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feeble vavifely. uoder the same eircumstances, will dwindle 
to nothing and never produce a perfect fruit. 
If desired, sirs, I can send you a list ol varieties which 
I have no doubt will all do well in your ciiniite, and send 
you the gralts of the new or untested ones tor further trial 
You will soon find out, in your happy ciirnate, which are 
the most pro'ihsing varieties. Let us aiwr.ys bear in mind 
that the excellency of a fruit does not entitle it to be on 
the list of the very best unless every body can grow it 
under ordinary circumstances, and that depends altogther 
upon the vigor of the tree. For myself, 1 prefer a fruit of 
very good quality to a best one, if the fii st be more prolific, 
more thriving, more hardy, and bettersuited to all kinds of 
soil. This is what I should call market • varieties. Al- 
though the market now is very poor in such fruit, it is as 
easily to be obtained, however, as many w'orthless 
cider fruit. Perhaps I shall not see it, but I hope the. day 
may soon come when every laborev,as well as the wealthy, 
shall be able to consume good Pears. 
In taking up the Pear Culture much later than the 
Eastern States, you at least possess one great advantage 
over these. You will not have to go through endless, dis- 
couraging trials, to reject worthless things, find out sy- 
nonymes, &c., Ac. You can start with a stock of tested, or 
at least very promising and vigorous varieties. I have 
not the least doubt some varieties will prove superior 
in quality, and most suited to your climate. You have 
fine soils, plenty of elbow room, and enterprizing rn-m who 
soon will make the Pear a popular fruit for the South. 
L E B. 
Xeic Jersey, Z)sc.,l856. 

(xKAPE GKOVfI>G AM> 
Editors Southern Cultivator — I w'as pleased to see, 
in your September number, by iMr. Buchanan and your 
Carolina correspondent, the rebuke given to extravagant 
estimates of grape culture. For, though Mr. Axt, in your 
October number, vindicates his calculations by good au- 
thority, yet I think it is “too soon to hallo, for we are 
not yet out of the woods’.” It is true, the experiments in 
Georgia have been very encouraging, so far ; but they 
have been too few in numbers and years to rely on. Be- 
sides, we have not yet made wine. We have reason to 
apprehend difficulties on that score. Our grapes ripen in 
the hot season, say 1st September, and I doubt that the 
temperature may be found too high for making good wine 
If we succeed according to Mr. Axt’s estimates, our slave 
labor will soon glut the market so as to bring down the 
the price as it is in Europe. Cheap wines can often be 
had there, I believe, for 2U or 25 cents per gallon, perhaps 
less. 
I am planting the vine, but not with an expeefation of 
averaging over half of iMr. Axt’s estimates. I shall be 
well satisfied to make half, and write this to warn others 
to be moderate in their views, so as nat to be crying hum- 
bug if they should not have their estimated success. 
Caction. 
dSIiddle Georgia, 185G. 
THE .HOST EXTRAORDINARY COTTON IN 
the World: 
Editors Southern Cultivator — T have, accid'jiiially, 
the most extraordinary stalk of cotton in the world, say 
two hundred open bolls before the early frost In oeptein- 
ber, J85G. This stalk is about six feet high a; d at each 
joint on the main stalk from two to three lirnlis put forth, 
and at each joint on the limb a boll and limb with iron, 
two to three bolls each on this last limb, making common- 
ly from three to four bolls at a joint. At one limb joint I 
have three bolls, and turn limbs with each three b‘d!s, 
making nine bolls to the joints. One limb has matured 
ULTIV ATOK. 
and opened twenty bolls by the Istday of October, and 
ail large and sound. With this seed I am of the opinion 
cotton can be raised much fiirthev North and South, as it 
matures so early and is thouttht to be the cotton for South 
Louisiana and Texas, to avoid the boll worm ; and also for 
Tennessee, North Carolina and Indiana Territory west 
and northwest of Arkansas, to avoid early frost, and the 
otlier Southern States, for an extra early crop. I am in 
latitude J. L. Gol.ee, M.D. 
South Bend, Arh., 185G. 
P. S. — Should you or any of our frien<ds desire to hear 
more about this cotton privately, you can do so by ad- 
dressing R. H. Douglass, South Bend, or Wm. Waldron, 
Cummins, as also Ales. Donelson. 
[See advertisement and certificates on another page, in 
present number.] . 
P03IOEOGICAE SOCIETY^ OF GEORGIA. 
CONSTITUTION. 
Art. 1st. This Association shall be named the Porno- 
logical Society of Georgia. 
Art. 2nd. Its object shall be the advancement of Fruit 
Culture and the science of Pomology generally. 
Art. 3nd. Any person may become a member of this 
society by paying into the treasury the sum of one dollar 
annually. The payment often dollars or more will con- 
stitute a life membership thereof. 
Art. 4th. The officers of the Society shall consist of 
a President, Vice-President, Secretary and Treasurer, to 
be elected by ballot at each annual meeting. These shall 
constitute the Executive Commhtee, who shall have the 
general management of the affairs of the Society during its 
recess. ^ 
Art. 5th. There shall be an ad -interim committee of five 
also appointed by ballot to examine and leport on any 
specimens of fruit v/orthy of notice submitted to them in 
the intervals between the meetings of the society. 
Art. Gth. The Constitution may be amended at any 
Regular hleeting of the Society, notice of the proposed 
amendment having been previously given. 
BY LAWS. 
Olst. The Annual iMeetingof the Society shall be held 
at Athens on the Tuesday of the commencement week of 
the Universiiy. Another meeting shall be held yearly in 
connection with the Southern Central Agricultural Society, 
on the .second day of its annual Fair, at each of which times 
an exhibition ana discussion of fruits shall take place and 
other business be transacted. 
2nd. No member in arrears for dues shall be eligible to 
any office, and for continued neglect shall cease- to enjoy 
tiie privileges of membership. 
I'rd. Distinguished Pomologists beyond the limits of 
the Stale may, from time to time, tie elected honorary and 
corre.s|)ondii)g members thereof, and enjoy tl.e privileges 
of rneriibersliip without the payment of the annual fee. 
Wm, N. White, Secretary, Athens, Ga. 
TIIE GRAPE CROP OF lg56. 
We have received, says the Journal of Coinmerce, the 
following statement from one of the most eminent vine 
grower.s of the Ohio valley. His remarks with l ePrence 
to the- vintage of this year, and especially the adaptation 
of our Southern States to grape growing, will be read with 
interest: 
The grape crop in the Ohio val’iey this year was a very 
small out — probably not more than an average of 80 to 
iOO gallons to the acre. The severe winter injur* d many 
of tlie vineyards seriously. Some of the vii es were killed 
down to the ground, and about half the buds in others 
