always grown rapidly in it, and I supposed it 
would be adapted to grapes. But it is Bix or 
eight years siuce I planted them —Dianas, Isa¬ 
bellas and Catawbas — and I have not ripened a 
bunch on them — not even the past year! The 
under-drainage is complete and the soil is nat¬ 
urally rich. Whether the barrenness of these 
vines is due to the absence of stone in the soil, 
as I have seen suggested, or not, I am curious to 
“know. 
Langwortht, — I grow good Isabellas on 
sandy loam — where sand predominates. The 
Rebeccas on the tables here are from vines 
planted on a sandy gravel, rich, somewhat 
stony, receiving all the rains from a building. 
My own experience is averse to manuring lands 
highly for the Isabella and Catawba, Any laud 
that wiU produce a moderate crop of corn Is a 
good grope soil. The Delaware requires a richer 
soil than the strong growing varieties. 
Crake.— All sandy soils are not composed of 
the same materials. The vines from which the 
large crop before named was taken, was grown 
In sand; but it wns a sandy loam. 
Seelte.— Mr. Dick's vineyard of Irondcquoit, 
on which was grown as line Isabellas as I ever 
saw, is a sandy surface soil, hut eighteen inches 
below the surface is a subsoil of reddish clay. 
Moodt. — The vineyard referred to hy Mr. 
Crane is on a soil that is quite stiff, containing 
considerable clay. There is more sand than 
clay in it probably, hence It is called sandy. 
Limbertwig, Bellflower, Golden Russet, Wagner, 
Talman Sweet, Belmont and Fall Winesap. 
If planting on a prairie I would set. but few of 
Astrachan and more of Benoui and Oldenberg, .13 
the Red Astrachan does not bear as well there, 
but is a good bearer in timber and sells for a 
hjgh price. 
The above lists have far too many early apples 
for an Eastern orchard, but here we are in a 
measure deprived of small fruits that are so plenty 
in every wood-lot East, and the winter varieties 
are shipped from the East by thousands of bar¬ 
rels and we have hundreds of growing towns to 
supply. There need be no fear of over-stocking 
the market for a long time to come. I will close 
by sayiug, plant orchards and take care of them. 
E. H. Skinner. 
Marengo, HI., Jau. 6th, 1865. 
garttnittnra! ^amtismentsi 
WESTERN N. Y. FRUIT GROWERS’ SOCIETY. 
" -r .T ST ruiaioes ior »ale.?5 
Also Strawberry and other Smalt Fruits generally. 
1 orcirculors, terms, fee., address J 
Wwt £. IV tLLLAMS, Mount Clair, "New Jersey. 
'vO OTK! Standard and Dwarf Pear Trees for 
tJv.vnjy sale. Also a large and complete assort¬ 
ment of Sundry stock. AfiUross 
787-81 E. MOODY & SONS. r.rmfrnm-t w v- 
Tcnth Annual Meeting, Jau. 34, 1869 
[Continued from page 47, last number.] 
A Vote on Varieties. 
The next topic taken up was “The best 
varieties of hardy grapes to furnish a succession 
for family use.” It was decided that each mem¬ 
ber should furuish liis list, and the ballots should 
be counted. The vote resulted ns follows : — 
Delaware, 30; Diana, 26, nod 2 added “where it 
it will ripeu; ” Isabella, 25, and 3 added “ where 
it will ripen;” Hartford Prolific, 28; Rebecca, 21 ; 
Concord, 14; Crevding, 12; Catawba, 0, and 3 
added “when it will ripen;" To Kalon, 2, and 1 
added “when it will ripen;” Perkins, Iowa, 
Allen's Hybrid, Northern Muscadine, each 2; 
Lydia, Adirondac, Israella, each 1. There were 
thirty-one lists handed in. 
The Soil for Grapes. 
The following discussion had reference to the 
following question by the Business Committee: 
“ What peculiarity of soil is adapted to the differ¬ 
ent varies of grapes ? ” 
Larrowe, — You can raise some kinds of 
gropes on any soil where you can grow corn. 
Varieties must be grown on soil suited to them. 
The. Delaware does better on rich loam than on 
drift. And it is because different grapes require 
soils adapted to their peculiarities, that the Con¬ 
cord is a good grape in other localities and not 
here. For the Catawba and Isabella, I want, a 
good, warm, dry, drift soil where there is natural 
drainage. Such I think the best of all soils for 
them. The grapes on light soils are best wbere- 
ever I have seen them, although a good wine grope 
may be grown on a heavy soil. The dry soils 
give a grape containing the most saccharine 
matter; and yet on heavy soils the bunches of 
the Catawba will be more compact but more 
pulpy— not so rich and sweet 
Thomas. — Wm. A. Underhill of Croton 
Point, says we must not have a very rich soil— 
a soil that will hear thirty-five bushels of corn 
to the acre is rich enough. But cullure must be 
thorough. Cultivate every week during the 
season on such soils, and you get the best qual¬ 
ity of grapes. 
