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DIRECTORY FOR SHOWS AND FAIRS.—TO THE FARMERS. 
forty and fifty farmers and gardeners were present 
from this and the neighboring counties. There 
was quite a display of fruits, flowers, and vegeta¬ 
bles, upon the table, brought in by the different 
members, among which we noticed Victoria Rhu¬ 
barb from Mr. S. A. Halsey, a dozen stems of 
which weighed 16| lbs., and a single leaf measur¬ 
ed two feet two inches in length, by two feet seven 
inches in breadth; also a Nectarine, fair and deli¬ 
cious to look at, measuring seven inches in circum¬ 
ference. Mr. S. Stevens presented a specimen of the 
Pear of Japan fruit ( Pyrus Japonica ), Madeira 
nuts, Okra, and a basket of choice pears. Mr. A. P. 
Cummings, Egg-plants of curious shape, one of 
which weighed 3 lbs. 14 oz. Mr. Nicholas Wyck- 
off, handsome specimens of the Red-cheek pear. 
Mr. Muir, the flower called Ladies’ Slipper of very 
great beauty. Mr. Meigs, the Paper Mulberry 
(Morus Papyrus Fructifer), an uncommon pro¬ 
duction. Otherfruits were tolerably abundant,but 
we did not learn the names of the parties present¬ 
ing them. Certain it is, the way they were de¬ 
molished by the different members, after a proper 
introduction and lecture upon their merits, was a 
pretty fair test of their excellence. 
Mr. Stevens, chairman of the committee appoint¬ 
ed to visit Mr. Steele’s grape-vines, made a verbal 
report upon them, approving of the manner in 
which they were cultivated and pruned. 
Grapes for Wine. —A discussion then arose as 
to the value of grapes grown in America for ma¬ 
king wine. Mr. Stevens remarked that to the best 
of his information, no wine was made in the Uni¬ 
ted States without the addition of sugar, and it 
was remarkable that the grapes, figs, and small 
fruit of our country would not dry exuding sugar, 
which was the more singular when we consider 
the saccharine matter in the sugar-cane, corn-stalks, 
beets, pumpkins, and especially the sap of the su¬ 
gar-maple, growing in America. 
Mildew on Grapes and Gooseberries. —It was 
asserted that horn shavings and charcoal applied 
to die roots, had been successful in preventing it. 
To prevent Grubs from destroying Cabbage- 
Plants. —Dip the plants in common fish-oil when 
about to be transplanted, and the grub will not 
touch them. Oil accelerates their growth. In 
setting them out, Mr. Meigs thought the best plan 
was to make a hole one foot deep, then put in the 
plant, then sift a little dirt and make it into mud, 
turn the plant around a few times, by that means 
the fibres of the roots took their natural position in 
the ground and grew rapidly. 
Baden Corn. —Mr. Thorburn found it would not 
ripen so far north as New York. 
To Kill Insects on Trees .—Mr. Stevens recom¬ 
mended smoking them with tobacco or sulphur; 
the smoking to be repeated every two weeks; an 
infallible remedy. A moveable furnace recom¬ 
mended to be used. 
The Madeira Nut Tree .—One fifteen years old 
will produce about three bushels of fruit this season. 
The nuts are far superior to those imported, being 
fresher and sweeter. 
Exchange of Grafts was proposed and adopted; 
specimens to be left at the American Institute. 
Considerable general conversation took place, 
after which the club adjourned at 4 o’clock P. M., to 
meet at 12 o’clock, M., on the second Tuesday 
in September, at the Reading-Room of the Ameri¬ 
can Institute, to which the friends of agriculture 
are invited to attend. These meetings are becom¬ 
ing more and more interesting, and will undoubt¬ 
edly be the means of effecting considerable good. 
The intercourse among the members is free and 
unconstrained, and aside from the regular discus¬ 
sions, much valuable information is imparted and 
obtained. 
DIRECTORY FOR SHOWS AND FAIRS. 
We had prepared quite a list of these for this 
month, but it has unfortunately got mislaid. Our 
friends have been somewhat remiss thus far in for¬ 
warding papers containing the notices of their 
several meetings. 
New York State Society, Rochester, N. Y., 19, 
20, 21, Sept. 
American Institute, New York city, commences 
10 Oct., and continues two weeks. 
Orange co., Goshen, 4 Oct. 
Cayuga co., Auburn, 11 and 12 Oct. 
Cortland co., 4 Oct. 
New Haven co. Ag. Soc., Conn., 27 and 28 Sept. 
Hampshire Franklin and Hampden Society, 
Northampton, Mass., 18 and 19 Oct. 
Philadelphia Ag. Soc., Philadelphia, Penn., 4 
and 5 Oct. 
Franklin Institute of the State of Penn., Phila¬ 
delphia, 17 to 28th Oct. 
TO THE FARMERS. 
Our article under this head, in the July No., 
was misapprehended by some of our friends. We 
were not pleading in that for ourselves, but for 
others. It is very true that we should be glad to 
see our subscription list increased; still, in this re¬ 
spect we have nothing to complain of, for it is 
already large—larger than ever before—and is 
steadily and rapidly increasing. July and August 
past, have been two of the best months yet, in^the 
matter of subscriptions. At the present rate of 
progress we shall commence our third volume 
