blue berries of medium size, which are sub-acid 
and of indifferent qualify. This is only a mar¬ 
ket fruit, ripening the end of August. 
The August Pioneer is a very fox grape, 
having vigorous, red. pubescent wood, with 
round and very pubescent leaves. The 
bunches are small and loose, with large blue 
berries, that are very pulpy, round and dry, 
sweet and foxy, indifferent and lit “ only for 
market ,” ripening Aug. 20th. 
The Mary Ann is of similar quality, having 
vigorous brown canes, furnished with healthy, 
roundish, large, and very pubescent leaves. 
The branches are rather small and loose, with 
large, very dark oblong berries, that aro very 
firm and pulpy, as well as very musky, and of 
poor quality, ripening early in September. 
Those grapes are unworthy of cultivation, and 
may he classed with the native Amber, North¬ 
ern Muscatine , Charter Oak , Wild Fox, if id 
omne genus. 
Since there is a great desire with the public, 
and especially with amateurs, for whiter or 
light colored grapes, they may now be grati¬ 
fied by cultivating several varieties of this 
character. 
The Taylor or Bullitt, is one of the most 
promising of this class. The wood is very 
vigorous, but slender, and of a brown, pale 
color, with some bloom, the joints are rather 
long, but the canes exceeded the height of 
the trellis. The foliage is good, augulur, ser¬ 
rated and smooth. The hunches upon these 
young thriftily growing vines were 6mall and 
compact, crowded with rather small, green, 
amber-colored red, and dull red berries, which 
are melting and juicy, slightly pulpy, wild sub- 
acid to rich sweet; a very good table grape, 
ripening Sept 20th. 
The Anna is but moderately vigorous in its 
canes, but they are firm; the foliage is smull, 
pubescent, and disposed to curl and fall. The 
bunches are scarcely medium and rather close; 
the berries aro from medium to large, round, ol 
a whitish amber color, covered with a thick, 
white bloom; they are juicy, sweet, aromatic, 
but the skin is thick and the pulp firm. This Is 
only an amateur variety, ripening tho eud ol 
September. 
Tho Rebecca and the Cuyahoga have higher 
claims for our praise, being morn refined and 
delicate. Both of these are desirable amateur 
varieties, the former rather bearing the palm ol 
excellence in the opinion of most judges. 
Special Notices 
GRAPES AT PITTSBURG. 
We give the conclusion of the Report of Dr. 
J. A. Warder, on the Vineyards of J. Knox, 
of Pittsburg, commenced last week: 