Ellwanger. — The Isabella and Catawba re¬ 
quire a heavy soil. In sandy, light soil, the 
bunches are always loose. The Delaware, Re¬ 
becca, Diana and Concord do better iu a rich, 
sandy loam. 
Spence. — Mr. Eli.wanoer is high authority, 
but his remarks do not concur with my obser¬ 
vation. The finest vineyard I ever knew was on 
light soil—on soil where wheat would not grow 
knee high, from an acre and three-fourths of 
which over ten tuns of fine Isabellas were taken. 
The subsoil was a coarse, loose grovel, and very 
poor. There wore 010 vines on the acre and 
three-fourths. For the Delaware and Diana we 
want a heavier soil. The Catawba docs best on 
a poor, dry, thin soil. The soil on which the 
vineyard I speak of is planted, is n sandy loam, 
18 inches thick, over this bed of coarse, washed 
gravel. 
Barky — Discrepancy arises from onr descrip¬ 
tion of soils. The light soil Dr. Spence has 
referred to is very different from the sandy soil 
of our locality. Gravelly loam and sandy loam 
arc very different from our sand. 
Thomas. —What is called a heavy soil in one 
locality is called a light one in another. The 
terms light and heavy are always used compara¬ 
tively. Men from different localities would call 
the same soil light, and heavy, depending entirely 
upon the character of the soil iu their own local¬ 
ities respectively. 
Laruowr.— When I speak of light soils, I 
moan a porous soil. There is gravel and lime 
in it. It is poor comparatively. It is easily 
worked. I have grown five tuus of Isabellas 
and four tuns of Catawbas per acre on it. We 
plant closer tliau most vimyardists —plant our 
Catawbas 6 ix by eight, and our Isabellas eight 
by eight feet apart Yes, (hi answer to a ques¬ 
tion,) that is about the comparative productive¬ 
ness of these varieties. 
Lay.— I only get about one-half ns many 
Catawbas as Isabellas. 
Larrowe.— We get more than half, and the 
Isabellas and Catawbas ripen together with us, 
which is not the ease in some localities. 
Olmstead.— 1 have found a sand and gravel 
loam with a good, stroug subsoil the best for the 
grape. 
Moody. — The grape requires a dry, but a 
pretty heavy soil—that Is, a day soil.’ I have 
recently visited Kelley’s Island. Their soil is 
what they call clay. It is dry, but it is heavy, 
M hat has been said of the difference in describ¬ 
ing different kinds of soils is true. Wo do not 
all have the same standard of comparison— 
hence what I might call a heavy soil, another 
might call light. A grape soil should bo well 
drained. On the Islands they think they got 
tlieir very best grapes for wine on their heaviest 
nREGORFS SUED CATALOG PE.— 
VI My Catalogue of Garden Seed, embracing over 200 
t ri:eportiou ° r wtjlcb are 01 my own rais- 
ftmndtaI 0 ?' atld . nr * vegetables not to be 
ti,?n ot, i or Catalogue, w now ready tor dlstriba- 
ronage of the public. JAMES J. H. GREGORY, P 
_Marblehead, Maes. 
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ring constantly till very hot. Then I nse a large 
wooden bowl, put in apiece of beef, take an irou 
spoon, put the hot Kilt over it; then another 
piece until I get them all salted. I put this on 
every other day lor three days, changing the 
pieces, putting the lower ones on the top every 
time, as there will be brine in the bowl. Then 
rinse off the salt and it is fit for drying. If you 
don’t believe this to be a good recipe just try it. 
Corn Starch Podding. — I see an inquiry for 
making corn starch pudding. To one quart of 
milk when scalding hot add 3 eggs well beaten, 
with 4 large tableepooufuis of starch, a little 
salt, stirriDg constantly for 3 minutes ; flavor 
with lemon or vanilla and pour into a mould; 
make a sauce of sugar and cream; very good 
cold. 
A Good Johnny Cake. —Beat up one egg with 
one-third cup of sugar, 1 pint of sweet milk, 2 
tablcspooDfuls of sweet cream, 2% cups of meal, 
X CU P of Hour, 1 teaspoonfol of cream tartar, ^ 
teaspoonful of soda. It' you dou't believe this to 
be good, just try it. - Mrs. C. M. Henry, Earl- 
. *71 1^1 __ 
CULTURE OF TUBE ROSES. 
Eds. Rubai. New-Yorker:—I wish to inquire of 
you how to cultivate Tube Roses. Answer, and you 
will oblige an old subscriber.— W., Rock Stream, Tates 
Co., X. r. 
