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He procured a cion of the Catawba, bored a 
hole in the wild vine near the ground and 
shoved in the cion; it grew, and for the 
thirty years which I knew it, was a wonder 
of health and fruitage ! — D. B. Wier, Cal. 
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The Colerain Grape. 
The Colerain, one of the best white native 
grapes in cultivation, originated with Mr. 
David Bundy of Ohio, several years ago. 
and its claims seems to have been presented 
rather modestly than otherwise. At all 
events it has made far less noise than many 
a grape not nearly as good. It is a seedling 
of the Concord, and is said to be well adapt- 
ed to a wide range of country. Both berry 
and bunch are but medium in size, shoul- 
dered, of pale green color with white 
bloom, thin-skinned and with very few 
seeds. Its quality is remarkably good, 
being sweet, juicy and of high flavor. The 
vine is of vigorous growth and perfectly 
hardy ; foliage healthy any clean. It bears 
Tiif. Colerain Grace. Fig. 4CU. 
well and ripens early — about with Moore’s 
Early. In view of these very apparent good 
qualities we regard the Colerain as one of 
the bsst white native grapes and, as regards 
quality it is the best early grape we have 
eaten. 
“Fungus Diseases of the Grape and 
Other Plants.” 
This is the title of a book (about 140 pages 
8 vo.) compiled by the distinguished botan- 
ist, Professor F. Lamson-Scribner, Univer- 
sity of Tennessee: and published by the J. 
T. Lovett Co., Little Silver, N. J. 
In language readily intelligible by the 
average farmer. Prof. Scribner has, in this 
compact little volume, first described the 
nature of fungus growths, and has then 
clearly described and fully illustrated the 
various fungi which are peculiar to the 
Grape — the “Black Rot;” the “Bitter Rot;” 
the “White Rot:” the “Brown Rot;” the 
V* “Powdery Mildew ;"the“Grape-Leaf Blight:” 
the “Root-Rot of the Yine;” the “Anthrac- 
nose.” 
Also are described the “Black Rot of the 
Apple;” the “Apple Rust and Cedar Apples;” 
the “Apple Scab;” the “Pear Scab;” the 
“Entomosporium of the Pear and of the 
Quince;” the Plum and Peach Rot;’ the 
“Black Knot of the Plum and Cherry;” the 
“Leaf Spot Disease of the Plum and Cherry ;” 
the “Powdery Mildew of the Cherry; ’ the 
“Peach Leaf Curl;” and the “Fungus of the 
Raspberry Anthracnose.” 
Here is a portentous muster of foes to 
the prosperity of horticulture which now 
compel the enlightened attenti n of horti- 
culturists. 
We may regard it as sure that all of these 
destructive depredators upon cultivated 
plants have come to us to stay, and they 
are coming in force yearly augmenting. 
The horticulturist who hopes to have 
profitable crops must henceforth not only 
“trust in the Lord and keep his powder 
dry:” but he must use the powder, and with 
intelligent aim. He must meet these in- 
finitely fecund enemies as they appear, 
know how to recognize them, and how to 
contend with them. 
To do this successfully, Prof. Scribner, to 
the description of each plant malady, adds 
recipes of the tested and approved means 
for prevention or for cure. 
These preventives, (where accurately 
tested) have given conclusively satisfactory 
results, at the various Experiment Stations 
in the United States, and very generally 
through France and Italy. In these old 
countries they have been mainly used for 
preservation of the health of the vine. In 
the United States, the tests of these fungi- 
cides have taken a wider scope, and (espec- 
ially the copper solutions) have been found 
specifically antidotal to the fungi affecting 
the vine, and to fungi affecting other plants 
How to prepare and apply these antidotal 
solutions, Professor Scribner teaches; with 
regard to each fungus malady, in the treat- 
ment of which experience has proved these 
remedies to be efficient. In his little man- 
ual on “Fungus Diseases” is found a plain 
description of the signs of the disease, and 
plain directions how to treat it. In these 
vegetable therapeutics, Professor Scribner 
has the distinction to be, in the United 
States, the pioneer guide. On June 1 3 1 h , 
he and Professor Viala, of France, together 
with others interested in this fungicidal ex- 
periment, supervised the first application, 
in spray, of sundry solutions of copper, 
then thought to be of value as preventives 
of the fungus diseases of the grape. Re- 
sults of these experiments encouraged fur- 
thur trials the following year, and, conse- 
quent upon this commencement, we now 
see this fungicidal practice spread over 
our vast territory, and applied more gener- 
ally, and more successfully than we at first 
anticipated. 
There is now no doubt, that for a vast 
class of the fungi inimical to horticulture, 
the copper solutions are specific antidotes. 
By their intelligent use we cun successfully 
contend with the invisible foes which are 
ruinous. 
What these invisible foes are; how to 
know of their presence, aud how to prevent 
the increase of this terrible presence, and 
to prevent or destroy its propagation, are 
the “hows” which Professor Scribner ex- 
plains in the little book adverted to in this 
notice. 
Horticulturists, (if they aim to succeed in 
their vocation) will find this little book on 
“Fungus Diseases of Plants” almost invalu- 
able. Those taught by its instructions will 
know that those untaught will be left far 
behind in the race for horticultural success. 
As aiding the suppression of these mala- 
dies of cultivated plants, Professor Scribner 
suggests legal intervention by the State, to 
compel the negligent cultivators to at least 
keep the pests which they breed, circum- 
scribed, on their own farms. 
How this suggestion may be approved by 
our rural sovereigns, who claim the right 
to do as they please, anyhow, is a question 
to be settled. The majority will rule, and, 
possibly, the majority will ultimately pre- 
scribe that a farmer who permits public 
nuisances to breed on his farm, is, himself, 
a public nuisance. 
Until this day of good legislation comes, 
we must do the best we can; and to use this 
means of self protection the best guide is 
furnished in Professor Scribner’s little book 
on the “Fungus Diseases of Plants.” — Alex. 
W. Pearson, Vineland, N. J. 
The Best Means to Destroy Rosebugs. 
For the past fifteen years I have known 
of certain limited localities in southern 
New Jersey which were infested by rose- 
bugs. In these localities they yearly ap- 
peared in gradually increasing numbers. 
During the past three years they seem to 
swarm from these breeding grounds, and 
now prevail over a wideextent of territory. 
On my farm I saw no rosebugs until three 
years ago. Since then they have increased 
yearly in number. This year they destroy- 
ed all the crops on over four thousand of 
my grape vines. They destroyed half of 
my strawberry crop, much of the black- 
berry crop, and wou d have taken all of the 
apples, peaches and cherries, if thpse trees 
had borne fruit. I have had apples as large 
as walnuts so covered with clustering rose- 
bugs as to completely hide the fruit. On 
some of my grapevines — Riparias — all of 
the leaves were eateij^ip. 
It is provoking to witness such devasta- 
tion, and find ourselves so utterly powerless 
to protect our growths from the voracity of 
a miserable little bug. This pest has ruined 
sundry farmers, and may yet ruin others. 
It is merely a question of natural increase 
of family whether the rosebug may not 
eventually own southern New Jersey. 
This fall our State Entomologist, Profes- 
sor Smith, visited me to search for the hi- 
bernating larvae of the rosebug. We found 
them pretty generally distributed at a depth 
of about three inches below the surface of 
the soil, as numerous in the forest as in the 