The Delaware has succeeded admirably in 
this vineyard, where it has been extensively 
grown, and with such success as to induce much 
further planting; Mr. Knox has several acres 
now in course of preparation for a vineyard, and 
extended nursery rows of the vines produced 
thii year stand ready to be set in their future 
stations. Whatever complaints may be made of 
this variety elsewhere, and some of us have had 
our troubles with the slender lilllo things for 
which we have paid our money, this vino ap¬ 
pears to find a congenial soil upon the coal mea¬ 
sures of the Monongahela hills. Throe years 
old plats have made a splendid growth of firm, 
close-jointed wood, and in many cases the vines 
have completely covered tho treliis, ami run 
along on the top-several shoots were seen of at 
least twelve foot in length, and in most cases 
there were more than the regular apportionment 
of eight canes to the vine, as well as an abun¬ 
dant crop of fruit This grape has attained so 
much attention of late years, and is so familiar 
to the horticulturists of our country, that it is 
not worth to describe its beautiful clusters of 
tranparpnt rosy berries—thickly spread along 
the vines. The wine Is attracting great atten¬ 
tion, and $5 per gallon has been refused for that 
made by Mr. Mottier, near our city, who has had 
perfect success In growing this grape here. The 
weight of the must with him in September was 
102—Mr. Weik's (probably tho first run) weighed 
108. The wine sells at $24 per box or dozen. 
The vines, once established, bear most abun¬ 
dantly, and tho luscious fruit is 
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HTCNDKTtSOINrs 3 ?EJRiFKCTION, 
The Sweet William has always been a popu¬ 
lar hardy border flower. But, those who knew 
the Sweet William an it was ten or twelve years 
since, would not recognize a splendid truss of 
the modern choice varieties. Hunt, of London, 
made a decided improvement in this flower. It 
seemed that he had almost gained the summit of 
perfection, hut we learned from the English hor¬ 
ticultural journals. that Mr. Braoo, a gardener 
ot London, had made a very great improvement, 
on Hunt's celebrated strain. 
They were represented as “a decided im¬ 
provement upon Hunt’s varieties, showing the 
most brilliant tints, with broader flower lobes, 
and smooth, even, rose-petaled margin, includ¬ 
ing pure white ground colors, with rich violet- 
crimson and violet-purple inner belts or colored 
circles. Others finely marked with bright cherry- 
colored belts, on snow-white ground. Some 
flowers blended with tho above colors, show 
bright, carmine and violet-crimson grounds with 
in others to a cherry or violet- purple aud ma¬ 
roon crimson, in striking contrast with starry 
white inner bells.” Learning that the whole 
stock of seed had been purchased by the seeds¬ 
men Henderson, of London, under the name 
ot Hendersons Perfection, or Auric/ula Flowered, 
from the strong resemblance lo this flower, we 
Immediately ordered a package. These flowered 
in 1 "fi‘2, and again last year, as also plants of a 
more recent importation, and they have far 
exceeded expectation, and justified the most 
glowing description. The stogie flowers were 
as huge and many larger than au American 
quarter, tied the truss was Iruly luugnifloent, as 
shown by die engraving of a truss, which we 
present. For delicacy, ns well as brilliance of 
color, perfection of form aud general beauty, 
• hey were equal to the best of the Perennial 
Phloxes. Uorne were smooth-edged, while others 
were serra'ed, like tho engraving. 
I’F.n VKAIt, IN CLL'ISS, 
TIT ID WEEKLY 
NEW YORK EVENING POST. 
Edited by rt ii.mam f ■ci.i.k.v Hr vast ami Parkk Godwin 
lUiludtBamong its Contnbntoi-H roiqc of the 
ItJifiT tS'U! TIC It N Of THU n.1 1 \ 
only too sweet 
for most palates, as a table grape, and to be 
eaten as honey rather than as food. The fruit 
sells at Pittsburg for fifty cents a pound. 
The Union Village is also quite a successful 
grape with Mr. Knox; on account of its great 
size and fair quality, it commands a high price, 
bringing fifty cents a pound. The vino is vigor¬ 
ous aud productive, but the fruit is too much 
like the Isabella to give much enoouragement to 
wine-growers; it is essentially an amateur and 
market fruit Tho excessive growth of the 
cane* on this vine renders it somewhat tender, 
but I did not hoar any complaints in this regard 
where the growth is diffused upon the trellis, as 
the canes are not then so rank. 
The llerbemonl showed all its vigor and green¬ 
ness of foliage even at this lute date, making a 
perfect screen of the trellis, and the numerous 
large clusters, thickly packed with thu delicious, 
vinous, dark-colored berries, were almost con¬ 
cealed fro n view. This vine issomewbat tender, 
and the canes, like those of tho Diana, are taken 
down and covered with earth in tho winter, but 
the fruit is so spicy, and so free from pulp, that 
it is fully appreciated by the proprietor, who 
rates it among the best table grapes. Its quali¬ 
ties for wine are well known here. The must 
this year weighs 101. 
The Ktsinboro, an old variety, hut not gener¬ 
ally cultivated, Is a prime favorlto with Mr. 
Knox, on account of its hardiness, productive¬ 
ness, and the rich sweetness of its small, dark- 
blue berries, with red juice; the bunches are 
rather large, loose aud shouldered. The grape 
is desirable for table and for wine. 