Rand, in his “Flowers for the Parlor and 
Garden,” says their culture is very easy—that 
they will bloom finely with but litllo care, but it 
is necessary to learn how to do it, and this secret 
was communicated to him by an ardent lover 
and succcsful cultivator of this beautiful flower. 
He says the want of success is due to too poor a 
soil, too little water, and too little heat at the 
root. 
We condense what he says of the way of getting 
blooms:—A^hot-bed is necessary. Select strong, 
well grown roots, known by size, firmness even 
to the top, absence of off-sets or their marks, 
being sure there is no old blossom stalk, which 
is evidence of exhaustion. 
About the 1st of April, when the heat is up in 
the hot-bed, prepare seven-inch pots with char¬ 
coal drainage, over which place four inches old, 
dry cow manure, broken flue, hut not sifted. 
Fill the pot nearly full of compost of equal parts 
of sand, loarn, peat and last year’s hot-bed with 
a slight admixture of charcoal dust. Prepare 
the roots by removing the outer scale or coating 
so as to detect embryo off-sets. These carefully 
remove with the thumb nail or knife. Then 
plunge them in the compost in the pots, just 
covering them from sight, and till the pot with 
spent bark or tan and plunge the pot to the rim 
in the tan, which (tan) he regards the very best 
material in which to plunge pots in the hot bed. 
When they begin to strike root and show tips of 
foliage, give slight waterings until indications of 
“ spindling” appear; then increase the water so 
much as to dissolve, to some extent, the broken 
manure, and thereby allow of consolidation by 
firm pressure upon the surface. 
Watch closely for off-sets, and as they appear, 
split them off by inserting the thumb between 
them and the parent, thus keeping t he strength 
where it is wanted. It is best to retali them in 
pots, and keep the pots in the hot-mi unless 
they become so tall as to interfcnrwith the 
sashes. If kept in pots the supply of water can 
be controlled and they can be removed it j pleasure. 
When blossoms begin to appear, remove to some 
sheltered place where shade may be secured to 
some extent, and thus preserve the natural deli¬ 
cacy Of the flowers. By planting the 8 th and 
25th of April and the 12th of May, one may have 
uninterrupted bloom from the 20th of Jtily to the 
10th of November. 
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Uie process Car raising onlotis from Hit sovd. from bulbs,, 
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SC., 4c. OU grower* Will find in it ir.anv facts Of '.treat 
value to tiirm, incindiits n fall cxplaii xtlon of Die method, 
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o: sew.iil varictie* of ntiio 1 also of four of the bext 
Sfvrt sow in* tuutilities. Single copies, post-paid, so cento. 
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So/ ibuv.just published, it contains accurate descriptions 
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JO NUBSEBFMER ANI> OTHERS. 
EVERGREEN - NURSERY, 
Woodbury, X.J., for Sale. J Established in 1851. 
Owing to the death of the proprietor. David J.Gris- 
com, the grounds, sud entire - . 
Nursery are for sale, coninii 
stocked with Deciduous, 
»it their popular varieties. _ 
* venues, and through the ground 
untie for their beaut- ' 
most of the rwc and'_ 
are ail good, ,tnd ample for the pi 
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Ac tin n Enwntnra 
^ Recipe for Restoring Hair to it3 Natural 
Color,— Answer to Addie Wakeman’s inquiry: 
Half an ounce of lac sulphur; half an ounce 
sugar of lead; halt an ounce of essence of rose¬ 
water; half ttu ounce of burgamont; quarter of 
an ounce ammonia; quarter of an onnee of cin¬ 
namon ; half a gill of bay rum; half a gill of 
alcohol. Let It stand twenty-four kours^ then 
add one quart of ruin water and a teaspoonful of 
salt; shake well before using.— N. G. N. Clarke, 
Matron of P. O. Asylum. 
- ot liis well established 
_ about sixtv-flve acres, 
verorevn Atid Fruit Trees. In 
lhe specimen trees along the 
■ - ■ >■ tivenna val- 
. sixif and symmetry, comprising 
.nrdy Evergreens. Tim buildings 
<HH?- The above 
mi s few hundred 
To Preserve Lard for Summer Use. — It is 
not necessary to salt it. I prefer it perfectly 
fresh, but tried till all the water is expelled. 
Cieanse your hogs’ bladders and fill with the 
lard when just warm enough to run easily. 
When cold, close up the mouth of the bladder 
and your lard will keep perfectly sweet and 
clean as long as you choose to keep it. Tin is 
objectionable to keep lard in, especially if the 
latter is suited, on account of the rust.—s. w. a 
BLEEPING SWEET POTATOES, 
Eds. Rural New-Yorker: —While talking 
one day with a neighbor about keeping sweet 
potatoes for seed, through the winter, he said he 
had formerly used sand for packing them, with 
indifferent success; but one autumn, not having 
the sand at hand, he packed them in pine shav¬ 
ings from a carpenter’s shop—intending to 
repack them in sand but neglected to do so. 
