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It' what we have is a fair sample, we consider 
it inferior to No. 39, but we wait another year 
before forming a definite opiuiou of this. 
Keuka— Exhibited by Geo. W. McDowell of 
Crooked Lake, Steuben Co., N. Y. It is an 
early black grape, and claimed to be a seedling. 
Judging from the fruit alone, we cannot see in 
what it differs from the Logan, which variety it 
resembles in being very seedy. But little is 
known of it outside of its place of origin. 
Martha. — Mention was made of this in last 
month's notes. We cannot agree with the high 
estimate which some put upon this variety, but 
we have no doul >t if will please a large class who 
like a very sweet grape, without sprightliness. 
The flesh of the Martha is peculiarly buttery, 
and the skin very tender. 
There are three grapes which much resemble 
each other in general characters, that are es- 
pecial favorites with us : the Herbemout, Edin- 
burgh, and Alvey. They deserve to be better 
known, as they are first class fruits in every 
respect save that of size. 
Set-be niorit. — A large, very compact bunch; 
berry medium, black, with a fine bloom. Vine 
too tender for general cultivation at the North. 
Mr. Knox exhibited fine specimens and a cane 
with the grapes upon it to show its abundant 
bearing. It requires a still more favorable lo- 
cality than his to reach its full development, 
the specimens shown by him not being equal 
in quality to those we tested in Missouri. 
Edinburgh. — A looser bunch and smaller 
berry than Herbemont. Vine quite hardy ; 
fruit vet}- spirited aud vinous. Excellent for 
amateur culture, but not sufficiently attractive 
in appearance to be a market sort. 
Alvey. — This is a larger berry than either of 
the two foregoing. Ripens perfectly around 
New York, and is, if possible, stiil better further 
south. Mr. Fuller says, " too small for a table 
grape," in which we cannot agree with him, as 
the berries are larger than those of the Delaware. 
Mr. Mead thinks itthe=ameastheLenoire, but if 
we have the true Lenoire, the two are quite dis- 
tinct. Tender, sweet, rich, sprightly, with a 
very thin skin, on which account it can never 
he a market grape, but for family use it hardly 
has a superior. 
lona. — Through the exertions of Dr. Grant, 
a fine show was made of this variety, embrac- 
ing specimens from Ohio, New York, aud Con- 
necticut. Those from Ohio were the best ripened, 
but suffered somewhat from long carriage. The 
specimens exhibited by Mr. Beach, of Hartford, 
Conn., were very handsome, but were picked 
too soon, in anticipation of a frost. Our opin- 
ion of the high character of this grape was ex- 
pressed in our notes last month. 
Adirondac. — No specimens were equal to 
what we have seen in previous years. Those 
from Mr. Bailey were fir from the standard, on 
account of continued wet weather. It is a great 
pity that so lino a grape is not more reliable. 
Catawba. — Mr. Knox exhibited specimens of 
a depth Of color and beauty (if bio. mi hardly to 
be excelled in the celebrated Lake Shore Region. 
North Carolina. — A showy grape, somewhat 
after the style of Hartford Prolific, but with 
larger and better berries, aud nearly as earlj as 
tbat variety. A good market sort. 
Muscogee. — Exhibited by Mr. Richards, ol 
Pordham, X. Y. A small fruit, of the Herbe- 
mont cla*s. It, much resembles that variety in 
quality, but ripens earlier. We have never seen 
the fruit except from the gentleman above named. 
Weehawken. — A seedling by Doct. Siedhof 
from a Crimean grape. The specimens were 
shown under great disadvantage, as, from a mis- 
understanding as to the time of the exhibition, 
they had been packed a week. It is a white 
grape, with all the characters of the European 
varieties, very productive, and with Doct. S., 
healthy in a locality where mildew is abundant. 
Unnamed Seedlings. — Olm Brothers, Spring- 
field, Mass., sent two; one a grape much like 
the Elsinburgh, and the other resembling the 
Catawba. The last named has all the appear- 
ance of a good Catawba, and is quite as good, 
with a rather loose bunch, but it ripens per- 
fectly before that variety is colored. 
Mr. Arnold, of Paris, Canada, sent two of his 
seedlings, obtained, as we understand, by hybrid- 
izing the Clinton with exotic sorts. No. 5 is a 
white, or rather green grape, inclining to am- 
ber; a long bunch without shoulders; small 
sized berry, sprightly in flavor, and of good 
character. No. 2 is a compact bunch, usually 
with a large shoulder ; berry of medium size, 
black, with a fine bloom; flesh tender, very 
juicy, and rather acid, but viuous. Mr. A. 
states that the specimens are not in their best 
condition, as thevines were nearly defoliated by 
a hail storm before the fruit ripened. He has 
certainly reason to be pleased with his success in 
raising seedlings, and we look with interest to the 
reports of their trial in localities further south. 
The Profits of a Small Place, 
A correspondent, M.S., in a New England 
town, is so much pleased with the results of his 
attempts at gardening that he desires to give 
his experience for the encouragement of others. 