The Hartford Prolific Is an early variety, 
ripening its fruit fur market early in Septe mb er. 
The vine is hardy, vigorous, and very produc¬ 
tive, yielding more than fifty pounds at four 
years. The fruit Is not lirst-rate, but very desi¬ 
rable for market. The berries do not drop, as 
reported heretofore. 
The C'reveling is winning favor wherever 
known. The vine is vigorous, hardy, aud prom¬ 
ises to be productive. The bark and leaf stalks 
aro very red; the foliage is smooth, the angles 
pointed, deeply lobed and healthy. The bunch 
is loose, the berries rather large, and blue, soft 
and melting, ratbersweet—a fine market variety; 
ripening at Pittsburg August 24, it makes a tine 
market fruit. 
The To Kaion is moderately vigorous, but does 
not appear to be very productive. The foliage 
is good, healthy, angular and pubescent Tbe 
bunches are not large, loose, and the berries are 
rather large, blue, soft and melting. They hold 
tenaciously to the branch, which makes this 
grape desirable for late use. It Is sweet and not 
musky; quality from good to better—a table 
grape. Though well favored enough, It can 
scarcely be said to Justify its cognomen, which 
means, emphatically. The Beautiful. 
The BUtckstone aud the Louisa are evidently 
seedlings of the Isabella, which they resemble in 
so many particulars that their identify with the 
latter might well be suspected. 
The Opporte is sufficiently vigorous and 
healthy, tolerably productive, but the bunches 
are not large; it may make a good red wine, but 
is not desirable for table, 
1 1 it Evrvim, I nInis aa •■KfnJJlHlieil reputation iim ono 
f Oio ittoal unloprn.Jrut, frank an<t iburluM* opponent* of 
tl,n '"flueiKi- ol the Slave Power, ami of it* lci-iUmate 
consequence, 
'■'He Pronent Wicked Kebolllon. 
It urge* thuvlWiroii* iiiosocutioii of tho war as tho only 
suru way of obtaining 7 
An Honorable and Permanent Peace, 
broad'Iuul t, ' Utf lllB Mut ” 1,c *’ °*' reconstruction ;t shall tako 
■ liberal Democratic Views, 
advocating domor ratiodoctrine as entertained by the most 
libcial uiiiiiled founders of our Republic. 
COCOANUT FIBER AS A MANURE, 
Cocoanut fiber is being used as a manure 
by gardeners in Europe, and attracting a good 
deal of attention. Thu following is from the 
Cottage Gardener, by Daniel Beaton: 
w For the last seven year* I have been telling 
how good 1 found the cocoanut flber refuse for 
all plants, aud when 1 suggested it tho other day 
as a good speculation for nurserymen to get 
truck-loads of it down into the provinces, I was 
certain it would be much hotter for all kinds ol 
soil, and pay better than guano. That 1 am 
quite sure of; but I did not expect to be asked 
privately how to use it, as I am in a letter from 
‘ F. D.’ I said at least u hundred times the way 
1 did use it, but the best way to use it is not yet 
discovered. Indeed, the best of us do not know 
one-fourth of its value; but I put It only higher 
in importance than guano. Although sixty years 
of age, I expect to live to see H coming in ship¬ 
loads from Ceylon and other places, after the 
farmers have exhausted Ihe supply of it in 
Europe. There is not a kind of soil but it will 
Improve. The very diflisat clay, if you drain the 
water from it, might lie rendered as mellow by it 
as lo do for potting Cinerarias in, or Ferns, oi 
any plant; and the sand of tho desert is not so 
dry but it will cool and moisten it, aud keep it so il 
it is well covered with it. For all market-garden 
plants, and for Asparagus in particular, l have 
full testimonial* that nothing can excel iL My 
owu garden, which was a poor, black sand, Is 
now one of the most fertile in Surrey — by mix¬ 
ing two parts of the stuff to one part of the 
black sand to the depth of eighteen inches; but 
I have it mixed twice that depth. 