They came ont in spring, much to hi* surprise 
and gratification, in perfect order. Aud ever 
since he hud used the same material for packing, 
with perfect success. He prefers the line shav¬ 
ings from the planing machine, although any 
pine shavings will do. a w. a. 
Ccke for a Cold.—A bstain from eating or 
drinking for one or two days, according to^the 
severity of the attack. The pores being closed, 
the amount ol blood must be diminished so that 
the supply and waste may become equalized. 
The above is a quick aud efficient cure with per¬ 
sons of good constitution. Sweating is the next 
best method, eating sugar aud using mucilagi¬ 
nous drinks.-PALMER Gates, Batavia, Jan. ’65 
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No. s. a CauWue ut Da Wins. Verbenas. Petunias. 
.tn<l select new Green-house and bedding Plants onto 
lisiied every spring. - u>i > mu 
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Garden and flower Seeds! 
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U utttwj K, per ounce. Eurly York 25c; Early Winnings- 
head s£yoViOo IUU1 * “ muuU 5(K - Ued Dutch 85c; Drum 
ki vt.qwKR. lltili U irly Puris. »;■ oz.. IcJj it i>k( Sflc- 
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_ Crct.'i 111 : 1 ;, 0 *.. F.xtru K.vrly Russian 25c: Karlv 
govtimUuvalgotf$ nm\ cjucvicsi 
Thu Cuickadss.—A t a late meeting o| the New 
York Farmers’ Club, Dr. Tuimule stated that our 
little lively snow bird, the chicadee, alwayj the hap¬ 
piest iu the coldest weather, are destroying immense 
numbers of the larvie or the caterpillars. Tkese birds 
come close around the door and even undedthe stoop 
in the search for this food. 
Graft uso tuh Grape.—T he Editor of ttui Valley 
Farmer gives a correspondent his mode tts Lllows:— 
*’ We take the dirt away from the root to be irafted, to 
the depth of 5 or 0 inches. Then cut off th( root 3 or 
•l Inches below the surface, ami insert the t^ou in the 
root iu any of the usual methods of graft!Then 
wrap that part of the root receiving the don with 
paper, and fill in with tine o;irth, pressed carefully 
about the root and cion, leaving one or |wo buds 
above the surface. Keep the ground meet worked 
about the plant during the summer, and if v>u have a 
strong root you may expect a great growth.'* 
DOMESTIC INQUIRIES. 
Coral Frames.— Will some of your correspondents 
please iuform me through the Rural how to make 
coral frames with scaling wax ?— 1 .. s. k. 
Coloring Laxbsk.ins.-WU 1 you , or sotuo of your 
readers, inform me how to color Iamb skins brown 
and not injure the leathery 1 have some that I have 
tanned aud would like to color them. If any one can 
furnish a recipe through your columns I would be very 
grateful,—M. M , Cattaraugus Co., X. Y. 
WasIung Machines.— u. 11, Morky of Lake Co., in. 
asks about the beat washing machines. In our report 
of the State Fair last fall W e commended Doty’s 
Washing Machine. Some of our friends have since 
purchased and used it, and aver that they would not 
do without It. It really merits all the good that can 
be said of it, and wo confidently commend it to our 
housekeeping readers. Address Wm. M. Doty, Janes¬ 
ville, Wis. 
Cookinq Apples. —1 wish some of the experienced. 
house keepers who read the Rural would give thelf 
different modes of preparing apples—green applee for 
dessert — how to make them Into pics, puddings, 
dumplings, &c., »tc. V e'vu lots of apples and 1 want 
to know how to use them in the family and on the 
table.— Sarah Jans, Oswego Co., X. T. 
iiuoKEK.— those varieties of the grape which 
nu*e strong aud vigorous roots will succeed 
well on sandy soils. Good vineyards may be 
grown on vc/y sandy soils by the proper selec¬ 
tion of sorts. 
Lay. I have a vineyard of two and a half acres, 
half of which is a gravelly sand. I succeed well iu 
growing the Catawba, Isabella and Delaware; 
poorly with the Concord. The last grows well, 
but is a poor bearer and a poor grape with me’ 
it does not do well with me at all. The subsoil 
ot my vineyard iB very like the surface — a gray, 
elly sand, very dry. 
Hooker,— I planted, several years since, two 
or three rows of grapes ou soil I thought adapted 
to grape growing. The subsoil was not Imper¬ 
vious-required no drainage. The surface soil 
wlieu wet is sticky und slippery. Vinos had 
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