We give his letter as a specimen of many we 
receive of similar purport. It is not practicable 
for us to publish many accounts of this kind, 
but we are, as our readers know, as much in- 
terested in the success of small gardens as in 
that of large ones. 
"About ten years ago I purchased a house 
and a small parcel of ground about fifty rods 
from the principal business street in N ; 
said ground located on the east side of a steep 
hill, dimension^ 235 ft. x 30 ft., surrounded on 
the north aud west by a. bluff of rocks, 30 or 40 
feet high. This laud was considered worth- 
less by former owners. I fouud on it two old 
apple trees, which bore only a few gnarly ap- 
ples; these I had thoroughly scraped, washed 
with soft soap, tops cut off, and grafted with 
Baldwin apples. 
I had the ground dug over to the depth of a 
foot aud a half or two feet, the stones taken out 
(small ones buried, larger put into wall,) aud the 
land thoroughly supplied with manure. About 
half of the ground was terraced and set out 
with fruit trees, the rest devoted to vegetables. 
As a result we have annually of vegetables, 
— early peas, potatoes, green corn, cucumbers, 
beets, tomatoes, pole beans, — from one to three 
bushels each ; of asparagus, pie plant, onions, 
carrots, parsnips, summer squashes, winter 
squashes, rock turnips, cabbage, a supply for 
family use ; of fruits we have, (on mi averogi i. 
two bushels of strawberries and currants; from 
two to five bushels of grapes; one bushel of 
quinces; from four i<>si\ barrels of apples; mid 
pears from twenty-five trees, bait' of them bear- 
ing, the oldest yielding about half a bushel. 
These embrace sixteen varieties, so arranged as 
to ripen monthly from August to March. We also 
have a lira 1 supply of cherries and peaches. 
A word in conclusion with regard to msj 
aud profits, the former of which, in any under- 
taking of this kind, is a bugbear to so many, be- 
ing, as they say, so much greater than the prof- 
it;. I would prove the contrary from my own 
experience. 1st. The profits from a small pear 
nursery, 20 x 30, pay the expense of fertilizing 
and preparing the ground for planting. 2nd. 
The benefit in point of health gained by garden 
labor more than repays all necessary toil ; to 
say nothing also of the pleasure which one feel- 
in watching for the anticipated results of ail his 
care and labor. 3rd. The expense of supply- 
ing the tables from one's own garden is much 
less than the cost of purchasing from the 
market, which would average a dollar a day 
during the greater part of the season." 
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Earth Worms in Flower Pots 
Sometimes horticultural troubles seem to be 
epidemic, and we have a succession of let- 
ters all of the same purport, as is now the case 
with reference to the common Earth or Angle- 
worm in flower pots. There is a difference of 
opinion in regard to the food of worms, some 
claiming that they actually eat the roots of 
plants, while others hold that they live upon 
the decaying matter contained in the soil. 
Whichever may be the case, there is no doubt 
that they do much injury to potted plants; in 
passiug through the soil in all directions they not 
only perforate it with small channels, but they 
so compact it that is difficult to water a plant 
thoroughly, as the water will run off by the 
worm holes before the mass becomes wetted 
through. Worms should be kept from entering 
the pots, and those already in them should be 
removed. Those who, in taking up plants, use 
common garden soil for potting, are quite apt 
to introduce the trouble themselves. Potting 
soil should be prepared beforehand aud fre- 
quently worked over, during which operation 
the worms may be seen and picked out. AYorms 
frequently enter pots that are set outdoors 
for the summer, or are plunged in the borders. 
We have frequently cautioned against this in 
our " Notes for the Month." The pots should 
be set upon a layer of coal ashes, and when they 
are plunged, a quantity of ashes should be 
placed in the bottom of the hole made for the 
reception of the pot. ' 
When a pot is infested by them, it is not very 
difficult to remove them. We have found that 
if the earth is allowed to get as dry as may be 
without injury to the plant, the worms will usu- 
ally collect together, probably attracted by the 
moisture of one another, at the bottom or sides 
of the pot. By turning the ball of earth out of 
the pot they may be removed. This turning 
out the earth from a pot seems to those who 
have never practised it. a difficult operation as 
well as one dangerous to the plant. It is very 
easily done, and will not disturb the growth of 
any but very recently potted plants; in which 
case the roots have not sufficiently per- 
meated the earth to hold it together in a ball. 
Spread the fingers of the left handover the sur- 
face of the earth, invert the pot, and hold it in 
the right hand; then give the edge o( the pol a 
slight downward rap upon the edge of a table, 
shelf, or the like, and out will come the ball, 
which must lie carefully received in the left 
hand. A lew pickings in tlds way will SOOU 
free the pots >~\' worm-. Where tie- trouble oc- 
curs With plants in boxes or in tubs, some Othl t 
means musl beresorted to. An infusion of soot 
is very disagreeable to them, and will drive them 
to the surface: this, to many plants, will act a? 
a manure. Lime water will kill the worms; it 
is made by slaking a lump of lime of the size of 