“Use it like leaf mold, or in lieu of peat, 
mulch and mix with it all manner of soil; sift it 
and put half au Inch of it over all your grass 
land, and it will give such a ‘bottom’ as it 
never bad before. Tbe rankest clay in England 
could be made into potting loam by mixing 
twice its bulk of the rofuse with it in two sea¬ 
sons. When mixed, spread out as thin as possi¬ 
ble to get it well frosted and sunned, and when 
it is quite dry, in July or August, run a roller 
over it, and then give it another frosting and 
see if it docs.not do anything you require.” 
THE LITER ART SELECTIONS, TsJei 
wiiiuli «•« iHihliHliii.i ill CJUJII number render it 
auiu companion In tho Family Undo. 
though large quantities of animal oil* ami lain, wine* 
spirits, ami malt lli|uor, which contain a large amount of 
carbon, may be consumod with comparative impunity in 
culil climate* and In winter, when the carbonaceouH mut¬ 
ter gets burnt oft' by the more active oxcrotito and respira¬ 
tion; In hot climate* and in summer this element gets re¬ 
tained in the liver, and ultimately gives rise to congestion 
of that organ and it* Consequences—dlarrhcaa, dysentery, 
and bilious disorders. Though In extensive practice for 
fifteen yearn, in a district abounding with orchards and 
gardens, I cannot remember an Instance In which I could 
distinctly trace any very serious disorder to fruit an a iuiu«e; 
though ono might reasonably expect some mischief from 
the amount of unripe and acrid trash often consumed by 
ttie children of the poor,— M. D, in I.rrruhm Times. 
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i would like to say to “Constant Reader,” 
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batch of “nice mine pies” after the generally 
received idea amoug housekeepers. Plenty ol 
spices, brandy, meat, fruits, sugar, vinegar, con¬ 
cocted and baked, with a rich, greasy crust, will 
muko a rich pie, which will not digest, and 
which, if spread on the flesh, will draw a blister 
in a few hours. A plain pie can be made of 
good beet, good apples, cider and molasses, with 
little or no spices, and a plain crust,—only people 
now-a-days study perpetually how to ruin the 
digestive organs. The question is not, what is 
wholesome, good and necessary, but what will 
most pleabe the perverted appetite ’/—J. R. L. 
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\ east Cakes.— For (iffy largo cakes tako one- 
quarter ot a pound of bops, and cover them with 
water. Let them boil fifteen or twenty minutes, 
then strain the liquid on sufficient wheat flour to 
make a batter, and add a leacupful of brewer’s 
yeast When it rises stir it down until it will 
rise no longer, then atir iu Indian meal, a little at 
a time. It is beRt to commeuce in tho morning 
and stir the meal in at Iutervals of two or three 
hours. At night, make It into rolla and cut in 
cakes. Dry them In a cool, airy place, turning 
them every day.-V euve, Ithaca, N. Y,, 186.1 " 
——-■*-»-■»-■*-— — . . 
How to Fold a Dress. Ladies, this is the 
way MIhh S. It. Bowman, of Philadelphia, folds 
her dress. She communicates the important 
news to the American Agriculturist: 
Take the exact quarters of the dress, from the 
bottom of tho skirt to the sleeves, double them 
together with the bosom out; then, on a bed, 
lay the skirt perfectly smooth, and begin at the 
bottom to fold it up just the width of the trunk or 
drawer. The waist and sleeves will fold nicely 
together. 
--— -- 
Cream Cakes.— One pound of flour, half a 
pound of butter and one pint of boiling water. 
