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bundles ready for shipping, at a cost of one and 
a half to two and a half dollars a rod. 
NORTH CAROLINA, GRAPE CULTURE. 
Dr. Weller of Brinkleyville, North Carolina, 
has favored us with a communication in answer 
to some remarks of Reviewer, which is too long 
for publication [in the Agriculturist at present, 
by which he shows that a vineyard can be made 
very profitable. His favorite grape, as it should 
be in all the south, is the Skau-per-nong, from 
which he made last year, some sixty barrels of 
wine. Some of his wine sells from $4 to $6, a 
gallon, and is highly approved. 
His highest price Skaupernong wine is made 
by adding one third brandy distilled from juice 
of the same kind of grapes. 
Skaupernong Hock is made without brandy, 
by adding three pounds refined sugar to the 
gallon. Skaupernong Champagne, is one-fourth 
brandy, with one pound of sugar to the gallon. 
Dr. W. finds no difficulty in preserving his 
wines, or finding sales at fair prices, notwith¬ 
standing the prejudices of foreign wine dealers 
against anything in the shape of American 
wine. We are of opinion, notwithstanding Dr. 
W.’s practice, that it would be better to leave 
out the brandy and sugar, and let the wine be 
the pure juice of the grape. The vine growers 
in Ohio at first added brandy and sugar, but we 
believe now they generally reject these ad¬ 
juncts, and produce a superior qtiality of wine 
by so doing. 
ALDERNEY COWS. 
We saw early in September, in their luxuri¬ 
ant Connecticut pastures, Alderney cows, import¬ 
ed by Messrs. Taintor & Buck, some two years 
since. We had before seen them, when just ar¬ 
rived from their European voyage, thin and 
gaunt from their long passage, and light in 
frame and bone from their customary breeding 
in the quiet vales of the Isle of Jersey. They 
appeared then almost haggard, and one or more 
of them did not survive their extreme hard 
voyage. The irresistible conclusion of the casual 
observer would have been, that they could 
scarcely possess sufficient merit to cover such 
apparently inherent scragginess. Yet a mo¬ 
derate degree of attention and good feed has 
spread these new comers into the most ample 
dimensions. We have seldom seen finer, nor do 
we care to see larger milking animals than 
these. They do not possess the symmetrical 
and rounded form that characterises the short¬ 
horns and Devons, nor can they probably ever 
rival them for the yoke or shambles. But for 
choice dairy animals, yielding rich sweet milk, 
and deeply-yellow, finely-flavored, waxy but¬ 
ter, they cannot be excelled, nor often equalled. 
Daniel Buck, Esq. of Poguonnock, near Hart¬ 
ford, who divided the importation with Mr. 
Taintor, and one or two others, has several of 
the animals originally imported, together with 
many of their progeny and their crosses. We 
are glad to notice there is a quick demand for 
them, and at remunerating prices, among the 
more intelligent of his neighbors; and we are 
quite certain, that could any gentleman partake 
of their exquisitely flavored butter, as we have 
done, at the tables of several of the owners of 
the Alderneys, they would avail themselves of 
the first opportunity that presented, for stocking 
their lawns with enough of them at least, to fur¬ 
nish the cream and butter for their own tables. 
NEW TREES, SHRUBS AND PLANTS. 
We do not know a more intelligent and en¬ 
terprising class of men than American nursery¬ 
men; and when people complain how few rare 
things they introduce into the United States, they 
might, with great propriety, complain of the 
want of taste on the part of wealthy people in 
adorning their grounds with those beautiful new 
trees, shrubs, and flowers, already found in 
abundance in the gardens of our nurserymen. 
It is not long since that we casually visited the 
country place of one of the wealthiest men of 
New York, recently deceased. Judge of our 
surprise when we found only a few quite com¬ 
mon native trees, scattered here and there, with¬ 
out any taste whatever in the arrangement, and 
not a single flower or shrub upon the large 
lawn in front of the house. 
When wealthy men will patronize American 
nurserymen, then and not till then, may they 
expect them to employ scientific travellers 
abroad to enrich their grounds. 
We copy the following from the Gardeners’ 
Chronicle, which will show a little what is doing 
in England. 
“ Tf the reader would wish to know what is 
doing in this country, in the importation of new 
plants, he must visit Exeter. Near that ancient 
city lies a gentle valley, forming the nursery 
occupied by Messrs. Veitch and Son, in which 
alone will be found more new and valuable 
plants than in any place in Europe, with the 
single exception of the Royal Botanic Garden 
at Kew—plants obtained by private enterprise 
for commercial purposes, and not gathered to¬ 
gether by the power of a mighty government. 
By means of excellent collectors, .(two brothers 
of the name of Lona,) and liberal disbursements, 
