Praise from such a source is 
truly worth having. The Reporter says:— " The Ameri- 
" can Agriculturist, published by Orange Judd in New- 
"York, is one of the best and most practical, as it is the 
"cheapest paper issued for the use of agriculturists. As 
"many of our readers are, to a greater or less extent, agri- 
culturists and horticulturists, we unhesitatingly recom- 
" mend it to their notice. The Agriculturist is an unconi- 
" promising opponent of quackery in medicine, refusing 
"to advertise for quacks at any price, and devoting much 
" space to a practical exposure of their tricks. Each mini* 
"ber contains something to amuse and instruct children 
" as well as grown persons. The price is but one dollar 
" a year, and each number is worth the money." 
Pine Wool ana Sheep Husoanury. 
—A work bearing this title is just being issued by C. 
M. Sax ton. It consists of an essay by Henry S. Ran- 
dall, L. L. D., read before the New-York State Agri- 
cultural Society, Feb. 12, 1862. and contains sundry mat- 
ters of interest to breeders of fine sheep. A large part 
of the work is occupied with the history of different im- 
portations into this country, and a comparison of the 
values of the several breeds of fine-wooled sheep. It also 
contains practical suggestions upon the breeding and 
management of sheep. We can send it post-paid upon 
receipt of the price, 75c. 
UTew ¥Ise tor the Wringer.— Geo. M. 
Usher, of Port Richmond, informs us that he finds the 
Clothes- Wringer of great use in squeezing the juice from 
currants. The fruit is put into a bag, without being 
stemmed, and the whole is passed between Ihe rollers of 
the Wringer. Mr. V. says he can thus make a barrel of 
juice as soon as he could a gallon in the ordinary manner. 
The Rarometer and the Chureh 
Bell.— Rev. B. F. Sharp, Geauga Co., 0., last year se- 
cured a premium barometer by ohtaining subscribers to 
the Agriculturist. He writes that it has proved entirely 
satisfactory to himself, and of no little benefit to his 
neighbors. During haying and harvest, when the instru- 
ment indicated approaching rain, he notified his pa- 
rishioners by ringing the church bell. One of them 
informed him that he saved five loads of hay in one day, 
by attending to the warning thus given 
Poisoning: l>y Mercury Vine.— U W. 
T. P.," Monmouth Co., N. J. If you will tell us what 
the " Mercury Vine" is, we may publish the recipe. Is it 
the Poison Ivy described on another page ? 
Corn Blossoms.— City Subscriber, N. Y. If 
you read the Boys and Girls' Garden for this month you 
will better understand our answer. The Tassel is a col- 
lection of staminate flowers j the Ear a great number of 
pistillate ones. The silk of the corn is the long pistils, 
each thread of which comes from a pistillate flower that, 
after receiving the pollen from the tassel above, becomes 
a kernel. The staminate flower is much like the oat 
flower figured in the lesson. The structure of the pistil- 
late flower is a little difficult to explain to one who is not 
a botanical student. You must take our word that it is so. 
Fruit Notes. — Isaac Hicks, an experienced 
fruit grower in Queens Co., L. I., sends us the following : 
Primate Apple. — We have had this superior summer 
apple several years under the name of Tart Bough. It 
was introduced from the vicinity of Syracuse, is nearly 
as early as the Harvest, and a much better grower, and 
more productive and valuable. It is very tender and 
juicy, and ripens gradually on the trees, so that it is in 
use three or four weeks. 
Cherries.— Gov. Wood is the finest cherry we have 
yet tested, of about 30 varieties. All our Early Rich- 
mond and others of that class are nearly destroyed by the 
knot. Cutting off the knots as soon as they appear will 
prevent the spread of the disease if all your neighbors will 
pursue that plan, but if not. the labor is in vain. 
Dorchester Blackberrv.— Of little value compared 
with New-Rochelle — thrown away after two years' trial. 
Strawberries.— It is time the attention of the public 
was turned more to the flavor of this fruit, for any person 
that visited the Show at the Agriculturist office must be 
convinced that we have produced berries large enough. 
A strawberry that is rich and sweet enough without sugar, 
and of course productive too, is what we want now. 
Friend Fuller has succeeded in producing a seedling that 
approaches the mark, and Wm. E. Burgess, has a new va- 
riety that is very near what I desire, and can safely re- 
commend, after visiting the grounds of the gentlemen 
above named in strawberry time, these seedlings to those 
who prefer flavor to size alone. We thought they were 
the best of the many varieties we tasted, and thrifty and 
productive also. 
Grapes.— Tick off one half of your Hartford Prolific 
grapes, and liny will be more than twice the better for it 