Pour the water boiling hot over tbe butter and 
put it on to boil. As Hoon as it begins to boil 
stir in the flour, and when cool add nine eggs 
Position ok Fi.owkr-Bkp8. —It often happen* that two 
fittJVrcnt lluwar bed* may be equally well managed and 
nourish alike, yet one may be a mass of brilliaucy while 
the other exhibits little or no beauty. There are many 
llowei* which alway* face tho light of the *un; oon»«- 
qucntJy the bed* should bo »o placed that the spectator 
in the walk or window^ should look them full in the 
f<ve. That i», the strongest light and the position of tho 
spectator should always be ou the same side of the lied 
This will be found particularly necessary wUh the pansy or 
tri eoloiored violet, aud *omo other of the smaller llow 
oring plant*. 
gartifttltural 
IU,k;uti.vo o* thb Qui.voK.-One of your subscriber* 
wishe* to inquire of some of your numerous reader* tho 
CKUSO and cure for the blighting of young Quince*. They 
blo-som and set hut mjWi begin to 'fall off until uearly or 
quite all urn gone.- IL, Ravenna, Ohio. 
Tho Quince Is subject to a disease or blight which dc- 
► troy* tho end* of the sboat* often, and sometimes, if neg¬ 
lected, tho whole tree. Of course the fruit i» lost on all 
the branches affected. Wo presumo till* in tlm dl*i**e 
referred to by our correspondent. We know of no reme¬ 
dy but to remove the diseased parts. 
The same remarks 
will apply to the Bogg's Island, which has 
bunches, and medium-sized, dark blue berries, 
with a peculiar astringency; Indeed, it resem¬ 
bles our Worthington grape in its slender wood 
and tbto, smooth foliage. The fruit of Bogg’s 
Island also colors early, but is not ripe until 
after it has been frosted. 
The Alvey is only moderately vigorous, rather 
slender, and doe* uot appear to ripen Its wood 
perfectly; the foliage is rather small and per¬ 
sistent; the bunches are small,, loose and ftluml- 
dered, with small, round, blue berries that are 
soft and juicy with a brisk acid flavor, promising 
well for wine; it ripens from September 15th to 
the middle of October. 
Tho Canby's August, probably the royal Ma¬ 
deira, has vigorous, hardy, brown wood, with 
good, roundish leaves, somewhat pubescent 
The bunches are email and loose, bearing roundj 
are complaint* iu which acrid and alkaline biliary secre¬ 
tion* are prominent conditions. I have xven many case* 
of dysentery, o bn. In ate dlanh&a, aud liver disease in peo¬ 
ple who have been long resident in tropical climate* and 
from the history which I bavo been able to obtain respect 
iug their batiiU of diet, I havo come to the conclusion 
that these disease* were Induced and aggravated, not by 
the light vegetable and fruit diet most Iu use among the 
native*, hut because Englishmen usually carry out with 
them their European mode* of living They take large 
quantities of nitrogenous and carbonaceous food, in the 
shape of meat and wine* or iplrite, rather than the light 
tut live food, a* rice aud juicy fruiu, and the vegetable 
stimulant* and condiments, the native peppers and spices 
go abundantly provided by Nature. It L* well known that 
in this city, cau hear of a good opportunity by addresning 
the undersigned. Capacity aud integrity must bo urn 
doubted, and good references will be required. These 
qualification* more an object than capital. No unmarried 
man need apply, Cnx* i>. BitaOUO.v, 
__Chicago, Ill. 
Rahhwood Bark.— Basswood bark is prepared far use 
in budding by stripping it from tho tree iu the month of 
Juno, when the rap is flowing freely, and immersing it in 
water for a fortnight or * 0 , when the inner bark may be 
easily peeled off. It can then be hung up and dried, aud 
afterward put away for future use. 
Here is something new for the lovers of cab¬ 
bage, extracted from the London Spectator:— 
Take the stalks, scrape them, leave them in water 
all night, and the next day cook them like vegeta 
ble marrow. It will be found delicious. 
Gloss on Black Silk. —Will some one pleaeo 
inform me through the Rural, how to put a gloss 
on Bilk after it has been colored black, and 
oblige,— Mrs. S. L. J., Columbus, Mich. 
